TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

[IdaBWells]

I have a degree I am 50 and thinking of qualifying. I live in the US so could teach people (immigrants, refugees) locally but also want to travel and live abroad again as I get older and have a way to cover my expenses and not dive into savings. I am from the UK but haven’t lived there for 25 years. I also lived in Germany. So am thinking if I qualified and starting teaching if I liked it I could do a Masters degree at our prestigious local Uni that would mean I could teach in the US school systems and go for better paid jobs (although I know the pay is low generally). DH is in medicine. I went back to graduate school a while ago but never finished my masters at the time and feel I don’t have a lot of time on my side to try for most careers. To get in the MA program I have to be competent in a second language so need to work on my German (we lived there for 6 years).

My kids are all in their teens 18,15, 13 and having no issues with them so it feels like a good time to do it.

Is anyone working in this field or have any advice?

Have you thought about CELTA ? It's the most widely available internationally recognised industry standard qualification.

I retrained at a similar lifestage as you, and am now happily working in ESOL in the UK.

Which state are you in? Have you considered becoming a K-12 ESL teacher. Some states are in urgent need. Texas, Florida, New York for example.