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jamesart9 · Joined: 03 Mar 2011 Posts: 30

Hello, I am currently looking where to settle. I have a laptop with wi fi etc.
I was wondering if anyone teaches online, and if there are any sites that pay, and its not all too good to be true?
During my CELTA course, some of the lecturers said they know people who teach online and earn enough to do ok!
Anyone? Thanks.

hollysuel · Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 225 Location: Connecticut, USA

jamesart9 · Joined: 03 Mar 2011 Posts: 30

Ok, thanks very much for the information, it was a lot more than I thought people would give. I make online income from another source and I know the nature of the supplementary aspect of it!

sleepingdragon89 · Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 3 Location: UK

Wow that hollysuel sure wrote some great advice. I have been doing online teaching for about a year and although there are lots of companies, I can only really do it pt and most want ft. The latter means that it can cut into your weekends so this can be problematic. Also be aware that some countries will require specific teaching times. However no.1 advice is make sure your internet is good enough!!

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

Several years ago I did an online teaching gig with a New York firm. They were good to work with but it was difficult to get assignments. They had dozens every week, but you had to be online to claim them, and there were always a slew of people ahead of me.
This was not an ESL position but with children who had fallen behind and needed supplementary attention. There was no sound component, only written. I recall most of my kids were from the Chicago school system, I lived in Atlanta, and the home base was in NY.
They always paid on time.

kebabmaster · Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Posts: 10

teachingld2004 · Joined: 17 Feb 2012 Posts: 389

I am doing on line teaching via SKYPE, and it is not very good, but it sure is better then nothing. I was working in Korea for 10 years, and this job is set up by a Korean friend. It works well because they pay her, and she pays me. Perhaps you have a friend who can set it up for you.

BadBeagleBad · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject:

I have been working for an online school for close to a year now and am doing great, I have advanced from teaching into other postions, have gotten raises totalling 30%, and can work as many hours as I want, from wherever I want. And the company is growing like mad, when I started there were 60 teachers, now there are over 300, with plans to hire another 100 over the next few months.

teachingld2004 · Joined: 17 Feb 2012 Posts: 389

So Bad, where are you working from? Home? Where are the students?
I am happy for you that you are doing well. What are the details of your job?

santi84 · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea

Thanks hollysuel for such an informative post! I will copy/save it for future reference Smile

I am planning to start teaching online in around one year (I'm expecting baby two shortly!). The hours seem to fit well for someone like me who wants to work part-time very early mornings or very late evenings (my time zone matches well for many Asian students) due to child care issues.

santi84 · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea

I joined Myngle Cool

I'm a student right now, not a teacher. So far, I've found it pretty neat! I used the two free teacher trial lessons (and hired one of them with a basic 10 lesson package to start). Myngle allows you two free trial lessons.

I rejected the other teacher because she refused to use anything but one classroom format which didn't work well for my computer. Too bad, she was quite competent, but considering it's $27/30 minutes, I expected more flexibility as an instructor. I suppose that reinforces your earlier points, holly.

I hope my experience as a student will help me as an instructor too! Not ready for that yet though... Laughing