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[itinerantman]

This is my situation:
I was educated in the UK and am a native English speaker but have an Indian Passport.
I'm 55 years old and in good health.
I have a Bachelors in History but I teach English-I also have a Bachelors in Education.
For personal reasons I need to settle in SE Asia.
I have about 10 years of part time undocumented Home School teaching experience & another 3 years of documented International School teaching experience in Bali.
I would prefer a school teaching job over ESL but am willing to try ESL if required. Online teaching is also an option. I would need at least US $ 1000 + accommodation from my day job.
What would you suggest I do to land a job in HK? I'm aware that many countries will only accept native speakers so I'm looking for any loopholes ie some schools bring in non native speakers under the category of Social Science Teachers and then get them to teach English. Lastly do I need a TEFL Certificate or is my Teaching degree enough? If not,which is the cheapest online recognized TEFL Course?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[sistercream]

With your qualifications and documented experience you would certainly have a chance of employment at an international school here, and your pay would certainly be more than USD1000 + accommodation per month.

Standard of English spoken is more important than nationality for jobs outside the government- organised NET scheme.
There are even some places which would be very happy to receive applications from Indian nationals as there are so many in their student bodies from that nation.

While I think it worthwhile to apply for any possible opening, a few schools that you could start to look at include the Delia schools, Yew Chung, Sears Rogers and American International.

[itinerantman]