Teaching overseas
Below are examples of agencies that recruit teachers for overseas postings. Many require teaching degrees, but university graduates in most fields may be able to teach ESL in non-English speaking countries provided they have a completed a course in Teaching English as a Second Language. Such courses, including TEFL International’s TESOL and the Cambridge CELTA are available from a number of providers.
Make sure you check Careers Online and the Careers Resource Centre (CRC) noticeboards for regular updates of available opportunities.
Further information about teaching agencies can be found in the Teaching Overseas folder located in the International Employment section of the CRC.
Also, talk to your family, friends and acquaintances about your plans: your own network may well provide you with the teaching opportunity you seek.
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- 1st Contact
- ANZUK Teaching Agency
- Capita Education Resourcing
- Elite Education
- Hays Education Personnel:
- Protocol Education
- Select Education
- Teach London
- TEACH UK
- Teaching Personnel
- TimePlan
- Tradewind Recruitment
- Vibe Teacher Recruitment
United States of America
Asia
- Provincial governments in China have authorised several programs that recruit English teachers from overseas. Two such programs are provided by Hubei Province and Liaoning Province (Both operate over multiple cities in several regions)
- HESS Educational Organisation (Taiwan)
- ESL Pro
- Japan Exchange & Teaching
- AMAC Educational (in English) representative of ECC Foreign Language Institute Japan (in Japanese)
- O-Hayo Sensei (Japan)
- Kohgakusha (Japan)
- Interac Co Ltd (Japan)
- Team English Recruiting (Korea)
- Ministry of Education (Singapore)
Pacific
- Teach in Papua New Guinea and other countries with International Education Agency
- International Education Agency
Middle East
- Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates
- Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Worldwide
- ESL Jobs World connects English teachers with employers from around the world.
- ESL Worldwide is an internet recruiting company focused on ESL teachers
- Search Associates for Australians and New Zealanders
- Teacher Recruitment International
- Global ESL Opportunities Network
- Resource Ed Personnel
- Council of International Schools
- Originally from the UK, Select Education now extends its services to the placement of teachers in Canada, USA, South Africa, Middle East, Australia and NZ
Other useful websites:
- EFLweb is a site for people who have either started a career in teaching English as a foreign or second language, or who want to start one
- ESL Worldwide is a job search web site helping recruit instructors across the globe, in all studies of Language
- ESL Employment is an ESL/EFL Job and Employment Resource Site where you can search via continents:
- LanguageCourse.net has helpful resources for ESL teachers and students
- Teachingfish contains ESL games, tips, article and lesson plans
- TEFL Professional Network is a site containing many web links to other sites for information on jobs, Higher Education Chronicles, Academic Position Networks and so on
- The English Job Maze is a British-Australian venture which was created to facilitate the Job-search process for ESL/EFL teachers around the world, assist ESL/EFL institutions in their search for teachers and provide free industry-related info for ESL/EFL teachers and employers.
- The European Council of International Schools provides useful up to date information regarding teaching courses, events, publications, school listings and information on European teaching standards