These are before and after school programs teaching English, and are the most common teaching opportunities worldwide.

Private language schools often open their doors around 2pm and run until about 8 or 9pm. In some cases, these ESL schools will open for classes very early in the morning to cater to business clients or high school students who have loaded schedules. Kindergartens and pre-schools can often be included when speaking about these private language schools because they also include English instruction for the wee ones.

In Korea, they are called Hogwans or Hakwons. In Taiwan, they are called Bushibans or Buxibans. They are like Sylvan Learning Centres, Kaplan or Berlitz. Students range in age from pre-school to adults and schools vary in terms of size, organization and professionalism. These are the most common type of teaching jobs overseas and often require no previous experience. If you're looking to get your feet wet, private language schools are often where you will need to start.

Recognized Teaching Experience For Teachers.

Public school teaching experience overseas is an amazing opportunity to add international experience to your teaching portfolio and to gain invaluable experience and lessons that will enrich your life and subsequently your classroom.

The growth of the LED (limited English development) population in classrooms worldwide has been exponential in the last decade. Whether you teach in Canada, the US, Australia or the UK, a great many public schools have dramatically increased their international student population.

Private Schools are schools where the students go to school during regular school times but where the parents have to pay extra for their children to attend. In some cases there are a couple tiers to the private school leveling system where the government may half subsidize tuition or where they will provide some sort of funding for a student and there are other private schools where unless you have a scholarship or rich parents the doors are shut.

Footprints Recruiting works with a couple different private schools around the world. These are not to be mistaken with private language schools where students study before and/or after school. Private schools are often where the elite of society send their kids and as a result, private schools generally hire experienced and qualified staff for their programs.

Got your teaching license? Do you have any teaching experience? If you do, you can get a great teaching job in an international school overseas! Footprints offers placements to certified teachers in great international schools around the world including in Asia - primarily China, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong.

International schools are generally schools that provide an English-medium education for children ages 3-18 in countries where English is not the native language. These schools were traditionally populated by children of diplomats or those parents who were working with major multi-national companies.

Each year Footprints works with a couple different schools in a handful of countries to offer short term placements in winter camps. Often these are intensive English programs that combine classes with activities but each winter camp is different.

If you're looking for a winter job abroad sign up for the Footprints newsletter or check out our jobboard to see what's available. Please note that sometimes these winter teaching jobs are offered to Footprints alumni first and if they take all the positions well... sorry. They are first in line for everything we've got.

If you sign up for the newsletter you will receive monthly information about our job opportunities and when/if a winter English camp teaching job comes available, we'll annouce it in the newsletter and then post it to the website. Please note that these positions fill VERY quickly so if you're interested be sure to respond immediately to the newsletter when you receive notification that the winter camps are open.

Footprints needs certified teachers everywhere, for every school, in every job.  In many overseas language schools or public schools, English is being taught by inexperienced native English speakers who really don't know what they are doing.  Many are not certified to teach, many had never thought about teaching until they found out they could get a free plane ticket and make good money.

As a certified teacher, we are very interested in your application.  Your job will be about teaching your students, but also teaching and supporting other teachers, with and without experience, to make sure the students are getting the most out of their teacher.

First, let's be completely clear here.  In order to be an English teacher, you have to be able to speak English without mucking up your articles or plurality.  You need to be able to understand and communicate idiomatic expression, you need to know how to respond to double negatives naturally and you need to be able to do this without thinking about it.  Is English natural for you?

If so, carry on reading.

Footprints Recruiting exclusively places native English speaking teachers who are nationals ( this means that you must have a passport ) from one of the countries listed below.  We do occasionally work with candidates from other countries, please contact us to inquire.

That being said, this article discusses opportunities for non-native English speaking teachers to get teaching jobs in the United States.