Qualification Requirements to Teach English in Taiwan

There are literally thousand of English teachers all over Taiwan, most have legal teaching visas but many are working illegally without the proper permits and visa authorizations. Footprints only represents opportunities where legal working visas are provided to teachers in Taiwan.

The basic requirement to teach with Footprints in Taiwan in a private language school or buxiban is:

• bachelor's degree or higher in any subject
• you must be a native English speaker with a passport from:
  Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK or the USA

If you are interested in teaching in a public school in Taiwan you are required to be a licensed teacher. Please check out our job opportunities with the Ministry of Education in Taiwan for more specific information regarding teaching in public schools in Taiwan.