 Hey everyone, Linda here from ITTT, back this week with another live session. Welcome, welcome. Thank you so much for joining me today. I'm super excited to be talking about the best government programs for teaching English abroad. So there's a lot to unpack here, a lot to go into today. I'm very excited about that. I'm always excited when it's a topic where we kind of go on a little bit of a journey on a trip to different countries. So that's exactly what we're going to do today. And as always, don't forget to like and subscribe. So you're always up to date and you never miss any of our upcoming live sessions. As you might know, this is a weekly thing. So we go live every Friday or Thursday, depending on where you're located. It's Friday, 1030 a.m. here where I am in South Korea might be Thursday where you are. And that's actually also my first question. Where are you right now? Where are you watching from today? Let me know in the comments. We're live on Facebook. 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And then let me have some tea. And then we can start and get right into it. But I really, really want to know where you're watching from today if you want to share, of course. So don't be shy. As always also, there will be a Q&A section at the end where you have the opportunity to ask questions about other things that related to today's topic. All right, we have Nesmin here from Mexico. Hi. Good to see you again. I remember you. You watched a couple of times already, so that's great. Thank you so much. All right. Then we talked about this. Let's first talk a little bit about the requirements, the general requirements for teaching English abroad before we get into the different programs, all right? So there is no one size fits all or one rule, one set of requirements for every place in the world, OK? It always depends on the country, where you teach in, also your background. So it always depends. The requirements vary from place to place. Just want to say that. But in general, these are some requirements we often see, all right? Yeah, Nesmin is watching, always watching. Perfect. Thank you so much, Nesmin. So some of the requirements we always see or we often see for English teaching jobs abroad are native English speaking abilities. So either native speaker or if you're non-native English speaker, just a very high level of English. And if you're a non-native English speaker, this also often includes providing English proficiency certification. So think about IELTS, think about TEFL, think about TOEIC or Cambridge certificates, anything like that. If you're a non-native English speaker, always really good to have and great to add to your portfolio or to your resume. Sometimes this goes a step further that they say we only hire native English speakers from certain countries. And usually these countries include the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. But that's only in a handful of countries where they're very strict like that. Again, it varies from place to place. So if you are really interested in teaching in a particular country, make sure you research these requirements beforehand so you know what options you have. We have read Pursuit here again. Hey, I found out through a friend. Her BF taught English without a degree in Japan. I wondered how he did it. Must have taught in a small town like you said. Sure, great. Maybe you could ask him for her. And yeah, probably small town, maybe. Like we said last time, we talked about the last time that sometimes even though these are the requirements, sometimes when you branch out and you kind of go to smaller towns besides, you know, the capital cities or like the very popular cities, if you go to smaller towns that usually the requirements become less strict, but that happens quite a lot. So anyway, back to our requirements here. Often we also see that a valid TEFL certificate with at least 120 hours, 120 study hours is required. It's not always a requirement, but it's oftentimes preferred. And the EFL market, the English teaching market is, you know, getting more competitive. There are some countries, some places that are more competitive than others. And there you definitely want to have a certificate, even if it's not required because everybody else has one. And then like we also mentioned last time, the 120 hours is kind of the standard now, the minimum standard. So everyone is going to have 120 hour certificate, right? So what you can also do to kind of stand out to have better chances is just to go higher, you know? Take a certificate that's the 220 hour. I always recommend that's also the one that I have. It's my favorite. Take that one. Of course it costs a little bit more, but just a little bit. And with your first salary, you already get that money back in anyway, right? So it's definitely worth it. It enhances your chances. So yeah. And then also what we sometimes see is a bachelor's degree that's required. So a four year degree or in some countries, also we talked about this last time, in some countries it's three years. But anyways, just a bachelor's degree. But also there are places where it's not required. So again, these requirements vary from place to place. Oh, I'm a frozen now. I hope I'm not frozen. Am I frozen in my end? Only. If I'm frozen, let me know in the comments. My, maybe just my computer's frozen. I hope not. I hope not. Well, anyway, I think I'm still here for you guys. Maybe it's just me who's frozen. I hope. What we also see besides a bachelor's degree often is a clean federal background check. So you have to go to a government office, sometimes a police station, and they would take your fingerprints and then send them in and issue a clean federal background check. Or sometimes even without fingerprints, depends on the country you live in and how they do it. But you just wanna make sure that you have a clean federal background check. Then in some countries, you also will need a work authorization. It's not always required, but some places, some employers, some jobs, they actually do not sponsor work visas. And we see this a lot actually happening in Europe. So if you really wanna teach English in Europe, a lot of times they hire people who already have a work permit or are also if you are a EU citizen. So this happens a lot in Europe actually. Am I still frozen now? Technical issues. Am I here for you guys? Oh my gosh, do I have to go in and out again? Did it all stop working now? We can hear you, but I'm frozen. Oh, great, okay. What is happening? So you can hear me, but I might have to go in and out. Give me one second. I don't know why this is not working. Okay, let me try this again. Okay, I hope I'm back. It's not frozen. That was weird. I'm usually never frozen. It never happens. But yeah, I bet it was very funny, great facial expression. Perfect, okay. So I hope you could hear me despite me being frozen. I hope you heard what I said about the work authorization that a lot of employers, a lot of schools prefer hiring people with a work visa, a work permit who already are allowed to work in that country, but also not everywhere. Like I said, this mostly happens in the EU in Europe where they prefer hiring people without the hassle of having to get a work visa. But again, in other parts of the world like South America, Asia, those places, the Middle East, they will hire people from abroad and will provide visa, work visa assistance. And then we have previous experience, which is not always a requirement, but sometimes, especially again, if you wanna work in these highly competitive areas like the Middle East, for example, Middle East, they pretty much only hire people with experience. And it's sometimes a minimum of two years of experience. So if you wanna teach English in a highly competitive place, typically you would start out in a place that has less strict requirements. A lot of people start out in Asia, for example, teach there for a couple of years and then they move over to the Middle East because the Middle East has actually some of the best and highest salaries for English teachers and some great benefits. And we're gonna get into that as well because there is a program from a country in the Middle East that we're gonna touch on as well. Hi Jing, watching from the Philippines. Good to see you. How are you doing? Cambodia is my second choice. Perfect, Cambodia is beautiful, great country. And luckily also the requirements for teaching English in Cambodia aren't that strict as in other places. So if you don't have an agree, for example, if you're not an English native speaker, Cambodia is always a great choice. And it's beautiful. I was there November of last year and it was amazing. I loved Cambodia so much. So, all right, then let's jump into the programs. So I have a couple of programs. I didn't count how many I have, but it's a handful of programs, the best government programs for teaching English abroad. We really have a lot of countries in many different regions and areas of the world. So I'm sure there's something for everybody here. So let's see. First off, and I really hope you can also read this, but I'm gonna make myself even smaller. So I hope you can read all the text and me as well. I have my other laptop over here. So maybe because it is kind of small for me to read as well, I have to glance over here. But anyway, first off starting, we're starting off with Korea because I live in Korea. I'm very familiar. I actually haven't taught or worked with this program in particular, but I have a lot of friends who are teaching in this program or have taught in this program. It's super popular. It's a really good program. So I wanted to just mention that first off. The English, the Epic program, English program in Korea, Epic. So it is a South Korean government initiative from the government. All of the programs are from the government today. And this places foreign teachers into schools across the country. And typically these are public schools. And yeah, the program offers competitive salaries, attractive benefits, and of course, a unique cultural experience, right? You get to live and work in South Korea. So a little bit about the pay and benefits. So you earn anywhere from two to 2.7 million South Korean one. Now don't get too excited in US dollars. You're not gonna be a millionaire only in Korean one. But that's between 1,500 and 2,000 US dollars currently. The exchange rate is not very good with the US dollar at the moment. So it is, if you exchange it, it is a bit lower than it used to be. Typically, however, you get a fully furnished apartment for free from the school, excluding utilities. So you do pay for gas and electricity and water. You do pay for that, but that's typically very cheap. Now the apartment isn't super big. And it depends though, I've had some friends, especially if you live in like a smaller town, you get, the apartments are quite nice size. But if you're like in Seoul, for example, or also my first apartment when I was working as an English teacher there to be fair, it's typically what they call a one room. So like a studio apartment, but they're pretty nice. And they're for free. You don't pay for accommodation, which is really great. They also pay for airfare round trips. So coming to Korea and then going back home, this airplane ticket is also covered. You also get a 300,001 settlement allowance. This is about maybe 200, 220 US dollars to just get settled, to buy stuff for your apartment maybe. As a nice little welcome bonus because you do get paid after your first month, right? So you will be here for one month and then you will get your first salary, right? So this is kind of for your first couple of weeks to kind of get you through until you get your first salary. You typically get 18 days paid leave plus national holidays. So that's actually pretty good compared to private schools, for example, I was working at a private language school. Not the English Epic, the Epic program at a public school and I only had 10 days vacation, five in the summer, five in the winter. So at Epic, you actually get 18, you get eight days more, which is quite nice. And then you also get one month salary bonus on contract completion, which is also pretty nice. Now the requirements for this program, you need to be a citizen of an English speaking country. They're very strict about this. So you need to have a passport from either Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, the US or South Africa. If you don't have a passport from one of these countries, it's pretty much impossible. Except for Indian citizens, there's one little extra clause for Indian citizens who have a teacher's license in English, they're also eligible to apply. You will need to have at least a bachelor's degree and a TEFL or a TESOL of at least a hundred hours. Except for those who have a teaching license or education major, and you don't need to have a TEFL or a TESOL. So that means you can have a bachelor's degree in any field and with a TEFL and TESOL, you can then apply and you're eligible. Application info, so there's two hiring terms each year. One is in spring, so you apply for the spring, sorry for the spring. So you apply from August 1st of the previous year, and then if you wanna start in fall, you apply from February 1st of the same year. And you can go to epig.geo.kr to find all the information about this program and to apply. So this was our first program, South Korea Epic Program. One of the really most famous teaching programs, very established, very highly rated, also highly competitive, right? So you need to have all of these requirements. They're not gonna, you know, they're not gonna turn their heads on anything. They're very strict about it. So because it's highly competitive, but it's also a very great program. And there is orientation. I think it's like a two week or 10 day orientation in Seoul before you then go to whatever part of Korea you're going to teach in. So it's pretty cool. There's always somebody you can contact. There's a lot of support. I think they pick you up from the airport. So it's a very nice program. If you're, for example, moving all across the world for the first time all alone and you're looking for a little bit more support. That's definitely a great program to enter. So yeah, that was our first program, jumping into the second one, which I believe, yes, is the JETS program in Japan, which is basically the same thing, but for Japan, okay? And Epic and the JETS program in Japan are really two of the most well-known programs of this kind, teaching programs. Also again, the JETS program is also super competitive. So you really need to have a good resume, right? Stand out and a bit of luck, maybe as well. So yeah, this is the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. Again, a government-backed scheme in Japan. They place over 5,000 foreign nationals in schools across Japan, and they actually offer three positions. So you can be an assistant language teacher, an alt, a coordinator, international relations, a C-I-R, or a sports exchange advisor, S-E-A. Most people go into this and they are an alt. Alt, basically, you have a Japanese co-teacher. So the Japanese teacher is the main teacher, and you're also there in the classroom as the English-speaking sidekick, basically. So you do teach English, but you're also there next to the Japanese teacher, helping them out. So it's pretty cool. Again, a lot of support as well. Pay and benefits. So the pre-tax salary is about 280,000 Japanese yen. This is about $25,000 in the first year. And then I think it increases slightly if you decide to stay and continue on. You teach about 35 hours a week and you work from Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., typical public school in Japan. The program also covers your airfare to and from Japan, just like Epic, and you get 10 to 20 paid holidays plus national holidays as well. That's pretty similar in what the Korean program offers. Requirements. It's very important that you have an interest and appreciation of Japan, which I'm sure everybody who applies to this program has if you really wanna go to Japan. You also need to have a bachelor's degree or equivalent. And alts can have a three-year teaching course completion as well. Something we talked about last time, four years, three years. So yes. And then you need to be under 40 years old. Now, you don't have to be a native English speaker. As you can see, it's not a requirement. So also fluent, non-native English speakers can apply. So in that regard, this program offers opportunities to more people compared to the Epic program in Korea. We just talked about which only accepts people from those seven or eight countries. Japan is not like that. So even if you're not a native English speaker, you don't have a passport from any of those seven countries, you can still apply and teach English in Japan, which is pretty cool. Application info, you just go to the JET program that's program with M-M-E dot org and you'll find all the information there and you can apply. Yeah. So we've gone through Epic in Korea and the JET program in Japan. Again, if there's any questions throughout this life, feel free to leave a comment or even better if any of you have experienced in one of these programs, also let me know. Would always love to hear your stories. So if any of you has participated in the JET program or in the Epic program or anything like that, let me know. We've also done a ITTT alumni interview in the past with some people who did work in the JET program. So for example, there was two sisters from Australia who I interviewed and they are both in the JET program or I think just one of them wasn't a JET program. The other one was teaching privately but I think they both started out in the JET program. So that was pretty cool as well. You can find that in our playlist. If you go to our playlist and then you put in JET, it will probably come up and you can have a look if you're interested in this program in particular. Great. So then let's move on and now we're gonna talk about Taiwan. So Taiwan also has a program that's called the Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program, T-F-E-T-P for short. And the T-F-E-T-P offers teaching opportunities in Taiwan for native English speakers. So here again, you need to have a passport from one of these countries but more about the requirements in just a second. And also interesting to note, that's why I put it on a slide. I thought that was really interesting. Taiwan was actually rated as the best place for expats to live according to a survey released in September, 2019 by Internations. So that was very cool. So Taiwan is a really cool place. Yeah, to live as an expert apparently. I traveled to Taiwan, spend a couple of days there. I think it was a week that I was there and I loved it. I fell in love with Taiwan. I really want to go back again, amazing place so I can really see why it's so popular or such a great place to live for expats. That's really, really good to know. Pay and Benefits for this program. So you earn between 1,900 and 2,500 US dollars a month. Of course you're paid in Taiwan dollars but that's just the equivalent in US. You get a housing stipend. So they don't provide housing but they help you out financially with your rent which is great and then you also get flights, bonuses probably a end of contract bonus, something like that and also health insurance which is very important, of course. Requirements. So this is the part we just mentioned. You need to be a native English speaker from one of these countries, the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland. You also need to have a bachelor's degree and a teaching license and a TEFL certificate. So requirements for this one are a little bit more strict as you can see but if this applies to you definitely check it out at tfetp.epa.ntnu.edu.taiwan. Just put it into Google, maybe that's easier. Taiwan for an English teachers program and then this website will definitely come up. Complicated URL but you get the point. So Taiwan is what you're looking for. Be aware of this program and apply. It seems like a very good opportunity to teach English in Asia and the salary is also actually quite nice compared to other places. Perfect. Then we're moving on, kind of staying in the same region of the world. We're moving on to the net scheme in Hong Kong, the native speaking English teacher scheme in Hong Kong. Also one of the most popular teaching programs for teaching English abroad. Also very competitive but it has great benefits. Let's get into it. So it is implemented in the public school sector. It has been implemented since 1998. It's quite an older and established, quite established, quite well-known program in the EFL field. You can either teach as a primary net. So primary school, your students will be between six and 12 or secondary net positions, secondary schools between 12 and 19 years old. So you can actually choose that, which is kind of cool. In the other programs, you can't really choose what age range you wanna teach. So that's kind of cool. You have to sign a two-year contract which is also different. All the other ones are one-year contracts. So this is a two-year contract and it usually starts in mid-August and subject to renewal. So if the school's happy with you, you're happy with it, you can renew. Pay and benefits, you get a monthly salary of around 3,200 to 7,700 US dollars. So this is quite a big range but also pretty high salary but also because Hong Kong is very expensive. You do get housing assistance with a monthly allowance of around 20,000 Hong Kong dollars. So this is about, I think 2,000 US dollars or a little bit more than that but housing in Hong Kong is very expensive, very expensive. So you might have to end up paying more on top of that for a nice apartment. So that's why the salary is also quite high. However, they also pay a round trip airfare for you and up to four family members. You also get a relocation allowance from personal belongings, which is kind of great and also a stipend for medical insurance. So that's also nice. Requirements for this one, you need to be a native English speaker or possess native speaker English competence. You need to have a Tefal Diesel qualification. You need to have a bachelor's degree but this can be in any subject, which is nice and non-native English speakers with English fluency can also apply. So I assume that again, you would have to prove your English fluency with a certificate. So an IELTS, a Tefal, a Cambridge certificate, something like that. And here is where you can apply. Again, this is a very long and complicated URL. So just put net scheme Hong Kong into Google and you'll find the official page there as well. Red Presuit says, yeah, I heard there was a big housing crisis in Hong Kong. Yes, so Hong Kong, if you don't know, I actually used to live very close to Hong Kong in China over in Guangzhou. I've been to Hong Kong many, many times and Hong Kong is basically just a big city. It's its own territory. It's a special territory of China. However, it is kind of its own big city. It's just a big city. And so they do have, they also have a lot of mountains, a lot of islands, but yeah, space is, they don't have a lot of space for housing or for to build things anymore. So of course, you're going to see a lot of high rise and skyscrapers and things like that. But yes, that's also why accommodation, housing is very expensive in Hong Kong, especially if you want to live in like a very nice part of town, you know, close to a subway station, things like that. It can get very expensive. So that's why. And I actually know some people who have taught under the Net Scheme in Hong Kong who loved it. It's definitely doable. And they also did this for a couple of years, I think. Maybe just, I don't know if it was just two years or they renewed for another year and it was three, I'm not sure, but yeah, I know some people who did that and they loved the experience. It was a lot of fun. So definitely recommend this one. Good, so we talked about Korea. We talked about Japan. We talked about Taiwan. We talked about Hong Kong just now. So now we're going to get into Singapore. So all of the ones we mentioned so far are in Asia. Why is that? Asia is the largest market for EFL teaching, for English as a foreign language teaching, right? So that's why we find so many teaching programs in Asia because the demand is very high. They really want to get a lot of people there, but we also have some European programs and also Middle Eastern. So stay tuned for that if you're not really interested in Asia, but we're going to get to other destinations as well, other parts of the world. So Singapore, the MOE Ministry of Education program. Singapore is a very diverse country and many schools they actually operate in English. So English is actually an official language in Singapore. So if you work under this program, you can teach in a kindergarten, you can also teach in primary and secondary schools, even junior colleges, and you can also work in special education schools in Singapore. So really you can pick and choose what your cup of tea is and apply it to that. Really, really cool. Paying and benefits, you earn between $2,000 and $3,000 a month. You get certain bonuses like annual allowance, performance bonuses, et cetera. You of course get time off during school holidays. You also get subsidized medical and dental benefits. You have medical leave 14 days without hospitalization and hospitalization leave up to 60 days. So that's also really cool. You also have some urgent leave for personal matters up to 10 days subject to approval. So these are the pain benefits. And these are the same for actually everyone who works for the Ministry of Education in Singapore, whether you are a local Singaporean or you are a foreign teacher. So this is the same for everybody. Also for locals, local teachers. Requirements, you need to be a native English speaker or possess native speaker English competence. You need to have a TEFL or a TSOL qualification. They also want a degree in teaching or education or a teaching license and previous experience is preferred. So the requirements for this one are a little bit more strict just because they have a lot of English speaking teachers. English is an official language in Singapore. So, and Singapore in general is a very popular and competitive place to go, similar to Hong Kong. Singapore is not only, it's its own country, but it's also a city. So it's a very big city, but it's own country. It's kind of a similar vibe to Hong Kong. It's a very big city in Asia, very popular, very modern, very hip, also very expensive. So a lot of people wanna go there. That's why requirements tend to be a little bit higher. You can find application info if you're like, yes, I really wanna go to Singapore, check it out at moe.gov.sg and you'll find info there on how to apply. But yeah, this was Singapore. Let's see where we're going next. Okay, so we're moving from Asia over to the West. Now we're in the UAE in the Middle East, United Arab Emirates. You can also apply to their government school programs as a teacher. So teaching in the UAE isn't often possible for first-time teachers, something to note, or those without a professional teaching license or qualification. The requirements in the UAE in the Middle East in general are very strict because the pay and benefits are really, really great. But also to note the UAE government schools, they hire teachers not only to teach English, but also other subjects as well. So if you're a teacher, if you're a math teacher from back home or if you're a science teacher or literature teacher, whatever you are, you have a license, you can also apply to this and then teach your subject in the UAE in English. So that's pretty cool. Pay and benefits for this one, you can earn between 3,000 and 4,000 US dollars a month. These are tax-free salaries. That's what the Middle East, that region is kind of famous for. They don't have income tax, so it's really nice. They also give you free accommodation, they give you flight reimbursement, you get health insurance and you also get end of contract bonuses. So you can live quite a nice life teaching English in the UAE. However, only if you fulfill the requirements. So the requirements are usually bachelor's degree as a minimum, but a master's degree is typically preferred and they also want people who have a teaching license. And they also want a Delta or a Teflotisol certificate and people with teaching experience. There's no age limit, which is great, but you need to have a clean medical, clean criminal background check. And they also do a lot of times they do a medical health check as well before you go. But yes, clean background check and then you can apply at this address. Again, it's quite long and complicated. So just put in UAE government schools English teaching program into Google and you'll find it, but it's u.ae. And then a bunch of other info, but yeah, it's the Education K-12 program and you'll find info there on how to apply. And also I think they, I checked it out and they list current positions. So they don't seem to, it doesn't seem to be a certain hiring season, but rather these are the vacant positions and you can apply to these at any time. So do check it out if you're interested in teaching in the Middle East. Next up, we are going to France. So this is the TAPIF program, Teaching Assistant Program in France. This is again a government initiative and this places applicants in French state schools. So if you really wanna teach English in France, this is a great way to do it. It's ideal for non-EU citizens seeking a long-stay experience in France. Like I mentioned in the beginning, a lot of countries in the EU in Europe, they are private schools. If they hire English teachers, they want people who already have a work permit for the EU. So this is a lot of times a problem for people from non-EU countries. However, this program is ideal for those people because it helps you in getting that work permit. You get a monthly stipend of 785 euros, which is approximately $890, which is generally sufficient for living expenses, but not in Paris. So what a lot of people do because it's not a lot of money, is it? A lot of people they do take on tutoring in their free time, extra students, you can also teach English online to supplement your income. That's what a lot of people do. You also have the option to apply to this support here for housing support. If you qualify, they give you that. But participants are generally responsible for finding accommodation on their own, but some schools, they may offer student dormitories. You might live there. You're also responsible for your visa and travel expenses. But for this program, when you're in, you are automatically qualified for a visa. So that's the thing. And then requirements. So they actually do want you to have French language proficiency. So you do have to take a test and have, I'm not sure what the level is now. It probably says that on the website, but you do need to be able to speak French. You also need to have experience in teaching children. You need to be adaptable through international living. An educational background is preferred and motivation and career path and education and strong letters of recommendation. So it's not so easy to get into this program, but if you fulfill all these requirements and you really wanna go and teach English in France, this can be a great opportunity. You apply at tapev.org and you need to provide a 500 word statement of purpose in French. You need to provide a passport scan, university transcript scan, a language evaluation from a French professor, academic or professional letter of recommendation, and there's a $60 application fee. So quite a lot to do for applying, but hey, if you are, for example, majoring in French, you speak French, maybe you're from Canada, something like that, definitely gives you a leg up here. So not impossible, but yeah, a lot of work if you really wanna get into it. All right, this was tapev. Now we're gonna look at the CAPT program, the Cultural Ambassadors Program for Teaching English in Spain. This is another government initiative run by the Spanish Ministry of Education. And here, up to 2,500 Americans and Canadians, they teach English in Spanish schools. Pay, you get around 700 euros a month and health insurance and long-stay work visa. So that's that and then requirements. Yeah, you need to be a US citizen or a Canadian citizen aged between 21 and 60. You need to also have some Spanish language skills. You have to take like a mental health and just general health check before that. You have to have at least a bachelor's degree. Teaching experience is preferred. Also child-related experience is preferred. Previous international living is preferred and a teflor or a T-cell is optional, but also very beneficial, it's a huge plus if that's on your resume. Applying is similar to what we just had with the French one, but you actually have to write a 250 to 300 word statement of purpose in English and you need to get some employer or university reference letters, a copy of your degree or diploma or academic record and a copy of your passport and you can apply at this website. Again, it's just easier if you put it into Google, cultural ambassadors program for teaching English in Spain and then it'll come up, but it's education.yfp.gov.es If I'm saying that correctly, but that is Spain and there's actually a second program in Spain that I think is worth mentioning that is the Medeas Advanced Program in Spain. So another one that doesn't have that strict of requirements. So this one teaches in private and charter schools in Spain and you do need to put down a 1,000 euro program deposit which is, but that is refunded after the contract ends. And this is not only open to native English speakers, but also native German and French speakers. So you can also, you can teach English, but you can also teach German or French in this program, which I think is really cool as well. Here you get between 800 and 1,120 euros a month, which is 900 to 1,300 dollars and you get access to the Spanish Social Security for healthcare, but you're responsible for finding your own accommodation. So a lot of people, what they do either live in, live with roommates, with other teachers or sort of like dormitories, things like that. Requirements, you need to be a recent university graduate within four years. You need to be a native English, German or French speaker. You need to have a clean background check and a valid passport of course. And you can apply at medeas.com, you'll find info there. So a lot easier to get into this program with the requirements. If you are a recent university graduate, then maybe the other program in Spain. But yeah, moving on, we have the Academic Information Agency, AIA in the Czech Republic. So this is another really popular program in Europe and this is publicly funded by the Czech Republic's Department of Education. There's a focus on placing English teachers in small town public schools. And the teaching period is typically September 1st to June 30th of the next year. Pay you get between $1,350 and $1,600 a month. So the pay is better than the programs in France and Spain, if you notice. However, you have to cover your own travel expenses, your own flight to the Czech Republic and back home. But some schools they actually provide in-country transportation. So you might get like a public transportation card. They sponsor that. And schools, they also usually arrange accommodation for their teachers. So you don't have to worry about that. So that's pretty good. Requirements, you need to have a bachelor's degree and a TEFL certificate or teaching certificate for a non-related degree. So if you have a bachelor's degree in TEFL TESOL, you don't have to have a TEFL or TESOL certificate. But if you have a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field, you do need to have a TEFL. Teaching experience is also preferred. And then if you fulfill all of these requirements and you're in the program, there is a chance for you to be eligible for the employee card visa after the contract. And the employee visa, the employee card visa is basically a long-term work permit for the Czech Republic. So if you're planning on staying in Europe in the Czech Republic for a longer period of time, this can be a great entryway in doing that. And you can apply at dzs.cz, or you put into Google Academic Information Agency, Czech Republic English Teaching, and you will also find that there. But yeah, and the Czech Republic is actually a very popular destination for teaching in Europe because it's more friendly towards non-EU citizens so they do sponsor visas. It's easier to get work visas there. The cost of living is lower. The salary is higher than the programs in Spain and France and you're in Europe. And it's a beautiful country, especially Prague is a beautiful city. And it has very good local public transportation. So you can get around very easily as well in the country. So that is the Czech Republic. Let's see what we have next. I think we're moving on. Oh yeah, one of the neighboring countries, I believe, Hungary. So we have the Central European Teaching Program, CETP in Hungary. This places English teachers in Hungarian schools. The contract is actually the same as in the Czech Republic. So it's about 10 months again, September to June. And however, they also have mid-year placements available. So six-month contracts from January to June. You might have to just check it out, what they have available on the website. Pay and benefits, you get a salary in local currency, of course, based on the native teacher scale. And this is around $500 a month. So it's a lot lower than the Czech program. However, better than nothing. You also get healthcare coverage and accommodation is provided and paid by the host institution or government. So that's also really good. You don't have to worry about housing and healthcare and anything like that. $500 is what you can then spend on living. And the cost of living in Eastern Europe is also quite cheap or in that part of Europe. But yeah, a lot of teachers, what you can do again to supplement your income is to take on private students and tutor in your free time. Or online, of course. Requirements, so this is open to native English speakers from the US, Canada, UK or other EU countries. There is no upper age limit. You do need to have a bachelor's degree and a minimum of a 40-hour online TEFL course. And there's also options for placing partners, friends or families together. So if you wanna do this with a friend or with a partner, with a sibling, you can go together and stay together, work together, maybe in the same school or at least in the same town. So that's also pretty cool. You can apply at cetp.info. All right, and this is Hungary. And then we're moving over to the US. The US, here I have two programs for you that is for US citizens. So if you are a US citizen, you can qualify for, for example, the English language fellow program. And this is actually something that works with US embassies around the world. So from the United States Department of State and the US embassies. This is a program that they have, very well-known, very established, very nice program if you're getting into it. So you can teach English all around the world. They have, I think, 80 countries to choose from. I don't know if this is what I didn't find. If you can choose the country or if you're just placed into a country or you can put in your preference, I'm not sure. But anyway, it places experienced TESOL professionals in global academic institutions in over 80 countries. So that's pretty cool. Wherever I think there's an embassy almost, you can go. There is also pretty nice fellowship stipend. You get 35,000 US dollars and a cost of living allowance for this 10 month fellowship period. You also get round trip travel paid for, health benefits. You get a $1,000 pre-departure allowance and an additional $500 a month for any dependents. So if again, you wanna bring a partner or you have a child or anything like that, you get an additional $500 a month, which is pretty cool. Requirements, you need to be a US citizen. You need to have a master's in TESOL or a related field. If you don't have a degree in this field, you can apply if you have a recognized TEFL certificate, TEFL or TESOL of 120 hours or more and a supervised practicum with that, a valid state teacher credential with ESL specialization or equivalent. So those two, if you don't have a master's in TESOL and there's no age limit. Application, they are hiring right now. Applications are open and the priority deadline is December 31st, 2023. And you can apply at elprograms.org. So really cool program, a lot of opportunities, but the requirements are strict. You do need to have a master's degree and be a US citizen, a master's in TESOL or if you don't have a master's in TESOL but in a different field, again, you can have a TESOL certificate. So I guess, yeah, it's doable for a lot of people. If you have a master's and you have a certificate from us plus the teaching practicum, you can do it. And I think that's pretty cool. 10 months and you get $35,000 and all of these other benefits, it's pretty nice. I would do it, I would definitely do it. And here are some of the countries that they had on their website. So I think the first one was Paraguay and then Montenegro, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka. So those are just some of the countries that they had reviews or stories from previous experiences from. So, but again, they have over 80 countries. So literally everywhere around the world, they have this program. So pretty cool. Another US program, also US citizens can apply to that is the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program. This is another one that's very popular. I've also met quite a couple of people here in South Korea who have taught under the Fulbright program. So it's in Korea as well. You can teach around the world. Again, this is another competitive US government program for international relations and teaching abroad. And this kind of targets more younger people, more students, I believe. So paying benefits are here, 1,000 to 2,500 US dollars a month, but the grant varies by location, covering living expenses, transportation and housing. So depending on what place you're going to. You do need to be a US citizen and you do need to have a bachelor's degree with strong academic and professional background. You need to satisfy country-specific language requirements. So interesting, if you want to go to a Spanish-speaking country, it's good if you have Spanish skills, something like that. I don't know if I've met the people that I've met here in Korea who were working under this program, if they had Korean language skills, I'm actually not sure. So this one, I'm not quite sure if this is like 100%. Maybe it's just, you know, if you know a little bit of the language, it's a plus. But yeah, but what is interesting for the requirements here, it says extensive overseas living experience typically disqualifies applicants. So if you've already lived all over the world, you're getting disqualified. So this is really for people, I think, who've never been anywhere, you know, like their first time living abroad, like those kinds of people. That's why I'm saying like young people, college grads, you just got your bachelor's degree, you have a couple of language skills, and now you're like, okay, I really wanna go abroad, see the world, and then come back and start my job. So that's kind of what it seems like. So, yeah. Application cycle for the Fulbright program opens in April, and you can apply at elprograms.org, same. Is that the same now? Hold on, maybe this is, I could just copy that over. Yeah, it's actually USFulbrightonline.org, my apologies. This is not correct. This is from the previous slide, from the other program. So just put in USFulbright program in Google, and you'll find the correct URL. This is from the other program. So, I think this was the last program. So yeah, with that, we are opening Q&A. I don't know how many programs we've mentioned now, but it was quite a few. I hope you enjoyed that. I hope there was something for you, maybe a program that you liked, that you're like, oh, I haven't heard about that before. Let me look into that, and maybe you can apply. Maybe, you know, I've just one person out there found a program that they might be interested in, then that's fine for me, that's good for me. So, Q&A means you can ask me your questions now about either what we just talked about, or anything else related to Teflin, T-Sol. I'm gonna have a couple more minutes here for Q&A, open for you guys before I sign off, but yeah, I really enjoyed today's session. I hope you did as well. And Amitava has a comment here. Hello, Linda, how are you? I'm doing great, thank you, Amitava. I'm listening to you for quite some time now today. Great, thank you so much, how are you doing? Hope you're doing well. Great. And also, just wanted to mention how you can find ITTT online. We're on Facebook, we're on Twitter, we're on Instagram. And of course, teflacourse.net is our website. 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Again, you can also email us courses at tcellminustefl.com and if you want you can also send me a DM on Instagram at lindagoseast if you wanna ask something directly to me without saying it here in front of everybody that's also fine. Amitavva says, well, I'm fine and thanks a lot for asking me. Well, I was just wondering whether the 250 hour online diploma course which I took way back in April, 2021 has been discontinued or not? It's just now called 370 hour. I think it has a different name. It's not discontinued. If you go to our website and then a diploma it's still there. Yeah, it's just now called 370 hour TESOL diploma. That's why. It's not discontinued and still valid. So don't worry, it's a great course. Great to have. Jinx says, yes, I just wanna say thank you ITTT. I have now two certificates. Very nice experience. Oh, thank you, Jinx. That's so great to hear. Congratulations. Amazing. Perfect. It's so great to hear your stories and get your support. 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