How to Become an Online English Teacher in the Philippines

For all job seekers who want an instant pay of five figures or more than to that, it is now your chance to grab this opportunity.

The 51Talk as one of the fastest growing online English Language Teaching (ELT) platform in China and in the Philippines is seeking home-based teachers to contribute in the best online English Teaching service to their clients. This company was established bearing with their goal to make learning accessible and enjoyable for millions of young learners in China.

Teaching is so much interested and fun, not only because of the high salary but also of the happiness you’ve got whenever you know that in every session of your class, there is something new you have shared with your students which they will be benefited being a learner.

The 51Talk who have hit a major milestone of going public on the New York Stock Exchange (COE) continued to grow a global family of over 10,000 teachers from the Philippines and in abroad to share their passion in inspiring kids.  

In order to be qualified as English Online Teacher, you must endow with the following requirements;

• Bachelor's degree 
• Experience teaching kids, preferably K12
• With Teaching Certificates such as LET / TESOL / TEFL / CELTA / TKT (preferred)
• Possess Professionalism, patience, and a fun-loving attitude

Availability to teach at least 16 hours per week (each lesson lasts 25 minutes) during the following times:

• 7pm – 11pm (Monday to Friday)
• 9am – 11pm (Saturday to Sunday)

To start with your class teaching, the following are also needed;

• A laptop or desktop computer with a wired internet connection
• Windows 7 or above
• Dual Core Processor or above, Intel or AMD
• At least 2GB of RAM (4 GB is recommended) 
• At least 2 Mbps internet speed (This means that your router/modem should be physically connected to a wired line - phone line or cable or fiber optics)
• A noise-canceling headset & an HD webcam and
• A quiet, clutter-free, and well-lit space in your home

In order to have a chance to be eligible for the job, 51Talk is rather looking for the following previous experience or similar positions;

• English Teaching / English Teachers
•  Online Teacher / Online Teaching
• Online Education / English Education
• School Teacher / Lead Teacher
• Part Time Job / Work at Home Job
• ESL Teacher / ESL Teachers
• ESL Tutor / ESL Tutors
• EFL Teacher / EFL Teachers
• EFL Tutor / EFL Tutors
• English Tutor / English Tutors
• Online Tutor / Online Tutors
• English Instructor / English Instructors
• Preschool Teacher / Preschool Teachers
• Nursery Teacher / Nursery Teachers
• Kindergarten Teacher / Kindergarten Teachers
• Elementary Teacher / Elementary Teachers
• Daycare Teacher / Daycare Teachers
• Kids Teacher / Kids Teachers
• Call Center Agent / Call Center Professional
• BPO Agent / BPO Professional / CSR / TSR
• Nurse / Nursing Graduate

The 51Talk English Online Teaching also requires their applicant to have skills in English (Verbal Speaking, translation, tutoring teaching and writing) since this is a company that offers English Language Tutorial/Class to students.

The salary would be based on the number of sessions you had conducted and in your performance. Of course, for you to earn a high compensation, you should be consistent, mastered your lesson and show to your company that you really love your work and respect your students. The 51Talk top-performing teachers could earn 80,000/month depending on the hours they put in and you can be like them too if you work great.

In addition to hourly compensation, there are even more ways to earn and this is through your referral, performance-based, peak hour and pay raise commensurate with performance and training completion.

You can apply in their website or contact their company.

Benefits of an "Online English Teacher" for Filipinos

Online English Teaching is one of the trending and popular job today not only in the Philippines but in the whole world. This kind of work doesn’t need an institution or school where you will conduct teaching, your home can now be your workplace.

For just like professional teachers who are teaching in an institution and accept a high range of salary, you can also be more like them. You can be more like them in the sense that you have many privileges and benefits to gain.

If you have to work at home as online English Teacher, you have all the freedom. All that you need is a stable connection of internet and ideas about your lesson for you to have a good communication with your student abroad.

Even if you are hired by an agency, you can be still the boss of yourself. You can decide whatever plans regarding your teaching works. You manage your own time, decides how many hours you will a lot of your work and can change your schedule whenever you want. That is a very cozy feeling.

For those people who love to sleep long length of hours in the evening till morning, you don’t need to be worry and wake up early every day to work on time. Since you’re the manager of your time, you can wake up in your desired hour before your schedule. No dress code needed, just face in front of your computer, wearing a formal attire with a slipper and no heels needed. It’s a very comfortable way of working.

If you ever taught in a school, there are many issues about discipline to face on. Maximum tolerance is really important for hard headed students and abundant lessons to prepare. But in online teaching, you don’t need to be exhausted and be bothered about those issues anymore because you have the complete concentration you wanted and the good aura or your workplace. One thing more, your benefits of being an online teacher is to have lesser work. It’s no longer necessary to make any lesson plan, check test exams and give grades. What just you need is the lesson you will teach in your every schedule of work.


As a passionate teacher who really dedicates his life in teaching, you’ll be happy seeing the fruit of your efforts. Your student’s interest and willingness to learn in every part of your lesson has a big impact on you as their motivator. Of course, it will help you to lower your tension and in the end of your discussion, you will realize that you are a productive worker.

source: ABS-CBN news