You want professional-level training and the accreditation to support you with your career growth.

A foundational-level TEFL / TESOL certification that requires passing a few short essays and multiple choice tests may help you figure out your interest in teaching English, but it will not prepare you for the job.

A professional-level course offers a much higher return in job satisfaction and long term career opportunities. In fact, more than 30% of OnTESOL students started their career with a foundational-level 120-hour TESOL/TEFL certification from another provider and ended upgrading their training with us because they were struggling in the classroom and stuck in entry-level jobs.

Teaching experience is not required. Whether you are an experienced ESL teacher or just starting out, OnTESOL is right for you if you are ready to learn advanced ESL lesson planning skills and earn the credentials you need to qualify for better jobs.

You are an entry-level teacher looking for professional training from the beginning:

The teaching methods and lesson planning skills we teach at OnTESOL will give you the structure you need to become a successful ESL teacher and will open the doors to professional and well-paid ESL teaching jobs worldwide. 

OnTESOL graduates do not have to take another 120-hour TEFL / TESL / TESOL / CELTA course to move from country to country. The benefit of our TESL Canada and ACCET accreditation is that the OnTESOL certificate is valid for ESL teaching jobs abroad, online, and in Canada or the United States. 

You are an experienced ESL teacher who never completed professional TEFL / TESOL / TESL / CELTA training:

For the past 20 years, we have noticed that ESL teachers who started their career with a foundational-level course are the ones who need to upgrade their qualifications with OnTESOL the most.

The lack of ESL lesson planning training provided by foundational-level courses results in ESL teachers who rely too much on the Direct Teaching Method of teaching grammar and ESL teachers who have difficulties adapting to the more effective teaching approaches under the umbrella of the Communicative Language Teaching method.

If you are looking to put in the work to learn new skills, OnTESOL will teach you how to use the most effective communicative and task-based ESL lesson planning frameworks in the world. Become a better teacher and qualify for better jobs.

You are looking to learn professional-level ESL lesson planning skills to adapt to any classroom situation worldwide:

What sets OnTESOL apart from foundational-level courses is the advanced training in lesson planning. The 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate course includes three (3) practical lesson planning Lab Assignments to prepare you for any ESL classroom in the world.

The Lab Assignments come with a rubric and pre-recorded Lab Videos developed by our Director of Studies to help you pass the course. And, you can attend the 12-hour Live TESOL / TEFL Module offered via Zoom to learn with other peers.

An experienced trainer will mark your lesson planning Lab Assignments and give you feedback on the areas that need improvement. You can also contact your tutor for clarification. 

By the end of the course with OnTESOL, you will know how to create a variety of ESL lesson plans for grammar, vocabulary, and integrated skills lessons that follow the different communicative and task-based methods used by top English language programs in the world. 

You are looking for a TEFL certificate that can be completed in under a week:

OnTESOL does not offer foundational-level TEFL certification courses that you can complete quickly by passing a few multiple choice tests and/or short reflections.   Like any other course offering professional credentials, the OnTESOL course requires work and dedication. The three (3) lesson planning Lab Assignments in the 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate course are advanced projects that will test your ability to reflect and implement the teaching methods that you need to plan an effective lesson. 

You are an experienced teacher who is looking for the TESOL / TEFL certification but do not want to commit the time to improving your lesson planning skills:

Other experienced ESL teachers who never completed a professional-level course found that the lesson planning topics in the OnTESOL course were completely new to them. For this reason, we recommend taking the OnTESOL course with a beginner’s mind. Having previous experience is not a guarantee that you will ace the course. Completing the lesson plan assignments may take more time than you initially planned.

You are a native English speaker interested in teaching English who is only looking for an introductory course that doesn’t require much effort:

A foundational-level course may be better for you if you are just trying to figure out if teaching English is for you or if you want to qualify for a low-paying gap -year experience without much effort.

A professional-level TEFL / TESL / TESOL course will help you to grow in your career, but it requires work and dedication to learn grammar, phonology, and the methodology of teaching English. Without proper training, your ESL classes will lack the necessary structure and context for students to learn and practice the English language. ESL teachers who did not complete a professional ESL teacher training course tend to resort to the following: the Direct Method of writing new grammar rules on the board for students to memorize, playing movies and songs without following any classroom objectives. As a result, they suffer from classroom management issues and throughout their whole experience.