Where can you earn a lot teaching English abroad?
If you want to earn a lot teaching English abroad, these countries are the ones to pick. But there’s a better question to ask yourself first if you’re thinking about money.
Nicola
How to plan for retirement as an ELT professional
When you get into ELT, for most people the qualification sparks a life of travel and adventures. Unfortunately, living abroad, and typically on a lower income, can mean a lot of people in ELT fall through the cracks when it comes to retirement planning. Let’s look at what that looks like and how to plan for retirement in ELT.
A beginner guide to investing for ELT teachers, Part 2
Part 2 of this teacher’s beginner guide to investing, Here are the steps to take to start investing as an English teacher. Whether you’re living abroad or have returned to your country, the basic steps to start investing your money apply to all of us.
A guide to investing for ELT teachers, Part 1
As educators we really need some education about how to become secure financially. So, this 2-part guide to investing is an introduction to some of the vocabulary you’ll need to know and the steps you’ll need to take to start investing as an ELT teacher.
How to save money in ELT
Yes, you can save money in ELT. It might surprise you to hear that plenty of people who earn way more, don’t necessarily save much. In fact, how good you are at saving has less to do with how much you earn and everything to do with money management and education. Most of us don’t get any education when it comes to money. But we can all start once we know a few things about how to save money, in ELT or any other field.
8 ways to earn more in ELT
To be brutally honest, you won’t earn very much as an EFL teacher. Private language schools mostly offer zero hours contracts or guaranteed but low-pay hours. EFL teachers who’ve got past the stage of just wanting to fund a couple of years living abroad need to earn more money to have a decent standard of living. Here’s how to earn more in ELT
Greg’s story
Freelance author, teacher and teacher trainer Greg Archer was interested in investing but didn’t want to become one of the “finance bros” he saw on social media. Luckily the things I teach on the beginner investing course are about as non-bro as you could get!
How to get more money from your UK summer job
UK summer jobs are legally required to enrol you in a pension scheme. Here’s what you need to know to get some extra money out of your summer school job.
Ste’s story
For many of us, returning to our home country after a long TEFL life abroad is a time to take stock financially.
What changes did 38-year-old English teacher, Ste Sharpe, make when he moved back to the UK after many years overseas?
Clare’s story
Clare Hogg went from her old life of “head in the sand when it came to pensions, investing savings or dealing with banks” to being one of my star students. 18 months after finishing my beginner investing course in 2022, she’s even given ME advice on investing platforms.