Quick Tip: Advance Your Career

It can be all too easy to get stuck in the groove and never move up the ladder, especially as a TEFL teacher if you move to a different country every couple of years.

The thing to do is work on professional development, whether it be research, working towards a diploma or another degree, or writing articles for professional journals. You could also networking as well.

Even if you do all this, you'll have to have a professional CV. Spend a lot of time on it since it's often the first impression employers have of you.

Do your research as well. Think about what you can do besides TEFLing. For example, you could be a teacher trainer, a DOS, a curriculum writer, and many more. For more ideas see making a career out of TEFL and transitioning out of TEFL.


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Quick Tip: Do Research

It's all too easy to get into a daily routine of lesson planning, teaching, and grading, however, that's not enough. You owe it to yourself and your students to continue learning.

There are lots of ways to improve your professional development. Attending workshops or conferences, online workshops, studying a short course that leads to a TEFL cert or diploma, doing a masters degree, getting a PhD, doing research, writing articles, getting into teacher training or mentoring, creating material for publishing companies are just a few ideas.

If you're interested in professional development, then take a look at these articles

• Making a career out of TEFL 
• Furthering your education 
• Why you should attend conferences. 

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Getting Published

This article has been published in Voices by IATEFL in the May / June 2011 issue. You might also be interested in reading tips for getting published.

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Getting Your Dream Job

This article has been published in Voices by IATEFL in the May / June 2011 issue. Or read more about how to get your dream job.

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