Departure Gate Blog

If you’re like me, and you get TEFL certified but can't teach in person at this point in your life, you might have looked into online teaching. Being someone who...keep reading

“As I round out my third month of teaching English in Spain – although I write this four thousand miles away in the United States – I can finally say...keep reading

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Getting TEFL Certified: 1. Get certified while you’re still in an academic mindset. If you think early on in college you might be...keep reading

I’m four weeks in, and I don’t love this. Well, I love the learning part. I feel like I’m truly retaining the takeaways, and I’m doing well on the quizzes,...keep reading

Let’s break it down. The TEFL 60-hour certification is entirely autonomous. Your teacher is the computer, and the class times are for you to decide. I chose to break the...keep reading

As I mentioned in my last post ( Winter in Spain ) teaching in Spain with CIEE doesn’t require the traditional 150-hour TEFL certification. There are countries where it is...keep reading

Are you considering teaching English abroad and getting TEFL certified? Are you somewhere in that awkward thought process right in the middle of: 1) “If I teach abroad, I could...keep reading

So, you’ve never stood in front of a classroom, but you want to teach abroad? Never fear. You’ve come to the right place. And I applaud you (I’d say most...keep reading

Let me introduce myself. My name is Meghan, I live in Boston, work in advertising, and have never taught a day in my life. I suppose we teach in our...keep reading

I absolutely love traveling! I caught a sense of wanderlust at a pretty early age, and so when I found out that I could travel for my practicum, it was...keep reading