TEFL Hero
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Founded by current and former ESL teachers with more than 20 years of combined experience in classrooms around the world (and online), TEFL Hero provides affordable TEFL courses that help prepare new teachers for life inside the classroom. It is fully accredited and offers future teachers the opportunity to earn a TEFL certificate on their time with unlimited support from its staff. Most importan...
Founded by current and former ESL teachers with more than 20 years of combined experience in classrooms around the world (and online), TEFL Hero provides affordable TEFL courses that help prepare new teachers for life inside the classroom. It is fully accredited and offers future teachers the opportunity to earn a TEFL certificate on their time with unlimited support from its staff. Most importantly, its curriculum is created to work for both online and in-person educators.
TEFL Hero students have lifetime access to their course as well as the ability to ask questions about the curriculum via chat or email. Upon completion, students have immediate access to their TEFL certificate via PDF or can opt to have a physical certificate mailed to them if needed.
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Travis Lopez
Participated in 2025
AlumniTravis is from Indianapolis and holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Ball State. He worked in sales for 5 years before moving to ...
An old colleague of mine moved to Bangkok to teach English and recommended it. He was having a great time, the job was much less stressful than what we were doing in the US, and he was still saving while traveling to these awesome beaches. I finished my
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Joyce Lee Taylor
Participated in 2022
AlumniJoyce Lee Taylor is a recently retired administrative assistant who spent 30 years working in public schools and small businesses. After retiring, she...
I’ve always dreamed of seeing more of the world, but life just kept me busy with work and raising kids.
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Kristine Thorndyke
Interviewed in 2023
StaffKristine co-founded TEFL Hero with Quincy Smith to help create more accessible and affordable TEFL certification courses. As a former ESL teacher with...
After teaching ESL in public schools in Shenzhen, China, I absolutely fell in love with teaching ESL. To see the impact you're having with students and be able to track their progress is an extremely rewarding experience. I love that I get to spread the word about teaching ESL as well as help aspiring teachers access affordable and quality TEFL certification courses to gain the confidence needed to be a rockstar teacher.
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