TEFL Hero
Why choose TEFL Hero?
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. TEFL Hero understands how i...
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Suitable course for immediate results
March 10, 2022by: Saman Mvhd - ItalyI was a professional teacher in my country, but since I moved to another country, I didn't possess any official teaching certificate that enabled me to teach online. And I was not looking into a very long online program in which I had to do demos and stuff because I had a teaching certificate from my own country, then upon looking, I found TEFL HERO. It was a perfect match for my busy schedule as I could finish the courses at my own pace. Now, I am teaching officially on a famous online platform, and I appreciate the opportunity that TEFL HERO provided for me.
Low threshold to entry
June 27, 2022by: Mark Snellenberger - United StatesThe good is that TEFL courses are much more accessible and financially feasible than ever before. I was frankly shocked at the prices whether due to the pandemic or the online platforms. I chose TEFLHERO on price and construction by practicing educators. Generally the experience was what I had expected. I'll list two areas in which TEFLHERO could improve. They need to edit their content. There were acceptable omissions of words, spelling and grammar. I don't take issue with the occasional mistake. There were quizzes with duplicated questions. Again, no real objections. Where they need to edit is their formatting. Their presentation obviously developed from outline but their formatting of that outline is confusing. Point five will move on to point 2 in the exact same typeface such that you have to stop the flow of reading and scroll up to recount what point 1 was. It's not pedantic; it's confusing to a presentation solely in text. They desperately need consistent header formatting applied across their presentation. One of the selling points of the course is creation by real teachers. But after you buy on this premise it's only expression is in the content selection. That is an important contribution but I'd also prefer to hear their experiences. As example, when talking about co teaching tell me the horror stories of that one co teacher. For a fixed audience of prospective educators sold on the promise of the nitty gritty of teaching, there is a stark absence of color commentary. More stories please.
Affordable, great support!
July 13, 2022by: Kristy Smith - United StatesTEFL Hero was a great experience and just what I needed for my course - staff was responsive and even followed up when I had completed everything. The course itself was a super accessible and a lot of reading, but the quizzes made sure to revisit the core topics.
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Travis Lopez
Participated in 2025
Travis 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 ...

Travis Lopez
Participated in 2025
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

Joyce Lee Taylor
Participated in 2022
Joyce Lee Taylor is a recently retired administrative assistant who spent 30 years working in public schools and small businesses. After retiring, she...

Joyce Lee Taylor
Participated in 2022
I’ve always dreamed of seeing more of the world, but life just kept me busy with work and raising kids.

Kristine Thorndyke
Interviewed in 2023
Kristine co-founded TEFL Hero with Quincy Smith to help create more accessible and affordable TEFL certification courses. As a former ESL teacher with...

Kristine Thorndyke
Interviewed in 2023
What inspired you to travel abroad?
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.