Get TEFL Certified for Taiwan: Ofqual Regulated Level 5 TEFL

Taiwan's Workforce Development Agency sets the rules for full time foreign teachers at short term cram schools. You must be 20 or older, have graduated from college or above, and teach the official language of your passport country, which means English teachers need a passport from an English speaking nation. Anyone without a bachelor's degree must also hold a language teaching qualification certificate.

The permit is tied to the employer, so each registered cram school that hires you must apply for its own. Full time teachers must do at least 14 hours a week of teaching related work. If you split your week across two or more cram schools, every one of them must give you at least 6 hours, and your combined total cannot exceed 32 hours. Ask each school to confirm its permit is in place before you begin teaching there.

Within 30 days of entering Taiwan on a resident visa. The National Immigration Agency asks for your passport, a photo, the approval letter issued by the labor authority and a certificate of employment dated within the past month. The order runs like this: your cram school secures the work permit, you obtain the resident visa, and the Alien Resident Certificate follows after you arrive. Keep copies of every document.

TFETP is the Ministry of Education's Foreign English Teacher Program. Applicants need a passport from a country where English is an official or common language, a bachelor's degree from an accredited university and a recent police clearance. On top of that, you need either a state teaching license or more than one year of English teaching experience together with a TESOL, TEFL or CELTA qualification approved by accredited universities.

The natural first step is the 120 Hour Advanced TEFL Course, which needs no degree or prior teaching to enroll and runs online with 6 months' access. If you want a regulated qualification, the 180 hour Level 5 TEFL Diploma is regulated by Ofqual as qualification 610/1571/4 and awarded by Highfield Qualifications. The 310 Hour Hybrid Level 5 Advanced TEFL Diploma adds 10 hours of live online teaching practice.