[hottie]

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the input. I'm glad everyone thinks that $100 an hour is low, I thought it was, but some Chinese people said it is an alright wage.

Is it easy to get sponsorship for part-time work? Is it then legal to tutor outside of this, or is it just the done thing?

Hottie

Originally Posted by jimbo

yep, start off working for a school part time and rake in the extra cash by doing private tuition!

[jimbo]

Originally Posted by hottie

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the input. I'm glad everyone thinks that $100 an hour is low, I thought it was, but some Chinese people said it is an alright wage.

Is it easy to get sponsorship for part-time work? Is it then legal to tutor outside of this, or is it just the done thing?

Hottie

Its the done thing, theres always demand for tefl qualified people and a lot of the jobs are part time anyway. Its the done thing to do private tuition on the side, a lot of people i know do it.

I'm halfway through the tefl now and thats what i'll be doing when i qualify.

[Valencia1]

You don't need a tefl to be a teacher or tutor. You just need your students.

[jimbo]

Originally Posted by Valencia

You don't need a tefl to be a teacher or tutor. You just need your students.

Makes things easier though if you need a work permit etc. And would you let your kids be taught by somebody not qualified to teach english?

[Valencia1]

Many qualified English teachers have qualifications other than TEFL. Some are graduates from education institutions, others are degree holders, and their major may not be English. That explains for the poor English in HK. Local teachers don't have or need a TEFL. None of my English teachers in primary, secondary school and university ever had TEFL. They had all kinds of degrees instead. Some had certificates of education but they're different from TEFL. But if you have TEFL, you are more competitive. To me, it's the teaching method and personality that counts. That's what some of my students' mothers told me. None of them ever asked to see my diplomas. They looked only for improvement in grades. Good luck!

[shirleythien]

Originally Posted by hottie

I have read that anyone can start their own company in HK.

Does anyone know if it is possible to do this in order to teach English legally? (I am on a new dependant visa and have been job hunting for a while with no success.)

Thanks
Hottie

Hottie, you can try something else without being an English teacher. What is your interest actually? You can PM if you are interested in doing your own business.

[Ellephant]

Hi Guys
I am new to this site, but interested in this thread as i'm due to come to HK mid-Feb with my husband.

I have 3 years experience teaching kids english in Taiwan, I did this with just a weekend TEFL qualification. Since coming back to the UK I have worked as a make-up artist.

I have a few questions, so here goes...

You mentioned that most teaching opportunities were with Kids, is it possible to do that without a TEFL? If you have a TEFL, how does it improve your working life?

Jimbo, you mentioned working part-time, do you think its realistic that I could work part-time and then build up some kind of freelance make-up business?

The TEFL course I was thinking of taking starts on Monday, so any emergency-decision replies welcome!

Cheers

[jimbo]

Originally Posted by Ellephant

Hi Guys
I am new to this site, but interested in this thread as i'm due to come to HK mid-Feb with my husband.

I have 3 years experience teaching kids english in Taiwan, I did this with just a weekend TEFL qualification. Since coming back to the UK I have worked as a make-up artist.

I have a few questions, so here goes...

You mentioned that most teaching opportunities were with Kids, is it possible to do that without a TEFL? If you have a TEFL, how does it improve your working life?

Jimbo, you mentioned working part-time, do you think its realistic that I could work part-time and then build up some kind of freelance make-up business?

The TEFL course I was thinking of taking starts on Monday, so any emergency-decision replies welcome!

Cheers

I've literally just qualified so am going through the applying for jobs etc thing at the moment, You can get teaching jobs without TEFL but thats probably going to be more on the private tuition side.

Sure you should be able to work part time just to get regular money in then try and build up a network of contacts for doing private tuition on the side, which TEFL course were you thinking of doing?

I did mine online and am thinking of doing the business english module as theres a lot of demand out there.

[carang]

yes, you can work part-time... but it will be ILLEGAL...
i'm not being a prude, just letting you know...

IMMIG will NOT grant a work visa for a part-time job...

just for info...

when i was teaching privately full-time, i charged $350/hour... i know most private tutors charge around $400/hour....(i'm a permanent resident now, before i had an investment visa)

[Ellephant]

Ah, so it's impossible to get a visa for part time work? In that case, am i looking for full time teaching positions only, or do people just work illegally on a spouse visa (pretty risky no?)

Jimbo, I am thinking of doing the trinity certificate here in London, what did you do?

Are most positions at pre-school or older learners too?

Cheers m'dears for everything you helped with so far!

Elle