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Funding Your TEFL Travel Journey

17th February 2022

Travelling has now become one of the most dreamt lifestyles for many, people especially the younger generation is seeking to break from the usual 9-5 day job cycle and build a career that is sustainable to one's way of living.  People from different academic/professional backgrounds across the world are so much into exploring the world and its diverse culture. If you are wondering how can you fund your travel through teaching English, you have landed on the right blog.

Well! Traveling the world does require finance, fundraising can allow you to earn a living and afford the adventure of world travel. There are many ways of fundraising. There are several ways to create a flow of income and also go earn a scholarship. It is obvious that if you are even volunteering as a TEFL teacher, you will still need to find a way to finance your stay and experience in the place.

So how do you fund your TEFL journey across the globe!

Get Certificated

A TEFL certificate is what you need to be able to work as an English teacher abroad. When it comes to the requirements to be a TEFL teacher, different countries, schools, and language centers have their unique set of criteria for hiring an English Teacher. However, the most common need is tohave a Bachelor’s degree and hold either a TEFL or TESOL certificate, with aminimum 120-hour curriculum. This works as the eligibility to teach abroad and thus apply for funding too.Additionally, there are also scholarships available for tuition fees, which brings us to the next segment of this blog.

Types of Fundraising

TEFL Scholarships

TEFL scholarships can be merit-based some of the grants are also need-based. While these scholarships most likely will not cover the entire tuition of your TEFL certification, however, it can certainly make a difference. Additionally, some TEFL institute also offers scholarship, especially those that are government-sponsored program.
 

• Government-sponsored programs – Some of the government teach abroad programs provide broader perks for their participants in addition to tuition fees. Assistance such as round trip airfare, housing, health insurance, etc. programs like the JET Program in Japan/Fulbright TEFL scholarships are very competitive in nature. But the good news isthey do not require individuals to be TEFL certificated or even teaching experience. The reason behind this is that when you are going to teach abroad, you will be assisting a teacher alongside a local teacher. This government-sponsored program is best suited for those who are willing to create and lead community engagement projects in local placement, besides teaching.

Volunteer Abroad Scholarships

For TEFLers who do not want to participate in such a competitive government program – consider volunteering to teach abroad. There is a wide range of scholarships of this type, both for newbies as well as experienced teachers. Watch the video to learn more –
 

Crowdfunding

Crowdfundingis a trending fundraising platform these days. The success of raining finance from Crowd funding is entirely dependent on the ability to sell your idea. Do your homework. Of course, you need to reason why you need the fund and how that fund will be useful to you and how that, in turn, will contribute to the larger picture when the organization invests in you. Several numbers of websites can help to get your funding such as Fundy, Razoo, and Indiegogo. This too may seem challenging but it's worth visiting these websites to win funding for traveling and volunteer work abroad.

Final Thoughts

While it may be daunting and certainly requires a lot of time and energy to put in, nevertheless, it is worth the try! TEFL scholarship may not cover all your financial needs, if you start planning early, combine your scholarship money and personal fundraising tools to adjust your travel costs. Above all, stay motivated that you can do this. With your heartfelt effort, you can not only fund your TEFL journey as a TEFL teacher but be on your way to a dream destination abroad! Not to mention, with your Online TEFL course you can earn all your investment within your first few months of teaching especially if you can crack a high pay job.