How to Become an Avatar Teacher

Avatar English has the following requirements for teachers to ensure that we deliver to our students out of the world classes.

Native Speaker

All our teachers are native speakers of the language being taught.

Qualifications

Avatar English teachers are professionally qualified and a copy of their certificate is available on the website in order to assure students of the quality and professionalism of our teaching. Qualifications will usually be a TEFL or CELTA for English teachers and equivalent certificates for teachers of other languages.

Experience

Our teachers have prior experience either in conventional language schools or with online teaching. Teachers are also familiar with Second Life and are very comfortable using Skype, MSN or similar messengers (including file sharing functions) as well as blogs, wikis, Google Earth and office suite programs such as Word and PowerPoint.

Passion for Virtual World Teaching

Teaching within virtual worlds such as Second Life is an exciting and innovative way to develop the students' language skills. All our teachers share this passion for using a 3D interface to enrich the students' learning experience. Our teachers enjoy the scope for creativity with both planning and teaching their classes.

Internet Access

Teachers have access to broadband internet and a computer compatible with web 2.0 tools. Teachers may access such computers at Avatar Teachers centres.