Certificates for English teachers and tutors

English is the language of international communication and a chance to work for your own pleasure, so people related to the field of education, as a rule, try to improve their skills in certification courses.

What does a certificate provide?

A certificate for a teacher is a document that provides many opportunities. From raising the level of salary to getting a position as a teacher in any country in the world.

It will help novice teachers find their first job and their first students.

For more experienced teachers, certification courses will refresh knowledge, improve skills and improve qualifications and salaries.

For those who have been teaching English for a long time, courses with a certificate will help to acquire a certain professional status, as well as give a chance to teach at any university in the world or teach other teachers.

In addition, the certificate provides the following benefits:

• confirmation of knowledge of the language,
• the opportunity to apply for a work visa on its basis to move abroad,
• Simplification of the procedure for obtaining a residence permit in a number of countries,
• fulfillment of the plan for self-development,
• the opportunity to increase the cost of your private lessons,
• a significant improvement in the resume,
• obtaining a position in a prestigious educational institution,
• the opportunity to publish scientific papers on pedagogy in English,
• adding training hours as time spent on professional development.

International certificates

International Certificates in English are designed for teachers who intend to move and teach English to students, children or adults in another country.

They are official confirmation of professional suitability and serve as a pass to universities for study or work, to international companies and other educational organizations. You can get such certificates by passing special courses for teachers of English.

Cambridge Teaching Certificates

• C2 Proficiency (CPE) - confirmation of knowledge of the language at the native level. A teacher with a C2 certificate can move to an English-speaking country, get a job in any field, including higher education institutions.
• TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) is an international document stating that the teacher is fluent in the theoretical basis of the communicative teaching methodology. Having received it, the teacher will be able to accelerate the receipt of the desired position or change jobs to a more elite and highly paid one, for example, at a UK university.
• Delta Module 1 - A certificate of passing the first module of the Delta exam, showing your understanding of the language, methodology, and teaching resources.
• Delta Module 2 is a document that is issued on the fact of the teacher's practical achievements. To get it, you need to make a portfolio with an overview of the lessons, a personal essay and the conclusions of the curators on the lessons.
• Delta Module 3 is a document about completed in-depth pedagogical practice and specialization in the field of teaching English, as well as studying the basics of management in education.

Cambridge Delta (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) is a flexible certification process in which you can take all three modules individually at any time interval. You receive a certificate after the first module, which you can successfully use in your career advancement.

• CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is a prestigious and globally acclaimed certificate that teachers need to earn the highest titles and salaries in the industry.
• CELT-S (Certificate in English Language Teaching - Secondary) is a special certificate that can be obtained after an exam and three practical lessons under the supervision of a trainer. Thanks to him, the teacher confirms his qualifications in teaching children from 11 to 18 years old.
• CELT-P (Certificate in English Language Teaching - Primary) is a certificate for teachers of elementary grades, which indicates that the teacher masterfully masters the methodology for working with children from 6 to 12 years old.
• ICELT (In-service Certificate in English Language Teaching) is an international certificate for English teachers. Suitable for experienced teachers who want to improve as professionals by improving teaching methods and organization of the educational process.

Online Teacher Certification

In connection with the transition of all countries of the world to distance learning, the demand for completely remote courses has increased many times over. Indeed, online learning and remote exams are a great opportunity to spend quarantine time not only usefully, but also safely.

• TEFL/TESOL certificate (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages ​​/ Teaching English as a Foreign Language) - controlled by Trinity College London or other accredited organizations and is equally suitable for those who have neither experience nor practice in the field of teaching, and for working teachers. The online course is devoted to the theoretical and practical bases of popular areas in education, the certificate is recognized all over the world.
• The certificate from Udemy is suitable for self-education. You can take courses in phonetics, the use of articles, business English, and so on.
• Working certificates from Tetrika will help you learn business English and teach it successfully in private courses or in lyceums with an economic focus. In addition to business, there are several more options: a general course and preparation for international exams.

Webinars for English teachers with a certificate

If you do not have enough time for full-fledged training, you can pay attention to webinars. As a rule, they last up to 2 hours, reveal an important and relevant topic, after which they send you a certificate by e-mail.

• British webinars dedicated to the professional and personal development of educators.
• A selection of 6 free webinars after which you will receive an EF Teacher Development Certificate.
• Domestic webinars for teachers, which cover important and interesting topics: from digital literacy to methods of learning modern English.
• Webinars from Macmillan Education will delight you with a non-standard approach and really exciting topics, such as "How to make learning grammar fun" or "Secrets of passing international exams."
• Interesting materials from Teacherholic will help you deal with topical issues: "How to teach children remotely" or "New Teachers: Surviving the Schedule" for beginners.
• Useful webinars from the Forum of Teachers also keep up with the trends and create materials about the formation of functional literacy in conditions of blended learning, solving modern educational problems. It will be interesting.
• Webinars in various formats: from mini-series to collections that are suitable for teachers of any level.

Tests for English teachers with a certificate

Language proficiency tests with a certificate can be useful for novice tutors to present to parents and students, as well as those who know the language at a high level and want to document this.

• The Online English Test (CEFR) will determine your level and generate an appropriate document.
• The test, whose results are recognized worldwide, will take you 50 minutes and show you your individual result.
• The Cambridge Knowledge Test, which will select an exam for you at your level.
• An official CEFR certificate for 1000 rubles, which you will hand over in 20 minutes and can attach to your resume.

Adaptive test, developed by the University of Oxford, indicating levels from A1 to C2 in the certificate.

Free Certificates for English Teachers

Free Certificates for English Teachers about free teacher training here. As a rule, free certificates are issued either after watching webinars or after passing free language proficiency tests. However, in order for the certificate to really benefit and increase the competitiveness of the resume, we recommend that you choose certification courses and take them remotely with the receipt of an official, legally binding, personal document.