I'm 45 and going to Cambodia to teach for the first time. I'm leaving my adult children, my security job I've had for a decade, and all my friends behind. I'm nervous as all heck but also super excited. I've never been a teacher before. I love children!
@directajith I work with a TESOL placement company. I've done the program before COVID and received my TESOL but I would like a refresher so I'll do the program again in Thailand and then they will place me in Cambodia somewhere. I'm hoping Siem Reap as I want to be close to my Thai family in Buriram. I'm really scared and really nervous but also crazy excited for a new adventure. Are you still in Cambodia?
Thank you so much Tom for the video, I checked out your other videos also, amazing! 🙏. I'm 31 now and also wish I really just dove in sooner when people told me to do it, but better late than never. 😁. I will be coming out there in Feb 2025. 🤞🥰. I look forward to it, I am using The TEFL Academy which is in partnership with AVSE, they're all great. ❤
@@londym. yep 👍 that’s awesome! Really exciting news. If you haven’t finalized your registration yet, you could sign up directly to AVSE and say my name as a referral and then it supports my channel instead of TEFL Academy. - lol 😆 - no worries either way - feel free to reach out to me here or on insta if you have questions about living here or teaching or anything
I am working in Myanmar. My current Wednesday schedule is terrible. I have 6 classes. Gate duty in the morning and afternoon department meeting. Luckily my Monday and Tuesday I only have 3 classes.
Informative video, thanks. How does teaching online part time, and not having a full-time teaching job with a school, affect your visa status when you have to renew it? It's my understanding that to maintain an ordinary visa you have to have an employer backing you, in other words, proof that you are gainfully employed. You have to renew your visa every year, correct?
Correct and correct. I work for a school here in Cambodia- a language center, that conducts classes online as well as in person. I choose to take online students. It does not matter how many hours your work as long as you work for a Cambodian company or school. When I renew I just get a letter of employment from my boss showing I am still employed by them
@@weatherornotheresmike yea you can in Cambodia. 🇰🇭 - I also don’t have a degree. Just the TEFL from AVSE. I’m a grade 8 teacher here now. In places like Thailand and Vietnam you need a degree to apply for a work permit or business visa. In Cambodia they don’t ask for that. www.avse.edu.vn CODE: Tom Trips Out They’re government accredited and guaranteed job assistance included. 👍
@@TomTripsOut Nice, I'm currently a college student trying to get my English education degree. I'll probably do a year of being an assistant teacher here in the US and then move to Cambodia. One question I've had for a while is will my pay be lower if I'm not white? I'm Asian American and I thought they might lower my pay if I don't look like a foreigner to them. Maybe I'm just overthinking it lmao
@@Goldyyy you’re not way off for thinking that. Image is important here and your nationality. But I think they REALLY focus on what passport you have, as opposed to your face. So if you are a US citizen and you sound like an American with zero Asian accent - you will be treated like a native English speaker. 👍
At the school I work I only get two, 40 mins prep time, for a whole 9 and a half hour days. If there is any other schools that you can recommend me please let me know. Thanks !
@@charlesobengacheampong771 yea in Cambodia they stopped the accommodation but lowered the price accordingly. They provide a list of recommended hotels of varied levels close by to the training. I believe the Ghana teacher positions are still available- they needed 10 in total. The most direct way to find out is to Email Peter the course director. Let him know I gave you his contact “Peter@avse.edu.vn”
@@veramann it was a bad idea to go to college and put yourself in debt - and on top of that you’d have more disposable income every month living in asia due to low cost of living, so you’d pay off your debt faster
Apparently, i heard that Zimbabwean/ South African nationals tend to suffer at e hands of Immigration officers. I guess its quite unfortunate for us hey. I heard some are being refused entry at the boarder. Quite sad
@@Insightreviewer my rent is $350 but you can find places for $200 even. And food is so cheap here. I eat out for every meal and spend $10 total in a whole day. So in a month your budget will be like 800 dollars for everything. My first teaching job paid $1250. - now if you buy drinks every night and piss it away then it can be hard to save. But beers are only $1 anyway
Please I have been working my ass out to apply for the online course but it's not coming easy for me,I need some to loan me a whooping some of 500$ with a little interest please, thank you@@TomTripsOut
@@madeinengland81 a degree is not needed in Cambodia. Being a non native English speaker makes it harder and the salaries are lower. AVSE has a program for TEFL certified people to help them with getting a job. It’s 9 days and includes accommodation for the 9 days, then they guarantee job assistance- www.avse.edu.vn
@@MsPriyaLal yes I have seen that. And even more often I’ve seen people come here to teach, and marry and HAVE kids while they’re here. Your own kids usually get a discount on tuition at the school you work at.
@@matt55592 yes but it’s WAY less common. It’s hard to find and often if you do find it, they need you to work evenings - or a time that isn’t ideal. I’ve never heard of an international school offering part time. The type of place you need to look for is a language center or education center. These places have part time. It’s a type of school where people go and pay to take an English course to improve their English for the work place or maybe to get ready for an exam in university.
Thank you for a great video and valuable info. I am an English teacher in Bangkok thinking about relocating to Cambodia. My question is - if I arrive in Cambodia on a tourist visa (obtained at the airport) and hopefully find a school willing to employ me can my visa be converted to a work visa without the neccessity of leaving Cambodia?
@@mateuszbiskup8166 that is very important question. The answer is no you cannot turn a tourist visa into a working visa. The one you want is called “E-Type” Ordinary Visa. This can be extended into a working visa. -- also do not confuse it with electronic tourist evisa which also uses an “e”.
@@mateuszbiskup8166 the Evisa is not a working visa. It’s just a 30 day Ordinary visa. When you get a job you can apply to add on an extension. Then it becomes an EB Visa ( B for business)
@@abichikanda8586 yes but you would be considered a Non native English speaker. As a result, there are fewer job opportunities and the salary is slightly lower. Like 800 instead of 1100.
@@abichikanda8586 I can’t say for sure what will happen- it’s up to whatever school you get a job at. - In your interview you may be able to command a higher expected salary with your accreditations. If they really like you and you have a neutral accent. However, it’s my understanding they usually go by what passport you have. USA, Canada, UK - these are the countries they consider native English speaking. If you’re not one of those they can use that as an excuse to lowball you
@@abichikanda8586 if you reach out to AVSE they’d do a free zoom call and they can tell you what they think. Maybe Vietnam would be better - they also operate there with the same programs.
@@directajith yes. All you need is a TESOL or TEFL certificate. You’d make slightly less as a non native speaker, but people do it. Check out www.avse.edu.vn
@@theyeayeayeahs2 I haven’t done it. But from what I understand you pay a fee just to get them out of the bar, and then you pay on top for the time or what you want to do. You take them out on a date and then to your place, or you could get a hotel room, but I don’t think they include a room. Some guys do it just to have a date to go around with.
I'm 45 and going to Cambodia to teach for the first time. I'm leaving my adult children, my security job I've had for a decade, and all my friends behind. I'm nervous as all heck but also super excited. I've never been a teacher before. I love children!
@@NaEcO78 have you reached cambodia?
@directajith not yet. My flight to BKK is first week Dec.
@@NaEcO78 you found a job?
@directajith I work with a TESOL placement company. I've done the program before COVID and received my TESOL but I would like a refresher so I'll do the program again in Thailand and then they will place me in Cambodia somewhere. I'm hoping Siem Reap as I want to be close to my Thai family in Buriram. I'm really scared and really nervous but also crazy excited for a new adventure. Are you still in Cambodia?
@@NaEcO78 okk.not yet
Thank you so much Tom for the video, I checked out your other videos also, amazing! 🙏. I'm 31 now and also wish I really just dove in sooner when people told me to do it, but better late than never. 😁. I will be coming out there in Feb 2025. 🤞🥰. I look forward to it, I am using The TEFL Academy which is in partnership with AVSE, they're all great. ❤
@@londym. yep 👍 that’s awesome! Really exciting news. If you haven’t finalized your registration yet, you could sign up directly to AVSE and say my name as a referral and then it supports my channel instead of TEFL Academy. - lol 😆 - no worries either way - feel free to reach out to me here or on insta if you have questions about living here or teaching or anything
Another great video on what things are really like there.
Thanks Tom
I am working in Myanmar. My current Wednesday schedule is terrible. I have 6 classes. Gate duty in the morning and afternoon department meeting. Luckily my Monday and Tuesday I only have 3 classes.
Tom went a whole 3 and a half minutes without shilling AVSE 💪 💪💪
Great informative, positive and encouraging video. 🤗Love your energy ❤
Informative video, thanks. How does teaching online part time, and not having a full-time teaching job with a school, affect your visa status when you have to renew it? It's my understanding that to maintain an ordinary visa you have to have an employer backing you, in other words, proof that you are gainfully employed. You have to renew your visa every year, correct?
Correct and correct. I work for a school here in Cambodia- a language center, that conducts classes online as well as in person. I choose to take online students. It does not matter how many hours your work as long as you work for a Cambodian company or school. When I renew I just get a letter of employment from my boss showing I am still employed by them
@@TomTripsOut Great, thanks for the info!
If you need that referral link I mentioned for the online teaching job I have, let me know! I get 200 if you get hired. We could split that too, haha.
So I don’t have a teaching degree or a bachelors in general, but I was thinking about getting my TESOL to come teach English
@@weatherornotheresmike yea you can in Cambodia. 🇰🇭 - I also don’t have a degree. Just the TEFL from AVSE. I’m a grade 8 teacher here now. In places like Thailand and Vietnam you need a degree to apply for a work permit or business visa. In Cambodia they don’t ask for that. www.avse.edu.vn
CODE: Tom Trips Out
They’re government accredited and guaranteed job assistance included. 👍
@@TomTripsOut sweet, I followed your page, I just set up a phone call with an instructor. I think this is what I’m going to do
@@weatherornotheresmike awesome! Make sure you let them know you heard of it from me 🙏
@@TomTripsOut 100%
How much do you make
@@Goldyyy if you’re a native English speaker from US / Canada / or UK - you usually start around $1200 a month. It goes up as you gain experience
@@TomTripsOut Nice, I'm currently a college student trying to get my English education degree. I'll probably do a year of being an assistant teacher here in the US and then move to Cambodia. One question I've had for a while is will my pay be lower if I'm not white? I'm Asian American and I thought they might lower my pay if I don't look like a foreigner to them. Maybe I'm just overthinking it lmao
@@Goldyyy you’re not way off for thinking that. Image is important here and your nationality. But I think they REALLY focus on what passport you have, as opposed to your face. So if you are a US citizen and you sound like an American with zero Asian accent - you will be treated like a native English speaker. 👍
@@TomTripsOut That's good to know, thanks brother. I'll subscribe too
At the school I work I only get two, 40 mins prep time, for a whole 9 and a half hour days. If there is any other schools that you can recommend me please let me know. Thanks !
Another great video
Have AVSE stop giving free accommodation and opportunity for Ghana to in Vietnam still available
@@charlesobengacheampong771 yea in Cambodia they stopped the accommodation but lowered the price accordingly. They provide a list of recommended hotels of varied levels close by to the training. I believe the Ghana teacher positions are still available- they needed 10 in total. The most direct way to find out is to Email Peter the course director. Let him know I gave you his contact “Peter@avse.edu.vn”
A lot of college students who graduated in the US owe a lot of student loans. This is why it's a bad idea to move there and teach.
@@veramann it was a bad idea to go to college and put yourself in debt - and on top of that you’d have more disposable income every month living in asia due to low cost of living, so you’d pay off your debt faster
Apparently, i heard that Zimbabwean/ South African nationals tend to suffer at e hands of Immigration officers. I guess its quite unfortunate for us hey. I heard some are being refused entry at the boarder. Quite sad
So you basically tie up 5 days a week week 8 hours a day for 1k a month?
@@beaulong yes 1k-1400…
Hey tom is that plenty after rent food etc ?@TomTripsOut
@@Insightreviewer my rent is $350 but you can find places for $200 even. And food is so cheap here. I eat out for every meal and spend $10 total in a whole day. So in a month your budget will be like 800 dollars for everything. My first teaching job paid $1250. - now if you buy drinks every night and piss it away then it can be hard to save. But beers are only $1 anyway
Please I have been working my ass out to apply for the online course but it's not coming easy for me,I need some to loan me a whooping some of 500$ with a little interest please, thank you@@TomTripsOut
Great info
Hello tom can you get work easy with tefl level 2 without a degree
@@madeinengland81 a degree is not needed in Cambodia. Being a non native English speaker makes it harder and the salaries are lower. AVSE has a program for TEFL certified people to help them with getting a job. It’s 9 days and includes accommodation for the 9 days, then they guarantee job assistance- www.avse.edu.vn
hey is it possible as a Parent to come teach in cambodia with kids.. Have you seen that ?
@@MsPriyaLal yes I have seen that. And even more often I’ve seen people come here to teach, and marry and HAVE kids while they’re here. Your own kids usually get a discount on tuition at the school you work at.
Is there part time jobs available in person?
@@matt55592 yes but it’s WAY less common. It’s hard to find and often if you do find it, they need you to work evenings - or a time that isn’t ideal. I’ve never heard of an international school offering part time. The type of place you need to look for is a language center or education center. These places have part time. It’s a type of school where people go and pay to take an English course to improve their English for the work place or maybe to get ready for an exam in university.
Thank you for a great video and valuable info. I am an English teacher in Bangkok thinking about relocating to Cambodia. My question is - if I arrive in Cambodia on a tourist visa (obtained at the airport) and hopefully find a school willing to employ me can my visa be converted to a work visa without the neccessity of leaving Cambodia?
@@mateuszbiskup8166 that is very important question. The answer is no you cannot turn a tourist visa into a working visa. The one you want is called “E-Type” Ordinary Visa. This can be extended into a working visa. -- also do not confuse it with electronic tourist evisa which also uses an “e”.
@@TomTripsOut How can I obtain E-visa before being employed?
@@mateuszbiskup8166 the Evisa is not a working visa. It’s just a 30 day Ordinary visa. When you get a job you can apply to add on an extension. Then it becomes an EB Visa ( B for business)
@@TomTripsOut So it is not neccessary to leave Cambodia?
Can E-type ordinary visa be obtained at the airport or I should apply for it at Cambodian embassy in Bangkok?
I am from Zimbabwe sir, with a teaching diploma. My question is in your own opinion do you think schools would employ someone from Zimbabwe.
@@abichikanda8586 yes but you would be considered a Non native English speaker. As a result, there are fewer job opportunities and the salary is slightly lower. Like 800 instead of 1100.
So even if I do a TESOL with AVSE and an IELTS, I will still be paid less than a grand
@@abichikanda8586 I can’t say for sure what will happen- it’s up to whatever school you get a job at. - In your interview you may be able to command a higher expected salary with your accreditations. If they really like you and you have a neutral accent. However, it’s my understanding they usually go by what passport you have. USA, Canada, UK - these are the countries they consider native English speaking. If you’re not one of those they can use that as an excuse to lowball you
Thank you so much. Much appreciated
@@abichikanda8586 if you reach out to AVSE they’d do a free zoom call and they can tell you what they think. Maybe Vietnam would be better - they also operate there with the same programs.
Is combodia the only place where non native teachers can look for a job?
@@directajith no I think non natives work in many countries. But Cambodia is one of the only ones where you can work with no degree
@@TomTripsOut with no degree? Even in international schools? Would like to know more.
@@directajith yes. All you need is a TESOL or TEFL certificate. You’d make slightly less as a non native speaker, but people do it. Check out www.avse.edu.vn
@@TomTripsOut basically I am a science teacher, so do I need to get those certifications?
@@TomTripsOut thank you for the info
What's it like when u blow the money on bar girls , do they give u a room
@@theyeayeayeahs2 I haven’t done it. But from what I understand you pay a fee just to get them out of the bar, and then you pay on top for the time or what you want to do. You take them out on a date and then to your place, or you could get a hotel room, but I don’t think they include a room. Some guys do it just to have a date to go around with.
@TomTripsOut I mean do the schools give u a room when u run out of money
@@theyeayeayeahs2 hahah no. You have to manage your money and rent your own apartment.