Job

Professional Teacher on italki

italki (italki HK Limited), online

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 23 Sep

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: Nothing recorded yet about who may apply. See what they ask for below.
Where: Remote. Online, from home

Paid online language teaching on italki for people with a recognised language-teaching qualification or proof of work as a language teacher. Professional Teachers set prices from 10 to 120 US dollars a lesson. It is a separate application from Community Tutor, and only languages open that week can be chosen.

The facts

What you get: You set your own price, from 10 to 120 US dollars a lesson for Professional Teachers. italki takes 0 per cent on trial lessons and 15 to 21 per cent on other one-to-one lessons depending on package size, 30 per cent on group classes. Minimum withdrawal 30 US dollars.
Where: Online, from home
How long: Ongoing, freelance

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.

What they ask for

proof you are trained to teach that language: an accredited certificate such as CELTA or a TEFL/TESOL of at least 120 hours, a degree in teaching it as a foreign language, a teaching licence, or proof of employment at a language teaching institution
native-level or C2 level in the language you teach
the language must be open that week; this week English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Afrikaans and Nigerian Pidgin are closed
a computer, microphone and webcam, plus a valid government ID for verification

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.

A short application, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

Certificates or degree copiesScan or photograph them clearly, in good light, flat.
A videoShort, clear sound, good light. A phone is enough.

It also names something beyond these; read their words below.

In their words: “Teaching documents (certificate, degree, licence or signed and dated employment proof), an introduction video, then ID verification. Free MOOC certificates (Udemy, Coursera, ALISON) and proficiency tests such as IELTS are not accepted as teaching proof.”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
On the date, the listing says: italki opens and closes languages week by week. For 21 to 27 September 2026 English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Afrikaans and Nigerian Pidgin are closed; 'Languages not listed in the table below are all open'.

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No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.

Tips for applying for a job

General advice from us, the same for every job. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

Match your CV to this job: put the experience closest to what it asks for first, and use the same words the listing uses for the same things.
For each thing the listing asks for, have one real example ready: where you did it, what you did, and what changed because of it.
Informal work counts. Selling, tutoring, running a family shop, volunteering and caring for relatives all built real skills; say what you did plainly.
If a cover letter is asked for, keep it to three short paragraphs: why this job, what you have done that fits, and when you can start.

If there is an interview or a test

Read the listing again the day before, and the organisation's own about page.
Prepare two or three short stories: a problem you solved, a time you learned something quickly, a time you worked with others.
Have one or two questions ready for them, for example what the first three months in the role look like.
For a call or video interview, test your data, battery and a quiet place beforehand. If your connection drops, call or write straight away.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

Several listings link to this page. Look for "Professional Teacher on italki" from italki (italki HK Limited), online.

You apply on italki (italki HK Limited), online's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

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How we checked this

This was opened and verified at italki (italki HK Limited), online's own website on 23 September 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.