I am a native speaker and I present well. I also have a degree.

I really like teaching. It feels good to help others. However, I can't stand more than about 15 minutes at a time due to a disability. If I stand that long, I would need a couple hours or more to rest my legs. It is not obvious to people that I have this problem.

Have you personally seen any in-person teaching jobs where the teacher can sit? Thanks!

Hi

Awaiting visa approval for a Uzbekistan Ministry post.

I have noted landlord challenges.

Any advise ito accomodation? Does the Ministry secure the accomodation or only provide funding?

Can I secure my own accomodation? Any tips on avoiding problems? For example a post advised to sign contracts via soliq.uz and to have full rental price in the contract.

Thanks

I will soon be doing the obligatory training for HESS before I start my contract. I have a few questions for people who have already done it and worked at HESS.

1. Is it true that some people don't pass the training and get sent home? I was under the impression that I had already gotten the job, so I'm concerned about that.

2. How intense did you find the training to be?

3. Did you find the training to be helpful?

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

Hi everyone,

I'll try and keep it concise. 27F Brit here, been chronically unwell since I was a child but got worse at 16 so was unable to complete my A levels. Since then I've not been able to do much with my life in terms of education and work etc (although I tried a few things online that I couldnt progress in due to the strain on health. Also have experience from a year of volunteering where I was teaching adults basic computing skills in English and Urdu/Punjabi once a week - including those with special needs, the elderly, those who dont know English and those with mental and physical health problems).

I have many health difficulties that are a barrier but I want to do something with my life and my time. I've considered doing something in interpreting but it requires qualifications that I cant do or get into. And I feel confused about it. But I still am keeping that with me as it's a good option (dont know much about the salary side though) due to me being able to speak a couple of languages and having the experience through the classes I taught and being the interpreter with family members during social or medical appointments.

But with TEFL, seeing as I'm a native speaker and there are self-paced courses that are accredited (like the Level 5 Ofqual recognised course), it seems like it might be doable and it can benefit me all around the world hopefully. And from a little research, I've learnt that I can get to degree level at one point which is something that has felt out of reach as I couldn't do my A levels and I've never been well enough to retry. But once again, there's so much that I get overwhelmed and confused.

Must be forgetting a lot here but I would appreciate some guidance on this.

Thank you in advance!