SkimaTalk Announces Partnership with Leading TEFL Certification School
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) October 29, 2014 -- SkimaTalk (http://www.skimatalk.com), a leading English tutoring platform, today announced a partnership with International TEFL Academy (ITA), a leading TEFL certification school. Under the agreement, SkimaTalk will act as ITA's "preferred online English tutoring platform". The partnership gives SkimaTalk immediate access to over 10,000 TEFL certified English instructors around the world and will enable the company to further expand the number of certified tutors on SkimaTalk. Tutors in ITA's online certification program will now receive teaching credit for English tutoring sessions on SkimaTalk.
"We are very excited about this program," said SkimaTalk co-founder Ted Smith. "With ITA as a partner, we plan to bring on new English tutors faster than ever. Our students will see immediate benefits as we rapidly expand our population of certified, native English speaking tutors around the world. This program will play an important role in accelerating SkimaTalk's future growth."
The partnership makes ITA's certification program even more compelling.
Said ITA's director of business development, Shay Ames, "This partnership further enhances our ability to deliver the best TEFL certification experience possible for our students and alumni alike. Current ITA students gain the flexibility to conduct practicum lessons online and earn money in the process. For our alumni, this is yet another employment opportunity ITA can offer. We are excited to roll this program out to our students and alumni."
SkimaTalk students can expect to see ITA certified tutors on SkimaTalk soon.
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About the Companies:
SkimaTalk is a platform that enables English learners to speak with native English speakers online. The company now serves students in over 50 countries. Top SkimaTalk tutors earn in excess of $1,000 per month, and can choose to work from anywhere in the world. Additional information on SkimaTalk is available on the company's website: http://www.skimatalk.com.
International TEFL Academy (ITA) is one of the world’s largest TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certification schools, providing professional English language teacher training. ITA trains more than 2,000 new teachers annually and offers internationally accredited TEFL-TESOL Certification courses online and in 25 locations around the world. All ITA students and alumni receive lifetime job search guidance and graduates are currently employed as teachers in more than 80 nations throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. For more information about TEFL certification and teaching English abroad, please visit the ITA website: http://www.internationalteflacademy.com.
Ted Smith, SkimaTalk, Inc., http://www.skimatalk.com, +1 (415) 483-9054, [email protected]
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