Best TEFL/TESOL Accreditation 2023 | Trusted TEFL Reviews
This article was updated on September 29, 2023.
When I started as an English teacher and was interviewing for jobs, I noticed that some employers paid particular interest in which organization had accredited my TEFL certificate.
Thankfully, I had chosen a TEFL certification program that was fully accredited by a reputable accreditation body. The result of this is that I have never been turned down from a job position because of the accreditation status of my TEFL TESOL certificate.
When I co-started trustedteflreviews.com, I began to notice that some companies were making bold claims about their accreditation status that simply didn’t add up.
Two clear examples of this:
- A company claims to be “Fully Accredited” but created the accreditation website to give the impression of being “Fully Accredited”.
- A company claims to be “Fully Accredited” but is, in fact, only regulated by the organizations by which it claims to be accredited.
I also noticed that the companies falsely claiming “Fully Accredited” status regularly spread misinformation about reputable accreditation companies.
There are three types of TEFL accreditation:
- Fully Accredited.
- Accredited.
- Unaccredited.
You should choose a course from a provider that offers Fully Accredited courses.
The most reputable and well-known international (Fully Accredited) accreditation bodies are (in alphabetical order) ACCET, ACTEFLC, OISE – University of the Toronto Faculty of Education, TESL Canada, and the University of Cambridge’s English Language Assessment:
If a program is Fully Accredited, by one of the above bodies, it is guaranteed that your certificate will be recognized for all online and international teaching English jobs.
If a program is only Accredited, it means that there is a large question regarding the international recognition of the certificates that it awards.
If a program is Unaccredited, you will have very little hope of getting any type of teaching English job.
There are 56 Online TEFL/TESOL certification course programs currently listed on Trusted TEFL Reviews.
Out of these 56, just 7 are Fully Accredited.
In the current review-ranked order, these are:
1. TEFL Online Pro | ACTEFLC Fully Accredited
Program website: https://teflonlinepro.com/
Verified reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/tefl-online-pro-teachers-choice-award-winner-2023/
Teachers’ Choice Award | TEFL Online Pro has won the prestigious Teachers’ Choice Award for the past four consecutive years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
TEFL/TESOL online programs that win the Teachers’ Choice Award are granted the ability to enjoy a whole year’s free exposure on Trusted TEFL Reviews, where they may post, for example, any current course discounts or promotions.
tefl online pro is currently running a Limited-Time Offer on all three of its Fully Accredited TEFL/TESOL online certification courses:
2. OISE University of Toronto TEFL | OISE – University of the Toronto Faculty of Education Fully Accredited
Program website: https://teflonline.teachaway.com/
Verified reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/oise-university-of-toronto-tefl/
3. CIEE TEFL | ACCET Fully Accredited
Program website: https://www.ciee.org/
Verified reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/ciee-tefl/
4. Maximo Nivel TEFL | Ministry of Education (Guatemala and Peru) Fully Accredited
Program website: https://maximonivel.com/
Verified reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/maximo-nivel-tefl/
10. Bridge TEFL | ACCET Fully Accredited
Program website: https://bridge.edu/tefl/
Verified reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/bridge-tefl/
28. TEFL Iberia | University of Cambridge’s English Language Assessment Fully Accredited
Program website: https://tefl-iberia.com/
Verified reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/tefl-iberia/
33. ontesol | TESL Canada Fully Accredited
Program website: https://ontesol.com/
Verified reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/ontesol/
The remaining 49 programs mostly claim to be Fully Accredited but are either only Accredited or Unaccredited.
To check which TEFL companies are Fully Accredited, Accredited, or Unaccredited, check the TEFL Course Directory:
https://trustedteflreviews.com/tefl-course-directory/
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Very helpful advice for any TEFL newbies out there. Took my TEFL through the teflonlinepro.com program (ACTEFLC fully accredited) and have used the certificate without issues for online teaching work and for overseas teaching jobs in Japan and South Korea. A friend of mine took his through the teflonline.teachaway.com program (OISE fully accredited) and he also hasn’t come up against any stumbling blocks when using his certificate
TEFL Online Pro and OISE UoT TEFL are both excellent, reliable programs.
If I had to choose between the two, I’d probably choose TEFL Online Pro.
It has the same international recognition as OISE and is significantly less expensive.
If you have the $$$$, OISE is also worth it.