Teach English online to children
We are hiring our founding teaching team. Roles include salaried positions and pay-per-lesson contracts. Teach live, 1-to-1 online lessons to children aged 4–12, with a ready curriculum and our own online classroom.
What we look for
Is this you?
Experience teaching children
Tell us how long you have taught children and whether you hold a TEFL or CELTA certificate. The short form asks about both.
Young learners, 1-to-1
You'll teach live, 1-to-1 lessons to children aged 4–12, starting with Phonics Starter.
Reliable internet and a quiet space
Lessons are live video, so you need a reliable internet connection and a quiet space to teach from.
Founding teaching team
Two ways to teach with us
Founding salaried roles
Salaried positions on our founding teaching team.
- A salaried position
- Part of our founding teaching team
Pay-per-lesson contracts
Contracts paid for the lessons you teach, in the hours you make available.
- Paid for each lesson you teach
- Teach in the hours you make available
The work
What teaching with CurioKids looks like
Live 1-to-1 lessons
25-minute lessons with one child at a time, aged 4–12.
A ready curriculum
Phonics Starter first, then CEFR-based levels Pre-A1, A1, A2, with ready-made lesson slides.
Our online classroom
Teach in the CurioKids classroom, with video, an interactive whiteboard, lesson slides and games.
Feedback for families
After lessons you give feedback, which parents see alongside their child's progress.
What you will teach
Phonics Starter first, then CEFR levels
A ready curriculum for children aged 4–12: reading sound by sound first, then English level by level.
Phonics Starter: 52 lessons in 10 units
- Unit 0: Welcome
- Unit 1: Letter sounds
- Unit 2: Word families
- Unit 3: Digraphs
- Unit 4: Vowel teams
- Unit 5: Blends
- Unit 6: Magic e
- Unit 7: Tricky words
- Unit 8: Sentences and fluency
- Unit 9: Graduation
Then CEFR-based levels
- Pre-A1Corresponds to Cambridge Starters
- A1Corresponds to Cambridge Movers
- A2Corresponds to Cambridge Flyers
CEFR Pre-A1, A1 and A2 correspond to the Cambridge English Young Learners levels Starters, Movers and Flyers. CurioKids is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cambridge University Press and Assessment.
The curriculum in detailOur process
From your first message to approval
How to join our founding teaching team through this website.
Step 1: Express interest
Tell us about yourself and your teaching with the short form on this site. We reply by email.
Step 2: Full application
You create a teacher account and complete the full application: your profile, qualifications, the hours you can teach and your documents. You can start it at any time, with no invitation needed.
Step 3: Background check
You provide a background check, and our team confirms it before you can teach.
Step 4: Teaching agreement
You sign our teaching agreement, which includes our safeguarding rules.
Step 5: Approval
Only our team can approve a teacher to teach, and only after these steps.
Children's safety comes first
Before you can teach, our team confirms your background check and you sign our teaching agreement. Our teaching agreement includes our safeguarding rules, and a “Report a concern” button is in every lesson and throughout the app.
How we keep children safeReady to teach with us?
Start with a short form, and we'll reply by email.
Want to know more about us first? About CurioKids · How we support our teachers