Bruce Jones

Bruce has 20 years of experience in the field of teaching English abroad and TEFL Certification (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).

In 2021, he left his career working in the health field in international non-profits to go on the adventure of a lifetime with a 2-year, 20-country trip around the world.  After living and starting a business in Australia for a year, he returned to the US with a vision to help as many people as possible to pursue their dreams of living and working abroad to found International TEFL Academy. Bruce has now traveled to over 65 countries in 6 continents on the way to 100.

About International TEFL Academy (ITA): Founded in Chicago in 2010, ITA has trained over 50,000 people to become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and is ranked the #1 TEFL school in the world for many years by student reviews.  ITA has a proven student success formula of 4 parts:

1) Pre-Enrollment Advice,

2) World-class Accredited TEFL Training,

3) Lifetime Job Assistance, and

4) Alumni Connections for peer support.

All 25 staff members have lived and worked abroad and are dedicated to the success of our students.  All of the 20 professors at ITA have an MA or PhD in TESOL or related fields and have taught abroad to give professional and practical training to empower our graduates to be high-quality teaching professionals. 

ITA Clients (Students):

Anyone who wants to live and work abroad in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East as an English teacher who is fluent in English and can be trained, certified, and hired.   90% of the ITA students do not have any previous training as an educator, and 50% have never left their home country before being certified by ITA.  Ages range 18-80, with 80% having a 4-year degree or higher.   We expect you to be at ground zero starting a TEFL class and then be prepared to be a first-year teacher when certified. 

ITA Training and Services:

Certification:  The international standard for TEFL certification is a minimum of 100 hours of coursework and 6 hours of student teaching.   This is comparable to a 6-9 credit hour university course.   Classes are either full-time for 4 weeks at an international location, or all in a virtual setting, or can be done part-time over 11 weeks, 12-15 hours a week.   Additional continuing education specialty classes for advanced training are also offered.

Lifetime Job Assistance: 

ITA provides pre-enrollment admission advice to ensure candidates have the right information and expectations of where they can work and how the processes are in over 80 countries prior to committing to enrolling in a TEFL class.   Enrolled Students and ITA Alumni are provided with lifetime job resources, training, and live assistance.    ITA also offers upgraded programs in certain countries for guaranteed jobs, visas, moving, cultural training, and support.

Alumni Peer Community:

All 50,000 students and alumni are connected in our closed Facebook groups for peer connections, networking, and meeting new friends instantly.