On December 5, 2015, 51Talk, the number one online Englishplatform in China and the Philippines, held the third leg of the “Walk the51Talk” home-based teachers’ conference in Davao City. 51Talk is thelargest online English teaching platform in the Philippines with more than 4,000home-based online English teachers across the Philippines. The conference waswell-attended by hundreds of 51Talk teachers, both old and new. The teachercame from all over Mindanao, not just from Davao but from Cagayan de Oro,Surigao, Negros, General Santos City, and Zamboanga. They learned thebest practices in order to succeed in their home-based online English teachingcareer.

VP of Philippine Operations, Jennifer Que, started off the learningconference with an emphasis on the habits that will enable teachers to takecontrol of their career as home-based online educators. She said, “Teachers whosurvive and thrive in this business are those who embody the 51Talk teacherstandards. Being home-based is more difficult. You have to havevery strong self-discipline and you must invest in your technology, your homeoffice, and yourself. It is your business and your success is in yourhands.” Training Director Hyw Davies then gave an inspirational messageabout how the teachers of 51Talk are changing the game of online Englisheducation in China and how teachers can continue making an impact on theirstudents.

Teachers Novie and Tiger, 51Talk’s top teachers in Mindanao, alsoshared enlightening speeches with their co-teachers on how to succeed as ahome-based online English teacher.

“Getting the teachers together in a conference helps us allunderstand that we are one piece of a huge puzzle and how much we are affectingand making life changing experiences for people of a nation who don’t speak ourlanguage,” said Teacher Jason O’ Connor, a native speaker who has been basedhere in the Philippines and teaching with 51Talk for more than a year.

Teacher Yesannie, who had been borrowing a friend’s laptop for 8months in order to teach with 51Talk, walked home with the biggest prize of theday—a brand-new laptop just for her.

51Talk has a lot more in store for its home-based teachers in thecoming year to help pave the way for their success as game changers in theonline English education industry. Future activities will also ensure that the51Talk online teachers continue to “walk the 51Talk”.

Interested in becoming 51Talk’s home-based online English teacher?Visit http://www.51talk.com/phto find out how.