The brand is the check. A parent in Khon Kaen cannot phone a registrar in Ohio; a head of school in Bangkok does not have an afternoon to read an FBI summary. We do, and then the name goes up with a date on it.
| What qualifies | A bachelor's degree or higher from a US institution with regional accreditation (the accreditation the US Department of Education and CHEA recognize). Any subject. A degree in education or English is noted on the profile but not required. |
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| What we ask for | A scan of the diploma and an official or unofficial transcript. |
| How we check | We confirm the degree with the university — the registrar, or the National Student Clearinghouse where the university uses it. We keep one line: degree confirmed with [university], [date]. The scans are deleted. |
| What fails | Unaccredited institutions, "life experience" degrees, a diploma that the university cannot confirm, a degree still in progress. |
| What qualifies | A current or lapsed state teaching license from any US state (including the Washington, DC license that Moreland University's nine-month program leads to); or a TEFL, TESOL or CELTA certificate of at least 120 hours that included supervised classroom practice; or a graduate degree in TESOL or education. |
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| What we ask for | A scan of the license or certificate, with the issuer's name and the certificate number. |
| How we check | State licenses on the state's public lookup. Certificates with the issuer. We note the type on the profile: state license, TESOL 120 h with practicum, CELTA, and so on, so an employer sees the difference. |
| What fails | Online-only certificates with no classroom practice, "certificates" of under 120 hours, anything the issuer cannot confirm. A teacher with a degree and no certificate is pointed to the ten-week course in Udon Thani and welcomed back. |
| What qualifies | An FBI Identity History Summary ("rap sheet") — the same document Thai immigration and the Teachers' Council ask for — or a state police criminal-record check, dated within the last twelve months, showing no record. Also accepted: a check from the country you have lived in for the last five years, if that is not the US. |
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| What we ask for | The document itself. We look at it on a video call if you would rather not send it. |
| How we check | We read it, note background check: [type], [month, year], clear, and keep nothing else. |
| What fails | Any conviction involving children, violence, sexual offenses or drugs — no exceptions, no appeal. A check older than twelve months is "pending" until a new one arrives. |
| What qualifies | A US citizen who grew up speaking English in the United States. Any region, any accent. This is the one line the site's name promises, and it is not negotiable. |
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| What we ask for | The US state you grew up in, and a twenty-minute video call with Ben, in English, about teaching. |
| How we check | The call. Ben is American; he will know. He is also listening for the thing a parent or school is paying for — can this person explain, hold a room, and tell a story. |
| What fails | Not being a native speaker of US English. Our other sites welcome every teacher on earth; this one is for one kind, on purpose. Why → |
A verified profile carries one line: Verified · [month year] · degree (subject, university) · certificate (type) · background check (type, year) · native US English. It is re-checked every twelve months — a new background check, and a note that nothing else has changed — or the badge comes off. A teacher can take their profile down with one email at any time.
This is our check, not a license. Teaching in Thailand still requires a non-immigrant B visa, a work permit from the Ministry of Labor and, in a school, a teacher license or waiver from the Teachers' Council of Thailand. Those are between the teacher, the employer and the ministries. The checklist is here, free.
Because a brand that is not checked is a slogan.
The value of this site to a parent or a school is that the four lines on a profile are true, and that someone who could be held to it said so. If one teacher gets through with a bought certificate, every other profile is worth less. So the checks are done by a person, the record kept is one line, and the people who fail are told why, kindly, and pointed to the site of ours that is for them.
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USAEnglish is run as a non-profit — a Thai non-profit organization, 49% owned by a US 501(c)(3). Ploy and Ben take no salary, only their expenses. Registration numbers will be published here the day they are issued, for anyone to check; until then, write to ben@usaenglish.com and we will tell you where the filing stands.