Well before you can start an adventure in teaching overseas there are a few steps that need to be done.
First and foremost you need a college degree. While is isn't required in 100% of the cases (I heard of some people teaching in South America straight out of high school), but for any job worth having it is a prerequisite.
Secondly this is another important step you will need to do million things of paperwork. Key to this step is don't be a pedophile and/or felon. Not making a judgement call about your past, but they certainly will. You need an FBI criminal history clearance and it needs to be clear if you want to teach overseas. One of us will write a whole post on the FBI checks because it is the biggest step to securing yourself a position teaching ESL overseas. It is also the step we are currently on (and barring my wife and I being secret criminals we should be clear of it soon).
Third you need to is to do about a you need to get your stuff apostilled. You need to get both your FBI checks and your degree apostilled this step is super important because without it being apostilled you can't get yourself a visa.
Fourth you need a contract by posting your resume on one of the ESL websites, or going through a recruiting agency. Be sure to read your contract carefully and have others look it over so you don't get screwed.
Last you need to get yourself a visa; you acquire this by mailing or visiting your local embassy for whichever country you're planning to teach in.
As I stated, we will go into detail about each of the steps at a later time, but this is a quick list of things to do.
Until then!
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