Hey Guys,
I thought I would just create a little blog post here for some of my friends thinking about VIPkid and how it all works.
VIPKid is a company based out of the US and China which teaches one on one English classes to students in China. It is a huge company with more than 20,000 teachers and over 200,000 students and continually growing! I am paid with direct deposit through my US bank account monthly. Your base wage is determined in your initial interview. I believe the base pays range from $7-9 USD per class. In addition to that, if you are on time to every class you teach during the month, you get an extra dollar per class. Then another $1 per class if you teach more than 45 classes a month! A class lasts for 25 minutes. If a class is booked within 24 hours, you get an extra $2 on top of all the others. If a student who is enrolled in the program doesn't show up you still get your full pay. If the student is a trial, or someone just seeing what VIPkid is like, you earn half pay. If you get a trial to sign up for the program, you get $5. I think that is it for the money scene!
You choose your own schedule and open whatever time slots you would like. Then one week before, the parents book the teachers they want and the classes for their kids. That is what determines your schedule. If you don't want to work a week, are going on vacation, or whatever, you just don't open time slots, simple as that. There is an intense cancellation policy, if you open a slot, a class is booked then something comes up, the company is strict. In a six month contract you can have no more than 6 cancellations.. Basically don't open a slot if you aren't positive that you can work. If it turns out that later on you can, great, open it then! But you don't want to have to use your cancellations for silly reasons.
The curriculum and stuff you have to teach is all prepared for you. You just review the powerpoint before class, and write some feedback after class. Parents can then rate your class with apples! Your apple rating is super important to keep the number up to get bookings. The company does do a great job reviewing parent feedback if you felt a review was unfair. I have had 2/2 which I requested a review over turned. You can watch all of your classes about six hours after they finish to review how you are teaching. Parents and tech support are also able to jump into the classroom while you are teaching at any time.
I started in late July! I will be honest here, it took me more than two months to get my schedule fully booked how I have it now. People say that how long it takes to get booked is completely random.But now that I have a good amount of experience, a good apple rating, and a few regular students I am happy with how much I am teaching. Lucky for me in Portugal, the busiest hours are Chinese evening time, which for me is day time. I open time slots from 8-2. I don't always have each time slot booked but usually have between 8-11 classes a day. I don't mind teaching the classes back to back, but writing feedback at the end of the day and remembering how Kevin did or how Jonny did can get difficult. However, I am really enjoying the job so far! It is really different than being inside of a normal classroom but the one on one interaction is really neat. It's also interesting to see the dynamic of how students behave in their own home versus the classroom. I hardly have any behavior problems. For my younger students (3-6) mom or dad is supposed to be sitting with them and helping them through the class so that is really helpful or I'm not sure I could make it through class with them running around the room, and me "Come back to your tablet!".
I'm really impressed with the company so far and how they handle any queries so quickly and have great organization. If you have any other questions about VIPkid feel free to reach out, or if you know of anyone who may be an interested in applying, please send them my way! An applicant needs a solid internet connection, a computer and mouse. Experience wise, they need any sort of teaching experience, including tutoring, Sunday school, or school teachers plus a college degree. They must also be from either Canada or the US.
I thought I would just create a little blog post here for some of my friends thinking about VIPkid and how it all works.
VIPKid is a company based out of the US and China which teaches one on one English classes to students in China. It is a huge company with more than 20,000 teachers and over 200,000 students and continually growing! I am paid with direct deposit through my US bank account monthly. Your base wage is determined in your initial interview. I believe the base pays range from $7-9 USD per class. In addition to that, if you are on time to every class you teach during the month, you get an extra dollar per class. Then another $1 per class if you teach more than 45 classes a month! A class lasts for 25 minutes. If a class is booked within 24 hours, you get an extra $2 on top of all the others. If a student who is enrolled in the program doesn't show up you still get your full pay. If the student is a trial, or someone just seeing what VIPkid is like, you earn half pay. If you get a trial to sign up for the program, you get $5. I think that is it for the money scene!
You choose your own schedule and open whatever time slots you would like. Then one week before, the parents book the teachers they want and the classes for their kids. That is what determines your schedule. If you don't want to work a week, are going on vacation, or whatever, you just don't open time slots, simple as that. There is an intense cancellation policy, if you open a slot, a class is booked then something comes up, the company is strict. In a six month contract you can have no more than 6 cancellations.. Basically don't open a slot if you aren't positive that you can work. If it turns out that later on you can, great, open it then! But you don't want to have to use your cancellations for silly reasons.
The curriculum and stuff you have to teach is all prepared for you. You just review the powerpoint before class, and write some feedback after class. Parents can then rate your class with apples! Your apple rating is super important to keep the number up to get bookings. The company does do a great job reviewing parent feedback if you felt a review was unfair. I have had 2/2 which I requested a review over turned. You can watch all of your classes about six hours after they finish to review how you are teaching. Parents and tech support are also able to jump into the classroom while you are teaching at any time.
I started in late July! I will be honest here, it took me more than two months to get my schedule fully booked how I have it now. People say that how long it takes to get booked is completely random.But now that I have a good amount of experience, a good apple rating, and a few regular students I am happy with how much I am teaching. Lucky for me in Portugal, the busiest hours are Chinese evening time, which for me is day time. I open time slots from 8-2. I don't always have each time slot booked but usually have between 8-11 classes a day. I don't mind teaching the classes back to back, but writing feedback at the end of the day and remembering how Kevin did or how Jonny did can get difficult. However, I am really enjoying the job so far! It is really different than being inside of a normal classroom but the one on one interaction is really neat. It's also interesting to see the dynamic of how students behave in their own home versus the classroom. I hardly have any behavior problems. For my younger students (3-6) mom or dad is supposed to be sitting with them and helping them through the class so that is really helpful or I'm not sure I could make it through class with them running around the room, and me "Come back to your tablet!".
I'm really impressed with the company so far and how they handle any queries so quickly and have great organization. If you have any other questions about VIPkid feel free to reach out, or if you know of anyone who may be an interested in applying, please send them my way! An applicant needs a solid internet connection, a computer and mouse. Experience wise, they need any sort of teaching experience, including tutoring, Sunday school, or school teachers plus a college degree. They must also be from either Canada or the US.
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