VIPKid First Experiences

I just taught my second lesson with VIPKid and I am so excited to be doing this!

For those who don't know, VIPKid is an online English Learning program for kids who live in China. The teachers are hired from the US and Canada. It is full immersion, meaning that the students learn English by talking with native English speakers.

What I LOVE about VIPKid is that I don't do much prep. I have a bunch of props in my "classroom" that I can use. After you have experience with the lessons, it is easy to check your notes right before teaching and pull out everything you might need. I have used flashcards, a whiteboard, a puppet, magnet letters, play food, finger puppets, play money... But I already had most of these in my house (2-year-old). Really though, many teachers don't use many props and use their tablet or phone a lot so they don't have a ton of toys to organize. Some teachers go all out and by out the dollar store!

My first lesson, I was so nervous. I had a student that was a little more reserved and hard to get excited. I felt like she was bored and just not amused by my antics. My second lesson was a five-year-old boy and he was so fun! He loved my dinosaur rewards and got excited when he got a star! He sang with me and made all the motions for the letters he was learning. Oh my goodness, so cute...

If you are wanting to make some money on the side, VIPKid really is a fun way to do it. Even just doing an hour a day can make some pretty significant spending money each month. I have only taught 2 lessons even though I was hired about 20 days ago, but this was to be expected. I have also done some practice lessons that are paid (this is an incentive for new hires to practice their teaching before their first lesson). I knew going into it, from watching Youtube videos of other VIPKid teachers that the first month is pretty slow for most AND February is slow for EVERYONE. Chinese New Year causes bookings to go down. Some teachers said that they had half of their regular bookings this week! Other than that most of the teachers I have communicated with said they have no problems filling up all the slots that they open and they have a lot of regulars.

The only downside is the hours are weird. Of course, you are teaching children in CHINA. So it is Chinese hours that you are working. For me, it is not so bad. I am in the Central Time zone and the PEAK PEAK TIMES (the most booked) are 5 am to 7 am which is not terrible. I open my slots from 4:00 to 6:30 in the morning. But the great thing is that you are in control of when you open slots. Need some more money this month? Open more slots and work a bit more! Need to take some days off? Don't open slots that day.

If you are interested, I would love to talk you through the hiring process! Use my referral link or my referral code when you sign up!

Link: https://t.vipkid.com.cn/?refereeId=12048703&refersourceid=a01

Referral Code: 0768U7

Already started the application process, but want to put my code in? Email teachvip@vipkid.com.cn and give them my code before your first Mock Lesson!

Valentine's Banners!

I am a little late posting these, but I have made two Valentine's Day animated themes for Google Classroom! I am pretty excited that when I went to write this, I saw that I already sold one!

If you are unfamiliar with how to use animated Google themes and how to use them, you can check out my blog post showing you HERE!

Love is in the Air!

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