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Screenshot of a live lesson for VIPKID (with an advanced English learner)

I Want to Help Aspiring Teachers Get a Job with VIPKID: Schedule a Skype Chat

VIPKID is hiring. I did a post on How to land a remote teaching job with VIPKID with best practices and what to say for the interview. I included my company referral link. Through the link I am able to see who has applied and whether or not they passed the interview process. I noticed that a number of people applied however they did not pass the interview. This kind of bummed me out! I noticed that the people who did receive an offer and are now successfully working for VIPKID as online teachers had an in person conversation with me. I now want to provide this opportunity to anyone using my referral link through Skype! Its a win/win for me and anyone who applies – If I can help you get the job then the company gives me a referral bonus and you get a teaching job with the coolest online ESL company out there.

The tips I include in the post worked for me and for the teachers I referred previously – but these were friends of mine so it was a face to face conversation.

I want to reach out to people who are genuinely interested in working for VIPKID. I encourage you to send me an email at boludoenglish@gmail.com where we can schedule a chat and talk about what you need to say and do in the interview and mock lesson in order to make a good impression and land a job. Also if you sign up using my recruitment link you’re more likely to get an interview as opposed to applying through other channels.

What if kids interviewed VIPKID teachers?

This video sums up why I love working for VIPKID.

$310 a Week Part-Time with VIPKID

Here’s a sample schedule of a week where I made $310 a week on a part time schedule with VIPKID.

Each “FINISHED” block represents a completed 28 minute class. I receive $10 per 28 minute class. Add up 31 blocks and that’s $310/week I earned part time. If you notice, my hours are very early in the morning (5:30am – 9:00am) or later at night (8:00pm -10:00pm) so I work before and after my day job hours.

If you like to hustle and get up early, there’s some decent money to be made part-time.

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My VIPKID Classroom

This is my current setup for teaching online with VIPKID.

While the cup of coffee is the most important item in the photo, the other props and tools I use include:

Whiteboard / dry erase marker
Note cards / permanent marker
Magnetic letters
Magnetic animals (farm animals and wild animals appear often in the lessons)
Matryoshka Madness Micro-Robot (used for reward system – kids love the robot)
Ball and jax (used in some of the Pre-VIPKID level 1 lessons)
Spinning top (just fun / motivation for students)
Monkey sock puppet

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Executive Office Solutions Portable Adjustable Aluminum Laptop Desk/Stand/Table

This adjustable desk extension allows me to stand up while teaching (much better for my back). The height of the camera also creates a good point of view for the Macbook’s camera so my students can see me at eye level. I can also store my props underneath my computer as shown in the photo above.

Here are a couple more angles:

Location Independence through Online English Instruction

Location Independence, Nomadism, remote work and slow traveling are all budding terms for a movement of people who are traveling and working at the same time.

These “homeless” bums do an array of online work, which earns them a decent wage that allows them to hop from country to country. Some of this work includes, but it definitely not limited to:

Freelance writing; Software Engineering; Document translation; Travel blogging (the most popular); All kinds of marketing (SEO content writing, affiliate marketing, blogging, product reviewing); Online courses and coaching using exclusive material in a subject matter; and lastly: Online Language teaching.

I am teaching English online to Chinese children through a company called VIPKID.

The platform uses a video chat feature along with a guided power point on which the student and the teacher can interact. This gives the student a real life tutor to guide them through instruction.

Parents all over China choose VIPKID to give their children an American-style common core based education in English.

As a full time teacher in a US school, I am using VIPKID to supplement my income and in the future provide a way to make money on the road. I have been teaching online since April 2016 and I love it! There’s a ton of useful training from the VIPKID education support staff and there is also a whole community of online teachers who keep in constant contact. Many of these teachers are in various exotic locations around the world.

Teaching online offers some big perks for the gypsy traveling soul.There are whole communities of online English teachers currently bopping around the globe. With this freedom however, teachers are limited to areas with strong WiFi. Teachers with the travel bug don’t have to sign a contract to stay in one place for a year, with online teaching, they can go anywhere.

A strong connection is absolutely crucial to the survival and continued income for these online English teachers.

These teachers are able to set their own schedules and plan their travel. For example, a teacher might load their schedule full of classes on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in order to free up Thursday Friday and Saturday to get on a plane for a new place. When looking for a new place they are sure to go to countries and cities where WiFi is strong enough to support their online video chat platform. Most teachers use Airbnb and check reviews for any indication of “strong WiFi” in the reviews. Teachers usually have to scope out a location and test the connection before administering online lessons.

These teachers usually have flexible schedules allowing them to open up certain availability for exploring new places. Many teachers are also leveraging cost of living by staying in countries with a favorable exchange rate. More simply, they are earning a decent wage (in the US dollar between 12$-22$/hr) and paying for their living expenses in a lesser currency, be it the Peso, Thai Baht, or the Vietnamese Dong for example in Latin America or Southeast Asia.

There are many emerging companies who are actively seeking teachers with a native-English accent and teaching experience. Some only even require an associates degree.

If you are a teacher who is interested in teaching abroad but you can’t decide which country try being location-independent through VIPKID and teach anywhere!

Feel free to use my referral link for the application process. VIPKID. I receive a minor chunk of change every time I refer a new teacher (and you will too, if you get hired). The truth is, I really enjoy this job and if you follow the pointers above then you have a high likelihood of landing a job with VIPkid. Good luck!