Online ESL Teacher for ABC 360
Summary(Review): ABC 360 Philippines is currently focusing on hiring teachers from the Philippines.
Become a Home-Based Online English Teacher at abc360! No need to commute & spend more time with your family.You can also enjoy our Referral program up to 5000Php when you invite your friends and teach with us!
Earn while helping others.
Job Overview for Online ESL Teacher
Pay Rate per Hour:
Minimum: $5
Maximum: $15
Class Size:
1
Student Ages:
Preschool (age 3-5)
Elementary & Junior (age 5-15)
High School & College Prep (age 15-18)
Adult (age 18+)
Class Schedule:
Late Afternoon (3pm-6pm)
Evening (6pm-9pm)
Job Details for Online ESL Teacher
Accent(s):
Native North American
Native UK
Native Australian/New Zealand
Non-Native Neutral
Degree Required:
No
Certification:
No/Preferred
Years Experience:
0
Min Hours Week:
25
Internet Speed(Mbps):
Min Uploading: 1 MB/s
Min Downloading: 5 MB/s
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Online ESL Teacher Job Description
Become a Home-Based Online English Teacher at abc360!
No need to commute & spend more time with your family.
You can also enjoy our Referral program up to 5000Php when you invite your friends and teach with us!
Earn while helping others.
Qualifications:
☑ 20-45 years old
☑ At least have a Bachelor’s Degree (Bachelors Degree not required for Native Speakers)
☑ Proficiency in speaking the English language with a neutral accent
☑ International teaching certificate (TESOL, TEFL, CELTA)
☑ Teaching experience is a plus but not required
Requirements:
☑ Internet speed
Download: 5MBPS, Upload: 1MBPS
☑ Laptop / Desktop (at least 4 GB RAM, i3, Quad-core)
☑ Headset with an extended microphone
☑ Applicant must be able to cater to our fixed schedules:
25 hours a week
20 hours from 5PM to 9PM for 5 days
plus 5 more hours of Teacher’s choice on the weekends (Saturday/Sunday)
Teaching:
☑ Quiet and clutter-free space/room in your home with child-friendly background.
☑ Each class is good for 25 mins. Teach one-on-one.
Interested? Click the link below to apply:
https://gardener.abc360.com/?source=_biepiqXsjHOn6A
Please wait for our Recruitment team to contact you for the next step.
About US:
abc360 was established in China in 2011. We are the fastest growing and most dynamic online English Language Teaching (ELT) company in both China and the Philippines. We offer career growth opportunities and highly-educated professional staff to support our team of international educators.
Online ESL Teacher Job Requirements
Become a Home-Based Online English Teacher at abc360!
No need to commute & spend more time with your family.
You can also enjoy our Referral program up to 5000Php when you invite your friends and teach with us!
Earn while helping others.
Qualifications:
☑ 20-45 years old
☑ At least have a Bachelor’s Degree (Bachelors Degree not required for Native Speakers)
☑ Proficiency in speaking the English language with a neutral accent
☑ International teaching certificate (TESOL, TEFL, CELTA)
☑ Teaching experience is a plus but not required
Requirements:
☑ Internet speed
Download: 5MBPS, Upload: 1MBPS
☑ Laptop / Desktop (at least 4 GB RAM, i3, Quad-core)
☑ Headset with an extended microphone
☑ Applicant must be able to cater to our fixed schedules:
25 hours a week
20 hours from 5PM to 9PM for 5 days
plus 5 more hours of Teacher’s choice on the weekends (Saturday/Sunday)
Teaching:
☑ Quiet and clutter-free space/room in your home with child-friendly background.
☑ Each class is good for 25 mins. Teach one-on-one.
Online ESL Teacher Salary and Compensation
Referral program (up to 5000Php/each successful referral)
How to Apply to Online ESL Teacher?
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Online ESL Teacher Interview Process & Tips
- Fill in some information online (5 minutes)
- Wait for recruiters’ email for interview invitation (within 3 working days)
- Interview and demo (30 minutes-1 hour)
- Training (within 3 working days)
- Pre-teaching requirements preparation ( within 2 days)
- Sign independent contract
- Open classes
Company Information for ABC 360
About US:
abc360 was established in China in 2011. We are the fastest growing and most dynamic online English Language Teaching (ELT) company in both China and the Philippines. We offer career growth opportunities and highly-educated professional staff to support our team of international educators.
Former Teacher says
I worked for ABC360 for about 2 weeks in March and then I quit. This is my review. Be warned, it’s long!
Pros:
– lots of students. I had at least 2 students every day (out of 6 open slots) and was often 60-100% booked for the day.
– decent pay. I was offered $14/hour plus incentive pay that would have worked out to $30-$110/month. You could go up by $1-$2 every 6 months to a cap of $18/hour (note: I’m a native speaker from Canada. I know they employ a lot of non-native filipino speakers and I suspect that your nationality affects what they offer you. Also, I’m in Canada so 14usd = 18cad)
– there was a new teachers’ Skype group where people shared helpful tips and there were often staff members on duty to help with troubleshooting
– students of all ages. I was assigned to the young learners group but I got young teens and even a couple adults. It was a nice variety, although sometimes I had to watch my tone of voice to I didn’t come across as condescending to the older kids because I was talking to them like a 6 year old.
Cons:
– the attendance thing was super obnoxious. The whole process was infantilizing. Having to check in 30 mins before class starts means you’re working for free (you end up using that time to add students on QQ and Skype), and the ‘click me’ button 5 mins before each class was super distracting because it would make a loud noise. On the other hand if you don’t press the click me button then they might mark you absent so you had to remember to check in case it didn’t beep for whatever reason
– the rushed pace. Classes are in 20 minute slots instead of 30 minutes. They’re technically supposed to be 17 minutes long. But between pressing the click me button and trying to fill in the class feedback, I was always running late for my next class
– class feedback – they wanted: 3 words with dictionary definition + official phonetic pronunciation, 3 sentence corrections, and a ~30 second voice recording to the student. In my orientation they said you have to be good at multitasking so you can do the class feedback while teaching the class and I did get better at it, but I was always spending time at the end of the day to go back and finish it up. It was simply an unrealistic expectation used to get free work out of you.
– a general air of distrust and micromanaging. They have a policy that if a student complains for any reason they get a free class. So the burden of defending yourself from false complaints falls on you. You had to screen record every class. You had to take speed tests every time a student’s connection got choppy, or have the staff call you on QQ and do a line check. You had to take screenshots of all messages between you and the student. And you still often got bad feedback that you then had to ask the staff to remove from your profile and you’d have to email them the evidence of the false claim. It’s exhausting to have to be on the defensive all the time like that. You don’t know if a student is just looking to score a free class, and the company doesn’t check for patterns of bad feedback with the students, only with the teachers.
– scheduling – again in favour of the students over the teachers. Like I mentioned a student could book you up to 10 minutes before a class started, but they can also unbook you less than a day in advance. I’d often check the night before and see my schedule totally full, then sign in the next morning at only have a couple students. That really sucks because you randomly find yourself with gaping holes in your schedule and you only get paid for booked slots.
– the platforms. Classes can take place on QQ, Skype or their proprietary platform. The proprietary platform was not great software but it was ok. The problem was having students back to back on different platforms. You have to add them on QQ ahead of class time (which is what I used the 30 mins attendance check in for) and if they use that instead of the proprietary platform it’s a video call so you can’t use techniques like writing on the lesson slides or other interactive features
Now the biggest reason I stopped working for abc360 is that they wanted 15 hours/week from me and I just didn’t have the time. I would have tried to stick it out longer if not for the other cons, but I didn’t like the stress of being mistrusted, the time crunches, the unpaid work and everything else on top of the high hours requirement.
Would I recommend ABC360? Yes, in very specific cases:
– if you’re not a native speaker, this gives you access to lots of classes
– the pay is comparable to other Chinese companies (I don’t know about for non-natives though)
– access to lots of students. I expect I would have built up a pretty regular student base in another couple months and not had any empty slots in the middle of my schedule
– you don’t mind doing work on time that you’re not getting paid for (finishing class feedback, adding students on skype and QQ)
– you don’t get stressed out easily or angry/annoyed easily (the stupid click me button, remembering to record all your classes, remembering all sorts of protocol for proving your innocence in the face of negative feedback)
– you want a lot of hours. The minimum was 15 hours but you could easily work 30+
Past Teacher says
I’ve had mixed feelings about ABC360 while working there for the past 18 months.
REQUIREMENTS: UPDATE: Their website lists none, but a recruiter told me “Native Speakers need teaching experience. Non-Native speakers need teaching experience and TEFL certificate”. However, I know a couple non-native speakers with no TEFL and no experience who have been hired, so it might still be worth a shot. They prefer you to use windows based computers to be compatible with their platform. Some classes are conducted on Skype and QQ.
PAY: Mostly based on where you live. I started at $8/hr because I live in Cambodia. I would have started at $14/hr had I lived in the US. At first, it seems like they have a lot of incentives, but they are very minimal and have almost never motivated me to do anything I wouldn’t have done otherwise. I haven’t had any problems with bank transfers to my bank in the US or Cambodia. They reimburse all bank fees.
SCHEDULE: I’ve always worked part time. You must work 5 days a week, including one weekend day (my days off are Tuesday and Saturday). You have to ask someone to open and close your schedule, which I’ve always found very annoying. Students can book your class up to 10min. before the class starts. Full-time requires you to work peak evening hours Beijing time.
CLASSES: 17min classes, but most students take 34min. You must choose (or in my case be designated, haha) as a children’s teacher or adult teacher. Adults are much easier and they often take classes at work during the day. The post-class memos can be time-consuming and most students don’t read them.
CONS: See above, haha. It worked for me to get my foot in the online industry and gain some experience, but I think there are many better companies to check out first.
If you want to apply, just send me a PM. I’ll get you in contact with a recruiter and help in any way I can. http://www.abc360.com/Teacher/Teacher/index
I have limited experience with italki. One of my ABC360 students wanted a cheaper way to take my class, so I became a tutor on there. Most tutors set very low rates. I set my rate at $16 an hour and only got a couple other inquires, mostly from companies looking to hire online teachers. If you have a certification, then you can apply to be a professional teacher, and I’ve seen rates as high as $40 an hour. It’s really just a website to set-up your own business, so you have to provide your own lesson materials and attract your target students. They charge you 15% of what you make and you can withdrawal through online wallets like Paypal and Skrill. If I ever get back to learning Chinese again, I’ll probably look for a tutor on italki, haha. https://www.italki.com/i/Bb6ccB
I’m happy to answer any questions people have via PM or the comments below. Cheers 🙂
Kimberley Adams says
I would like to apply