Part-Time Online ESL Teacher for Likeshuo
Summary(Review): Likeshuo focuses on teaching adult students at the regular after-work evening hours on weekdays and weekends Beijing hour. They require 20 hours commitment per week and the pay fluctuates from $10-$22 for adults. For teaching children, you must be willing to use props during your lessons so make sure that you have some available before you start the interview process. They provide their own software teaching platform that runs on Windows and Internet Explorer. You must be a Native English teacher from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland and others that are considered to be native. There is prep work before the class and you must give feedback after each lesson.
Job Overview for Part-Time Online ESL Teacher
Pay Rate per Hour:
Minimum: $10
Maximum: $22
Class Size:
1 on 1 (tutorial) 1 on 4 (private) 1 on 15 (lecture)
Student Ages:
Adult (age 18+)
Class Schedule:
Morning (9am-12pm)
Afternoon (12pm-3pm)
Late Afternoon (3pm-6pm)
Evening (6pm-9pm)
Night (9pm-12am)
Late Night (12am-3am)
Job Details for Part-Time Online ESL Teacher
Accent(s):
Native North American
Native UK
Native Australian/New Zealand
Native Ireland
Degree Required:
Bachelor or above
Certification:
Yes
Years Experience:
Min Hours Week:
10
Internet Speed(Mbps):
Min Uploading: 4 MB/s
Min Downloading: 12 MB/s
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Part-Time Online ESL Teacher Job Description
Likeshuo is a personalized English E-learning program that allows teachers and students to have classes via our online platform.
- Salary range: $10-$18 per class
- Provide online English courses to adults
- Teach 1 on 1 (tutorial), 1 on 4 (private), and 1 on 15 (lecture) three kinds of classes with levels ranging from 1 to 12.
- Attend online workshops monthly.
- Do preparations before the class and evaluations after the class.
- Class duration: 45 minutes
- Student age group: 18+
- Minimal weekly hour commitment: 10 hours
- Booking: Automatically assigned based on your weekly availability
- All material is provided on PowerPoint
Part-Time Online ESL Teacher Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or above.
- Native English speakers from UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand.
- Proficient teaching skills. TESOL, CELTA or TEFL certificate, previous teaching experience or training experience is preferred.
- No less than 30 teaching hours per month.
- Basic device for online teaching (laptop/desktop, headset, and webcam).
Non-native Chinese speaking English teachers
- Bachelor’s degree or higher;
- Overseas graduates or returnees preferred.
- Familiarize with TOEFL/IELTS/GRE/GMAT;
- Candidate with high-scored students preferred.
- Coach students on test-taking strategies for TOEFL/IELTS /SSAT / SAT/ACT/ GRE/GMAT.
- Provide a comprehensive curriculum, and be able to engage in the teaching and research work.
Professionals Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or above. Rich experience in many different fields of the industry is preferred.
- Native English speaker, American, British, or Canadian preferred.
- Have rich experience in teaching adults English, enjoy teaching, good communication, organization, and management skills.
- No less than 30 teaching hours per month
- Basic device for online teaching (laptop/desktop, headset, and webcam)
7×24 “Twenty-Four-Seven” Classroom
Online courses can be taken anytime (book the course 4 hours in advance), anywhere (provided there’s a computer and internet connection), on any topics (choose from a wide range of categories). Flexible working schedule according to your requirement and our schedule, our class time is 24/7. Teachers will submit their available time every week.
About classes
We have various types of online classes like oral English, social English, business English and etc. And we provide courseware for each class. The time length of each class is 45 minutes with about 1- 15 students (intermediate-advanced).
Teachers do not need to leave any homework. Students can review the video after class by themselves. Teachers can give the students some suggestions and share useful English learning resources. (E.g. useful websites)
Part-Time Online ESL Teacher Salary and Compensation
- Salary range: $10 – $22 per class
- Attendance bonus and KPI bonus.
- You are able to cancel time slots 48 hours in advance without penalty.
- You are allowed to cancel 2 booked classes a month without losing your attendance bonus
- If you need to cancel time slot that has not been booked less than 24 hours in advance, it only costs you 20RMB
- If you complete 60 classes a month without any complaints or late entry, you will receive a bonus of 500RMB.
- If you complete 100 classes you will receive a bonus of 1000RMB
- Monthly Attendance Bonus
- Your salary will be adjusted if you get the following combination of levels two quarters (6 months).
- Rewards for Substitute Teachers with an extra 50% of your class rate.
- Pay Date: 15th of every month (It will be postponed to 18th if it falls on weekends or public holidays in China)
- Payment Cycle: From the 1 st of the month until the end of the month Beijing Time (UTC+8).
How to Apply to Part-Time Online ESL Teacher?
Oakary works closely with Likeshuo and many schools. We help you land a job quicker and smoother by submitting one application and match you with MULTIPLE Teaching Jobs based on your teaching preferences and qualifications, and assisting you with the interview process and communication with the recruiters..
Part-Time Online ESL Teacher Interview Process & Tips
- Register on Likeshuo website
- Book a demo
- Pre-job training
Company Information for Likeshuo
Likeshuo (originally Meten Online and junior course branch LikeABC) affiliated with Meten International Educational Group, is a leading online study brand in China. With language training experience for more than 10 years and its strength on the internet, it enables English learners to study English 24 hours a day and 365 days a year with real online English training products and services.
Likeshuo is a comprehensive online education brand that covers General English for Adults. Overseas Examination and English of professional. Aided by the internet, global qualified teachers have registered in Likeshuo and there are over 2000 striking foreign teachers from English speaking countries. The intelligent and interactive learning platform allows students to expose themselves in the full-English environment at any time and anywhere with computers/ tablets/telephones, which can increase students’ learning efficiency and interest in English.
Julie D says
Likeshuo adult class review
I recently started working for Likeshuo teaching adults. It took about 2 weeks to complete the hiring process and start teaching. There is no minimum number of classes that you must teach per week, 10 hours of classes in a month is recommended. Pay starts at around $15 USD per 45 minute class, plus bonuses. The platform operates on Chrome using Windows and is stable. No prep work is required before class, just read through the presentation. So far the majority of my time slots are getting filled. I got hired with a CELTA, 3 years experience, an AA degree and many years of life experience.
oetjobs says
Thank you for sharing the hiring process with us, Julie.
Bill says
I just completed a 2.5 hour unpaid training session for this company. As a professional teacher, items of major concern include: in the contract it is stated that if a student rates you as 2/5 or lower for a single class, you automatically are deducted 50% of your pay rate for that class. If that happens twice within one month, then you are fired. It’s clearly stated in the contract (as well as by the trainer) that it is impossible for teachers to appeal student complaints about teaching style.
I wish I knew this before applying and cancelling plans to sit through a long unpaid training. No self-respecting professional teacher should abide by policies like these. I’ve been in the field for a long time, and any company that truly cares about education quality stands by their teachers.
There were many other red flags, such as the trainer’s intimidating delivery style, and frequent finger pointing as if we were naughty children…I think I know enough now to not even begin teaching with them…
Jhay says
I was told by this company that I would not be hired because I am black. I was shocked by this comment, the recruiter said I was an excellent teacher liked me very much and said that even if she sent me through to the next round, it would prove pointless as they would not accept me. Stay clear my fellow African American teachers, this company isn’t the one for us.
Steffan Blanco says
I do not suggest you join them. Only if you are really in need of money. Besides paying you low, the requirements to stay a teacher are unreasonable (no more than 2 complains or absences/late) and benefits are almost unreachable (no complains at all, attend unpaid workshop). The late policy is also almost draconian (be there 5 minutes before and do not leave even 5-10 minutes before class ends) since they can discount 100% if you are 10 minutes late. Terrible assistance from the TAs and management
William Manny says
Likeshuo is constantly changing its policies (the recent trend is not in the teacher’s favor), so this information needs to be updated. Bonuses have been eliminated and pay has been reduced. While it is possible to earn up to 90 Rmb per class, only the top 10% of well-established teachers will earn this. The majority of teachers will earn 64 – 80 Rmb/class and will not get booked enough to earn more.
Do not expect to get booked for more than two classes most days until you work for several months and make extra efforts to get steady repeat students and then some of them must be willing to schedule in off-peak times (not easy). Remember that you must teach three classes and take one (unpaid) training each month to generate a paycheck.
I can only recommend Likeshuo if you have no other viable options, have never taught before, only want to teach adults, or don’t want to lesson plan AND are willing to tolerate double standards, disorganization, technical malfunctions, incompetence, clawbacks/fines, uncertainty about pay, having to CYA with screenshots, and being treated like an expendable soldier.
The GOOD: Lesson plans are provided, there are no “free trial” class requirements, most of the students are engaged/motivated, and ongoing training is offered (though required and unpaid).
The BAD: As a general guideline, expect every policy and scenario to be tilted against the teacher. Likeshuo does not promote a teacher-friendly environment or work experience.
– The teaching platform is basic and limiting (think cheap Chinese knockoff of Skype).
– Likeshuo’s website is not well optimized and technical issues are very common, which can create a stressful situation when attempting to login for a class.
– If you experience a technical problem that makes you late you must screenshot with a timestamp no less than 5 min before the class and submit a written report.
– If you are less than 5 min early, you are fined and deducted points.
– If you are not logged in to the classroom by the start time your class will automatically be given to a substitute, so there is no possibility of being even one minute late and you will be fined 300% of your class rate and points will be deducted.
– If you experience technical issues that prevent you from teaching, you are not compensated.
– Your accrued points for the month determine your pay rate.
– The point system lacks transparency and utilizes moving percentage targets, so you cannot be sure of how many classes you need to teach or points you need to get to increase your pay rate or what your pay rate per class will be until after the month is over.
– The scheduling system uses an algorithm that is not transparent so you cannot be certain of how many classes will be booked in a day, week, or month – increasing your availability does not necessarily result in additional classes.
– Don’t expect more than two classes a day until you have elevated your status…however that is mysteriously achieved.
– They only pay by bank transfer and they charge 200Rmb to make the transaction.
– They do not pay on time and do not inform you when payment is made or will be late.
– While they are disorganized, dismissive, and dysfunctional, they expect excellence from you and will place the burden of proof on you or penalize you.
– The Teacher’s Assistants are actually more like supervisors that are dismissive, disrespectful, and not available during peak hours.
– The TA’s generally will only communicate via Ding text.
– The tech support services is grossly incompetent.
– Your TA is your only point of contact and cannot be changed, which is reflected in their lack of professionalism.
– The lesson plans are definitely not constructed to a high standard and they expect you to supplement them.
– Students usually book classes a few hours out, but you cannot cancel your availability if you are not booked (less than 24hrs in advance).
– My friend, a more experienced and better teacher than me, was not hired after two attempts. The primary difference is that she is of a different race. I’ve been told that it is common to reject teachers with dark skin.
I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few things, but you can rely on this being an objective review. Now you have open eyes going into the situation if you decide to work at Likeshuo.