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Omeo
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 Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject: Freelance Online Teaching |
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Has anyone ever set up a successful private online teaching operation or found a good online school? I've been trying to find online students for a while now and, so far, no takers. Any advice on how to find students? Any advertising advice?
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Trebek
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Before someone points him to the recent online school thread, I too would welcome ideas on how to advertise for students. Seems that most online teaching places want you to find your own. |
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Omeo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:23 am Post subject: |
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| What recent online school thread? I tried searching for it, but sometimes the search engine on this site is a real piece of crap. |
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Omeo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| Nevermind. Found it. |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| I have a friend who did that. She started giving lessons to a couple friends at a low price and those friends told others. I think it's like privates, word of mouth is the best. |
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hollysuel
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:48 am Post subject: |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
| I have a friend who did that. She started giving lessons to a couple friends at a low price and those friends told others. I think it's like privates, word of mouth is the best. |
That is what I learned when I set up my live online company in 2006. I did google ad words and got a lot of students requesting free trial lessons, but few people actually had the money to pay. I found that networking/word of mouth and using the live online schools like Myngle & Edufire really helped. At least right now, though, this type of training is really for supplementing one's income until you start to get a good reputation. In other words, it takes a lot of time and patience! |
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Trebek
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Nature and Holly, that appears to be the the way to get started online. Holly are you teaching full time?
I do think there are ways to speed things up through advertising, I,m just not sure what venue to advertise on. For now, I'll start at the bottom like everyone else. |
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hollysuel
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Trebek wrote: |
Thanks Nature and Holly, that appears to be the the way to get started online. Holly are you teaching full time?
I do think there are ways to speed things up through advertising, I,m just not sure what venue to advertise on. For now, I'll start at the bottom like everyone else. |
I was teaching full time, but I recently got a full time job working with an assessment company writing test questions, so am now only teaching a couple hours a day. |
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TwinCentre
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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I've done a fair bit of Skype teaching but with Music rather than English...but the principles are the same...
Skype.com has it's own 'learning languages on Skype' forum...advertising there helps a lot.
Also, targeting one nationality is a good idea...think locally.
Instead of offering a free trial lesson - allow students to pay AFTER the lesson (same difference if you think about it)
Hope this helps
TC |
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teresa_c
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I've heard many people talk about online tutoring jobs, which is also interesting. I don't know if a teacher would be willing to downgrade his/her status to a tutor though.
http://www.theonlinetutoringjobs.com |
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naturegirl321
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| teresa_c wrote: |
| I've heard many people talk about online tutoring jobs, which is also interesting. I don't know if a teacher would be willing to downgrade his/her status to a tutor though. |
I'm not sure how becoming a tutor is downgrading. I spent a couple of years as a one on one tutor and can tell you it was MUCH more work than being a teacher. |
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hollysuel
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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Teaching online doesn't mean you will be 'just a tutor'.
TutorABC offers group tuition.
I'm also teaching through the ministry of Education in Korea where the lessons are with a group of 4 to 8 students.
I've also done pilots in China where we had about 20 students in the online classroom. Thankfully, I had co-teachers and breakout rooms for this project. I have also been involved in a pilot teaching groups of ten teachers in Colombia all live online (the teachers were in N. America and the students in their homes in Colombia).
The easiest live online teaching jobs are indeed one-to-one, but it isn't necessarily the only type of live online teaching that is out there. |
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