Online ESL Teacher for ALO7
Summary(Review): ALO7 is looking for online ESL teachers. Classes will be between 6pm-9pm (Beijing local time) and either 25 or 40 minutes in duration. The salary will be between $15-$22 USD per hour.
ALO7 is one of the most popular online ESL companies with excellent reviews and excellent working experience according to our community. It has a base pay of $15 – 22/hour with incentives. It is working with Chinese students so the peak hours are 6 PM-9 PM Beijing time. There are 3 types of classes, one-on-one, one-to-3+, or group session. ALO7 provides all teaching materials and training. They hire teachers from the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. What is unique about this company is that they have programs that work with enrichment schools in China and typical booking through parents/student type. Schools will book tutors for 20-40 weeks in a row. This means that there is reliable and consistent work, and tutors are able to work with the same students week after week.Read this comprehensive application Guide for ALO7
Job Overview for Online ESL Teacher
Pay Rate per Hour:
Minimum: $15
Maximum: $22
Class Size:
one-on-one one-to-3 group sessions
Student Ages:
Elementary & Junior (age 5-15)
High School & College Prep (age 15-18)
Class Schedule:
Evening (6pm-9pm)
Job Details for Online ESL Teacher
Accent(s):
Native North American
Native UK
Native Australian/New Zealand
Degree Required:
College Student
Associate
Bachelor or above
Certification:
No/Preferred
Years Experience:
Min Hours Week:
6
Internet Speed(Mbps):
Min Uploading: 4 MB/s
Min Downloading: 4 MB/s
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Online ESL Teacher Job Description
Public School Class
ALO7 is looking for online public school teachers. We will be providing online classes to primary, middle and high schools across China.
- Classes will be between 8am-5pm (Beijing local time) and either 25 or 40 minutes in duration.
- The salary will be between $19.50-$22 USD per hour.
- Student age: 6-17 years old
- Average Class size:25-40 students
- Schedule can be flexible
- Native English teacher from US, UK, Canada or Australia
- Online teaching experience and holds TEFL, TESOL etc.
- Has a green screen, dual monitors and a standing desk
- Tutors need to open a minimum of 20 slots.
- There are a mixture of schools and ages from kindergarten to high school.
- Most classes will have a TA to help control the class whilst the online tutor is teaching.
- By and large, there will be a seating chart/name list so the tutor can call on specific students.
One-on-One and Small Group Classes
- The range will be USD$15 ~ USD$22 per hour.
- Class schedule: 6 pm to 10 pm Beijing Standard time Monday through Sunday
- Class size: one-on-one, one-on-three, or group session
- Class duration: 25 minutes or 50 minutes
- Student age: 5 to 18
- An Online Classroom: Access to a smart online platform making it easy for you to operate. You can teach from all the world with just a desktop or laptop and high-speed internet,
- Curriculum and Teaching Methods: You will be provided all the curriculum material and shown the best way to teach by our academic team, so this does not require teaching experience. We provide everything for you to succeed!
- Tutor support system: You will have a personalized support team at all times.
Teaching Platform
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ALO7 no longer uses Zoom. We only use AOC, which is an ALO7-specific app created by our team of developers to deliver innovative lessons that incorporate the use of AI to assist teachers, especially in regard to improving teaching quality and student engagement.
Teaching Hours
- Peak tutoring hours are 6 pm to 9 pm Beijing Time.
- Recommended weekly time commitment for a minimum of 12 classes ( 6 hours) per week during Peak Tutoring hours.
Classes Booked by Schools (Model A)
- You can as few as 6 hours or as many as 28 hours + per week during peak tutoring time frame
- 1 to 1 class booked by parents/students or 1 to 3+ / one-to-many classes booked by schools on a gradual basis. 1 to 3+ or 1 to Many classes tend to repeat on a weekly basis once they are booked.
1 to 1 Tutoring (Model B)
We offer 1 to 1 tutoring during Peak hours and Non-peak hours. These classes are more random as they are booked by parents directly.
Once you open your available hours, either schools or parents will book classes with you. We don’t control the demand. Sometimes tutors are fully booked as soon as they join our platform, and sometimes it takes a few weeks for them to get students. However, in the majority of cases, we have seen quite a strong demand for native speaking tutors in our platform.
Class Booking Factors
The peak tutoring hours of our partner schools are 6-9 pm Beijing time (especially during 7-9 pm).
Some factors might greatly influence your class booking rate,
- open at least 12 slots in peak tutoring hours per week
- have 2 or more no show records in that or the previous month.
- put a long leave or several leaves in the near future
- receive complaints from partner schools
- get on board (or return from leave) less than a month
- just finish a whole class session as it may take a while for partner schools to arrange new classes.
Read this comprehensive application Guide for ALO7
Teaching Schedule
Peak tutoring hours are 6 to 9 pm Beijing Time. About 90% of classes are in peak hours.
General rule: If you are in the USA, most available hours are in the early morning
If you are in Asia, most available hours are at night
If you are in Europe, most available hours are in the middle of the day.
Monday ~ Sunday
5:00 am to 8:00 am EST.
6:00 am to 9:00 am EDT Daylight Saving time
Off-Peak tutoring time beyond Peaking Tutoring time slots: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Beijing Time.
All applicants will be recommended to tutor for a minimum of 12 classes ( 6 hours) per week during Peak Tutoring hours. Time slots are Tutors’ choice within Peak Tutor Time Slots above. They are also welcome to tutor as many hours they can during Peak Time and Non-Peak time
Once you open your available hours, our partner schools will book classes with you. We don’t control the demand. Sometimes tutors are fully booked as soon as they join our platform, and sometimes it takes a few weeks for them to get students. However, in the majority of cases, we have seen quite a strong demand for native speaking tutors in our platform.
Online ESL Teacher Job Requirements
- English native speakers from the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. It means that you were born and grew up in any of these countries. You have valid government ID such as passport, birth certificate, etc. Passport is highly preferred.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in any field or current enrollment in a four-year college program.
- TESOL / TEFL or any other ESL certificate is strongly preferred.
- Tutoring/teaching / mentoring experience is preferred.
- Enjoy tutoring through digital media.
- Enjoy working with children.
- Stable free time during peak tutoring hours.
- Minimal weekly hour commitment: No minimum required, but would recommend at least open 6 hours per work during tutoring hours. However, this is a recommendation, not a requirement.
Online ESL Teacher Salary and Compensation
- The range will be USD$15 ~ USD$22 per hour.
- Each 25-minute class pays $7.50 per class or each 50-class pays $15 per class as base rate. This base rate applies to most programs.
- Additional Incentive pay
- Additional Incentive pay for 1 to 3+ classes will be increased. The current rate is up to 5% to 13.3%, and the new incentives will be up to 5% to 25%.
- Each 1 to 3+ class can be paid up to $8.50 per 25-minute session before July 2018 classes, and will be paid up to $9.375 afterwards.
Payment
- Paid monthly. They will be compensated on or before the 15th of each month for the classes taught during the previous calendar month. For example, tutors will be paid on or before September 15th for classes taught in August (from August 1st to August 31st)
- Direct Deposit via VEEM. VEEM (www.veem.com) is an accredited business with the U.S. Department of Treasury & BBB.
- PayPal – PayPal is used as a secondary payment method, if for this month, you made less than minimum transaction from tutoring, your payment will be processed via PayPal. There is 2% Papal fee charged. PayPal’s exchange rate is not controlled by Alo7.
Teacher Evaluation Criteria
All the tutors will have a cumulative QC (Quality Control) score, which is determined by the schools based on the Rubrics and is used to measure a tutor’s overall tutoring qualities (please refer to the QC Rubrics under the recourse tab). Both partner schools and ALO7 believe that a tutor’s performance cannot be determined by one or two classes, as he/she may face difficult students, who may affect the performances. Thus, all the QC scores will be cumulative. Please note that the schools play a very important role in rating a tutor’s performance, as they need to make sure tutors meet the basic requirement so that their students could enjoy learning. ALO7 works with the schools and make sure their ratings are based on the QC Rubrics. Remember, not all the classes of a tutor will be watched and rated by the schools, as you may have over a hundred classes in a month. For a tutor, the schools will randomly select at least one class per week and rate his/her performance in that classes.
The QC score will be calculated through 9 criteria: Academic Outcomes, Learning Culture, Instruction, Positive Feedback, Corrective Feedback, Tutor’s Tone, TPR, Equal Attention, Engagement. Each criterion will be mark from 1 to 5; 1 is the lowest score and 5 is the highest score. And the final QC score will be the average of the 9 criteria.
How to Apply to Online ESL Teacher?
Oakary works closely with ALO7 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..
Online ESL Teacher Interview Process & Tips
Read this comprehensive application Guide for ALO7
- Application: Submit your resume (PDF format preferred), voice record and optional cover letter on the website.
- Interview/Mock class: 50 minutes You will receive an email to book an online interview; An interview will be scheduled between you and our recruiter. During the interview, you will be asked to do an online mock class. You can feel free to ask them any questions regarding the position.
- Self Study & Online Quiz: After the interview, you are required to watch self-study videos and then finish an online quiz. If you did not pass the quiz, you need to study the incorrect answers and review the Study Materials prior to take the test again.
- Contract signing and Document Submission: After you pass the interview and quiz, you will be provided an Independent Contractor Agreement to sign and you will need to submit some documentation along with the signed Agreement. After it, you are officially onboard.
- Readiness Check & Experience Session A: A technical check is provided to make sure your computer meets the requirements necessary to teach a class. Besides, an experienced session is also provided to you before your first class to help you be well prepared
- Ready to Teach: After completing the above processes, you will start teaching.
After the Interview
Your CV and interview performance will be reviewed to see whether they meet the requirements of our partner schools. If you do meet the criteria, you will receive a notice to move forward with the next step. If your status is on hold at the moment, that means some schools might have decided you’re not a good fit for them, but other schools are probably still analyzing whether your profile matches their needs. Each school’s requirements are slightly different.
How long does it take to hear back the hiring decision?
After your interview, your file is transferred to partner schools for the final decision. Normally, it will take 5-10 working days to get their hiring decision, and this period might be prolonged for a few more days in busy seasons.
Self-Intro Video
Interview Process
Company Information for ALO7
ALO7.com was founded by Pengkai Pan, who holds a PHD from Media Lab of MIT. Its initial angel investors include digital pioneer Professor Nicholas Negroponte, who is MIT Media Lab Founder, and several international venture capital companies.
ALO7 is the largest digital ELT (English Language Teaching) product and solutions provider in China with more than 10M registered users and more than 2,000 training school partners. We are revolutionizing the way English is learned and taught throughout China, from how schools are managed to how schools and homes are connected in the mobile Internet age.
Alo7 aims to be the largest online education platform in 2018 as large educational institutions in China are all Alo7’s partners. Currently these partner schools are using Alo7’s digital curriculum in the classroom setting and they start to offer Alo7’s online tutoring services to their existing student bases with an aggregated number of easily exceeding one million.
Online ESL Teacher Reviews
Pros
- ALO7 is not the highest paying company but I’m fully booked, support is awesome and they are a very fair company. I have completely stopped looking for something better, Alo7 is truly great in so many ways. I work Mon- Friday, two hours each day, completely booked (which is what I am open, I’m certain if my availability was greater I would be booked solid with more hours.)
- Relatively good pay. Pay rate is $15-22/hr with multiple incentives for quality and attendance possible. The incentives include 5% for stability, another 5% for quality, another 5% for having more than 3 students in a class.
- Majority of the teachers are happy working for ALO7 and have great reviews.
- Hire college students
- Require only 6 hours per week (12 25-min classes) for the peak teaching hours (6 pm to 9 pm Beijing time).
- Comprehensive ESL teaching materials are provided
Cons
- Limited to teacher candidates from US, Canada, UK, and Australia.
- Only have teaching hours between 6 pm and 9 pm Beijing Time.
Learn more about the full reviews about ALO7
Teacher Reviews
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Sorry to the mods for my previous post using a reference link 😣 Anyway, as suggested, here’s a review about working for ALO7 since I’ve seen a few posts from people wondering about working for them.
I’ve been with ALO7 for a month and so far I’ve been really happy with them. You have a personal support group in WeChat where you can ask any questions or state any problems that you’re having. I was getting only emails about last minute substitute classes for a week, so I sent them a message asking when I would get regularly scheduled classes and within that day, I had classes booked. Enrichment schools in China book tutors, rather than parents. So, I have a consistent schedule through August and maybe further (I haven’t checked) with the same group of kids.
All of my classes are 1-to-3, but sometimes there’s only 1 or 2 students for the class. I think they are moving away from the 1-to-1 model. There are also opportunities to teach online in an actual classroom where you will be on a big screen, but these classes are only up to 6 students.
I like ALO7 personally because they seem like they have a diverse set of tutors. I’m Asian American, I was interviewed by a Latina woman (also a tutor), the main trainer is Australian and I was trained by a British gentleman. In other words, you don’t have to look like the stereotypical foreigner or have a North American accent to apply or work for them.
Yes, there is a contract. I was wary about the penalties if you aren’t able to fulfill it too. But, you just have to give 30 days notice if you’re going to resign, and they prefer 30 days notice if you’re going to take an extended break like a vacation. If you cancel within 24 hours, there is a $5 fine but I feel this is reasonable since they have to find substitutes very quickly. I had a power outage, had to cancel 3 classes, which sucked, but I was able to grab substitute classes the following week to make it up. You have to check in before you start each day, not each class, but all it involves is clicking a button to let them know “I’m here.”
Send me a PM or comment if you have any questions.
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I have worked for ALO7 for over a year now and wanted to share my experience. I have worked for another tutoring company as well, and my ALO7 experience is by far superior. I have been provided with excellent training to make teaching the classes super easy. There is always a demo video of each type of class, so I have an example to follow and the lesson plans are very thorough. I have a steady schedule, and I was allowed to pick my hours, although it is early morning as expected. The support team is very quick to respond to any issues. Pay day always arrives on time, and I have had no surprises in that area at all. They do allow a bonus opportunity, which is nice. Overall, I really enjoy teaching with ALO7 and have had a great experience with the classes, students, and support staff.
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