No scheduled classes
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@Hadeer, that's scary and demoralising. I'm so sorry. How many followers do you have? Also, what is your current rating. I had a dreadful swamp of kids who hated me for a while and that suffocated my lessons. Try to teach (GMT + 8) 9pm. These are adult lessons and they are super easy because Taiwanese adults are LOVELY people and they rate a good lesson well. This will get better.
I found it very helpful to listen to training videos too. There is a lot you can learn from other teachers. Hang in there.
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@Misa-2 Have you contacted comms centre and told them you have completed the training?
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@Jennifer-M Hi Jennifer, I have done all of these trainings you mentioned, did quite a number of trainings, around 12-13 trainings, still I’m being told the tag’s won’t be automatic, I will only get an opportunity to teach them when there is a demand, only then will I get an invitation ( this is me paraphrasing). The no scheduled lessons is quite discouraging especially as a new teacher on the platform.
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@Eniola-1 What tag are you hoping to get?
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@Sarah-556 Thank you for the encouragement. First, I have 11 followers :( because I haven't taught much since I started in May. Secondly, I currently have a 9.26 rating as of yesterday.
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@Deborah-0 Oh yes! I have, it was after I reached out to inform them that they sent me a mail saying there is currently no urgent need for certain courses.
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@Gavin-0 I did the following trainings:
- Demo part 1
- Demo part 2
- Demo part 3
- Demo part 4
- Demo part 5
- Teaching junior OUP series
- Speak Now
- Junior Orientation
- Standby Teacher Training
- Teaching Let's speak for Beginners
- Oxford discover
- Cambridge business English
- Child protection
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@Eniola-1 I feel you. I was eager to teach Junior classes and completed the relevant trainings. I recently had a meeting with a mentor and he advised me to contact the Help Center + reply to the first auto bot reply with the same request to get a human staff to respond to me. When I reached out to them about getting the Junior classes tags, they sent me the same reply twice that there wasn't a need for Junior teachers at the moment 🤷🏻♀️
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When you ask about adding teaching tags, management looks at a few things first, like:
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Your current rating
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Student feedback
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How often you've canceled classes
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Absence record
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If you've had to attend mentor meetings because of student complaints
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@Eniola-1 Like what others have mentioned, I guess getting a new tag do involve many factors, some of which are out of our control. For me, I've mostly got several new tag invitations and training packages assigned (with deadlines specified), but since I currently don't want to teach some of those courses, I just ignored them.
Additionally, since you just started teaching here, it could be because you are still on some sort of probation period before you would be able to teach more tags, at least this was what one of my mentors told me in our previous meeting.
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@Eniola-1, you have just begun! Eleven followers is good. Do you have props? Buy yourself some cute puppets and some nice flashcards for colours, numbers, and shapes, and collect some dolls and animal figurines. These really help, and they add so much interest to children's lessons. Take advantage of as much training as you can. It really helps and try to find someone who can teach you how to use Manycam. We are all here for you. We love to help so just fire away with some questions. The Team Leaders are great and they are always available if you need guidance. You will reach the 9.5. You've got this!
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@Chien-Hao thank you so much.
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@Sarah-556 awwww, you all are so kind. I feel so much at peace for all the help and suggestions I have gotten today. Thank you so much.
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@Deborah-0
Hello, yes here is the response"GTR Admin
Dear Misa,
Thank you for taking the time for this inquiry.
Additional training for special courses is assigned based on interview results.
Completing related training packages proactively will also increase your chances of being invited to the courses.
If you’re already invited, once you have completed the training, we’ll contact you after we review your training progress and results on the training portal.
At the moment, if there’s no urgent need for additional teachers for certain courses, teachers won’t be invited for training.
Feel free to let us know if you need further information or assistance on this matter.
Have a good one!
Kind regards,"
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For the last 10 years, Saturdays and Sundays, have always been the busiest days of the week ....not now! Can't believe it-really?
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@Clive-0 Same here:(
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@Clive-0 Same here I only have two hours scheduled. My quietest Saturday ever. I'm off outside...might as well make a day of it lol.
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@Clive-0 I only have 2 hours scheduled classes for today. I opened 11 hours slots
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Had an amazing Sunday! Seven hours-unbelievable! And tomorrow... only half an hour, for the whole day!!!
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I had four and a half hours booked this morning out of eleven available. Now that has been reduced to three and a half! OMG!
