Online ESL with Teacher Bell

Here's my top 5 topics for props you will use AGAIN and AGAIN no matter who you work for. 1) Food - Get yourself some fruit and veg, a pizza, a chicken, milk, meat and orange juice. Food is used a LOT in beginning English lessons. 2) School supplies - yep you heard right - pencil, pen, glue, scissors, book, crayon, marker - these supplies will get you through a number of lessons! 3) Animals - fish, monkey, elephant, giraffe, dog, cat. These will all give you value for money! I got the magnetic set from Melissa and Doug and it means I can use them for rewards too and stick them to my whiteboard when needed. Good investment! 4) Colours - I just got coloured paper and laminated small squares that I could hold up. Blue, pink, red, green, yellow and purple - To save time though if you buy coloured crayons (see above) you can just hold these up! Two birds, one stone! 5) Letter/Number cards - a pack of each from the dollar shop. These things come in handy ALL the time. I wo

Well folks i've nearly hit my one year anniversary of Online Teaching. What a year it's been! In 2019 I was inspired by this new and exciting world where I could work from home and teach and earn a bit of extra change. Truth be told I went a bit over the top. I was working 5 nights a week. Which was never my intention when I started out. But the lure of reaching the next level on Palfish and earning those extra points pushed me. As 2019 wound down I realised I needed to make some hard decisions about what was actually sustainable long term. For me staying up 'till midnight 5 nights a week was not! So I took two weeks off for Christmas - and then let my Friday and Saturday night students know I would be closing those nights down. The transition was hard - some of my students didn't rebook with me. But most did! They were able to find a slot I could teach them on the Monday/Wednesday or Thursday night. Towards the end of January we started hearing re

Hey y'all It's been a little while since i've been able to sit down and wax lyrical ... Probably because i've been so busy teaching! ...and mothering, and wifing and lifing. So thought it was time to check in and let you know how it's going. I travelled for the first time with Palfish this weekend. So THAT'S exciting! Truth be told it was kind of stressful and next time i'd probably be more organised and take the time off. Don't get me wrong it was relatively easy but i'm a stresser, so I need my lighting to be good and my internet to be strong. Of course it all went fine - but was it worth me stressing on my holiday? hmm jury is out. In other big news we just hit Daylight Savings Time in Australia. Which means where I live we are now three hours away from 'china time'. This means all my classes moved an hour later! It opens up more opportunity for me to teach after 7pm(AEST) when the kids are in bed. BUT it also means

This post is all about celebrating! I hit 100 hours with Palfish! Remember I only work 3 evenings a week (Wednesday/Friday/Saturday) because of family and other commitments I have a very limited schedule . It took me 12 weeks. But I did it! Working at Palfish has been amazing! It is honestly so much fun! So if you're wondering if you can work part time with Palfish , the answer is yes! If you're wondering if you can be successful at Palfish without opening EVERY slot , the answer is yes! I'm still fully booked ! If you'd like my help let me know! Happy Teaching x If you are ready to check out  Palfish Click Here P.S. Every company offers a referral bonus - If you're interested in getting started and would like my help with the process drop me a line!  Palfish referral code: 58910752  SayABC referral code: EG63VF 

It's been 5 months since I entered the online teaching world -  I work for TWO companies ( Here's why I think everyone should!) Now it's time to give you the low down on what it's like to work for each of them, you're going to want to read this! Requirements Before we begin you are going to want to know straight up what you need to have in order to get a job with Palfish and SayABC. Palfish : 120hour TESOL or TEFL. Ability to work 3.5hours a week during peak Beijing teaching times (6pm-9pmBJT weekdays or 9am-9pm weekends). SayABC : 120hour TESOL or TEFL or any other teaching certificate, BA degree (or in the final year of one), One year teaching experience.  Both companies require that you speak English at a native level.  The kids Seriously the BEST part of this business is the students! Both platforms give you the opportunity to teach the cutest Chinese kids ever! There are also a few...hmmm... less focused stude

What is a homeroom combination? Well this is a relatively new phenomenon at SayABC - and it's causing a lot of heartache for long time teachers. Let's find out why! Basically when you are given a homeroom it has 4-6 students in it. (Mine all have 4 as I teach using the 1v4 platform). Because of schedule changes, sickness, holidays, finance issues etc. Students may pull out of your homeroom. Generally SayABC will try to fill the gaps with other students. This has happened with 2/4 of my homerooms. I only have 1 homeroom that has the same four students that I started with three months ago. The other 2 have had students come and go but the gaps keep getting filled. Except for 1. It kept losing students until I was down to one! Then I got a 'Home room combination' email! This means they've taken my one student and given them to someone else to fill a homeroom. Make's sense! But it also means I have no classes in my first slot now! They