Palfish - How to pass the interview...

Remember folks, if you just want to do freetalk with adults you don't need to do an interview. 

However if you want to teach kids (I recommend it) then once you're verified, if you're looking to join the Official Kids Course,  you will need to do an interview.


Here's how to pass it.


Before we get to that though - here's a pro tip I wish I knew before I scheduled my interview.

Once you pass (you'll hear in 48 hours) and you complete your quiz (you can do this many times to get the answers right - easy) You will need to wait up to 8 business hours 10am - 8:30pm BJT and then you will go 'official' - as SOON as this happens all of the slots you selected as available for the Official Kids Course when you signed up for interview will open on your schedule and can be booked. ONLY choose slots you CAN work!

Also - those first 24-48 hours after you go 'official' will be when you will get the MOST pop-ups for classes!

So here's my tip...Schedule your interview 24-48 hours before a day that you are TOTALLY free and TOTALLY available to catch those pop-ups! The more you teach, the more you will be seen by the sales team so my advice is to make the most of those first 48 hours - BE available! Teach your best!

Get off to a good start!

Ok onto the interview...

These are the requirements:

1. Introduction of your classroom background and teaching props (20sec)
2. Greeting and simple self introduction (10sec)
3. Demonstrate how you will explain 'circle it on the screen' to a student (20sec)
4. Complete the lesson (15-20min)

You book a half hour timeslot to do your interview (This is 24 hour time so don't get caught out like I did - I missed my first interview COMPLETELY because I thought I'd booked Friday night - and I had booked Friday morning! 🤦)

Go into the classroom early! I went in 5 minutes early - probably overkill but DON'T BE LATE! You will see the timer counting down till class starts. As soon as it clicks over to 0 minutes taught you can begin. 

Nothing will indicate that you should begin - there is no actual student there - no interviewer- just start talking! 

Everything you do from 0 minutes on will be recorded (and you can watch the whole excruciating process back later if you like 😂)

Remember to wear blue!

Ok let's take a closer look at the requirements ...(Points 1-3)

You basically need to spend 1 min before you start teaching the demo - introducing yourself, your background and props and explaining how you would teach 'circle it' to a student. 

1 min is NOT very long.

Don't waffle - Speak clearly - 

Hello! My name is Teacher Bell - I live in Sydney - This is my Palfish classroom and here is my friend frog (Show puppet) etc. 

If you want to get extra points use a mirror to help explain 'circle it on the screen' to a student - See my post on basic TPR for more ideas. 

I gave my student a name and explained that before I started the 'circle it demo'.

 I would say:

(Name) can you Circle the Monkey?... Circle the monkey! (I would use TPR for circle)

If they didn't get it or were just doing it in the air I would hold up a mirror and show them how I circle on the screen. 

Once that little intro bit is done it's time to begin teaching the lesson.

Hello Monkey!

This is a common trial lesson on Palfish - you may as well go all out with your prop making in preparation because you will be teaching this lesson A LOT in your first month! 

Here are the props I had for my Hello Monkey trial:

(An eye, nose and mouth, a dog, cat and fish. A monkey and a monkey face on paper split into the three parts and my daughters little star wand to help with giving stars).

Even though you won't have a student there - PRETEND there is, try to show as many of your teaching skills as possible.

• Pretend the student doesn't respond and show how you would use your puppet to get a response.
• Pretend the student mispronounces something and show how you would correct
• Give stars (Even though the button won't work with no-one there - pretend!)
• I didn't use a secondary reward in my interview but if I HAD I probably would have done a lot better! 
• When the student needs to circle or click something, you do it! -pretend it was them and then show how encouraging you would be when they do it. 
• Don't feel like you have to stick exactly to the teaching guide - This is a Level K student - little to NO english - the Teaching Guide (TG) would have you talking all day if you read it as you were supposed to. You will NOT engage the student this way. Think creatively about how you can deliver the lesson for this level to understand. 
• Figure out how to put your phone or tablet on 'do not disturb' so that you don't receive any notifications during teaching time. 
• Use the AR filters! These filters are specific to the Palfish platform, they need to see that you can use them - put on the monkey filter, dog, cat and fish filter, you can play with them in the classroom before the interview to get the hang of where they are!
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Don't finish too early!

Don't finish too late!

I'd say ideal for the WHOLE Interview would be 20-22 minutes. Show that you aren't going to rush your teaching - but also that you know how to manage your time!

When you go to leave the interview, if it's before 25min, an automated pop up will come up warning you not to go. Ignore it. It's ok to not stay the full 25min for your Interview. 

You can enter the classroom at any time before the interview to check the slides, play the games, and practice with the Teacher Guide (TG).

You will notice that everything is backwards and if you hold up letters they are the wrong way around on your screen... DON'T PANIC! Palfish mirrors your image for you so everything is the RIGHT WAY for the student when you teach 😀

SMILE! and have fun with it! I have a whole post on teaching your best check it out here! But I would like to highlight the amount of ENERGY you need to put across, whatever you think is energetic - AMP IT UP!

If you would like any of the prop images I used let me know...

If you have any questions or would like some help drop me a line!

Happy Teaching x

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