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MISSION: Helping People Go Global Our mission is to help people go global, creating opportunities to learn from people across the world. For anyone who desires to learn or teach, we make it easy, convenient, and affordable to share skills and knowledge without regard to differences in language, culture, and nationality. VISION: Sharing the World’s Knowledge Our vision is to create a global skill-sharing marketplace. Every single person has a unique set of skills, knowledge, and experiences that someone else in the world will value. This abundance of talent and potential is currently untapped and limited to the general public. By connecting individuals worldwide, we enable people to access the world’s knowledge. ABOUT: A Marketplace for English Learners and Teachers We help English learners find the best teachers from all over the world and offer a platform where anyone can start one-on-one online English classes. Currently, we focus exclusively on English learning, but plan to expand to other skills in the near future.
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SkimaTalk Teacher Guidelines
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Introducing SkimaTalk
SkimaTalk connects English learners with English teachers around the world
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English Learners English Coaches
I want to find my coaches!
I want to find my students!
Benefits to English Teachers / Learners
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1. Price 2. Selection
3. Flexibility (place / time)
SkimaTalk 20%
Teacher 80%
Revenue Share with Teachers*
• Teachers/students from all over the world
• Anytime: Teachers and students set their own availability
• Anywhere: Online video communication tool
* See page 8 for more details on pricing and revenue share.
The 3 easy steps to becoming a teacher
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Signup & Create your
page
Interview by Audio Recording
Take a simple test & Activate
your page
Free sessions (3 sessions)
$9 / 25 min (Min 7
sessions) $?? / 25 min
Before teaching
Teaching sessions
(You can charge any price you see fit after 10 sessions, with two or more positive (4 stars or
better) ratings by students.)
You’ll have your own page that allows you to establish your online reputation/brand and stand out to potential students.
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Session notifications: When a student books one of your sessions, you will receive a notification via email: “Your SkimaTalk session is booked!”
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Dear XXXX: You are scheduled to conduct a SkimaTalk learning session on: 08/04 Sat 07:00 - 07:25 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Add to Google calendar The student's name is Masako. The student's Skype ID is abcdef. Please click here to send a contact request. Student's Learning Goal: If I have a chance to speak English, I would like to speak English more naturally and precisely. Now, I selected learning English on Skimatalk, because I thought it was convenient and easy. And it was certainly desirable. All session times are displayed based on the time zone you selected in your profile. Please call the student via Skype Video at the scheduled time. (To view our cancellation policy, please visit our FAQ page.) It is important that your lesson plan meets the student's goals. To view the student's learning goals, please select the student's photo in the "Upcoming Sessions" section of your teacher profile. Good teaching! - The SkimaTalk Team SkimaTalk, Inc. http://www.skimatalk.com
Click to go to the student’s page
Other important items
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1. Payment
• SkimaTalk collects 100% of the session price from students. • Teachers receive 80% of the session price (minus applicable PayPal fees).
For Course lessons developed by SkimaTalk, teachers receive 70% of the session price (minus applicable PayPal fees).
• Teachers are paid once a month. • Cancellation / No-show penalty: - US$3 (Cancellation) or US$9 (No-show) will be deducted from your next payment.
2. Content of sessions • No teaching experience is necessary. • Our learning tools, course materials, and teacher guidelines will help you, but
outside sources are encouraged if they improve your sessions. • Giving feedback is critical.
3. Availability • No minimum requirement. • However, successful teachers = lots of availability scheduled.
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Teacher Guidelines
Best practices: Things you SHOULD DO
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1. Be punctual! It’s best to be a few minutes early to each session.
2. Adjust your speaking speed according to the student's ability level.
3. Use the Skype message box very frequently
4. Give feedback very frequently
5. Prepare a learning plan!
6. Say hello and goodbye before and after each session.
7. Leave feedback after the session on the SkimaTalk website
8. List lots of available sessions!
DON’Ts: Here are some important things to avoid!
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1. Don’t fail to show-‐up (No-‐show) • DON’T rely on students’ online/offline status • DON’T wait to call un?l your student accepts your
Skype contact request. (Many students won’t accept but you can (and should!) s?ll call)
• Verify your Skype privacy seHng as shown -‐-‐-‐> • 5 min. late = No-‐show!
2. Don’t ask for your student’s email address • It’s private informa?on; just use Skype!
3. Don’t conduct sessions at a Café 4. Don’t turn off video without student’s consent
• Only excep?on: Internet connec?on is bad 5. Don’t speak too quickly (na?ve speed)! 6. Don’t forget to give feedback 7. Don’t eat, chew gum, or consume alcohol
during SkimaTalk sessions
Scheduling your availability
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- Go to ‘My Page’ after logging in. - Click the ‘Open Sessions’ button - Choose the date, time, and number of sessions. - Click ‘Add to Open Sessions’. That’s it!
Scheduling your availability – FAQ (1)
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Q. My open sessions disappeared before the scheduled session time. What happened? Teachers can schedule 3 types of open sessions: (1) If you schedule sessions between 30 minutes and 3 hours into the future, those sessions remain open up until 30 minutes before the session time. You must remain free and near your computer during that time period in case a student signs up. (2) If you schedule sessions between 3 hours and 12 hours into the future, sessions remain open up until 3 hours before the session time. You must check for notifications via e-mail at least once an hour. (3) If you schedule sessions between 12 hours and 8 days into the future, sessions remain open up until 12 hours before the session time.
Scheduling your availability – FAQ (2)
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Q. How do I prevent open sessions from expiring before the scheduled session time? We provide additional scheduling flexibility for our experienced teachers (>25 completed session). Experienced teachers can choose whether or not open sessions will expire at 12 hours, 3 hours, and 30 minutes prior to the scheduled session time. To prevent sessions from expiring, please take the following steps: - Login to your SkimaTalk profile. - Go to your profile 'Settings', and select the 'Session Expiration' tab. - Select the 'OFF' button next to each session type that you DO NOT want to expire. * Regardless of the option selected, ALL sessions will expire 5 minutes prior to the session time. ** If you elect for sessions not to expire until 5 minutes prior to the session, it is important that you check your ‘Upcoming Lessons’ page frequently, as there can be a delay in delivery of session confirmation emails. Checking your ‘Upcoming Lessons’ page frequently will ensure you don’t miss any sessions!
