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The second key assessment category for your PalFish demo class is the teaching environment. This is also marked out of five, and is relatively straightforward to achieve full marks. Camera positioning The first essential criterion under this category is your camera positioning. Your face must be clearly positioned centrally in the screen, showing your face […]

The first assessment criteria for your demo class is your use of the PalFish teaching tools and your own teaching techniques. Reward system PalFish has a built-in reward system through which you can award up to five stars. Note that this doesn’t work in the demo class as there is no student present, however you

For new PalFish teachers, after your two day priority period you will need to be dedicating significant time to promoting yourself in order to attract new students. In this lesson, we will discuss some of the ways you can do so within the main PalFish app. Moments PalFish moments an your Instagram-style feed of videos,

The PalFish reading app is one of the main ways by which PalFish promotes themselves to new students. It is essentially a freemium app within which students can read short English stories, record themselves reading each sentence, and also dub short cartoons or film clips. They can upload pictures or short videos relating to English

One of the most critical factors which helps boost your profile and attract more students is how well you convert trial class students into paying customers. PalFish has a large number of leads coming through their marketing channels (particularly their free English reading app, which we will discuss further in a later lesson), however only

Official Kids Course (OKC) students are those who have already signed up for the paid program with PalFish. They purchase a package of classes, which they generally take with a range of tutors. PalFish actively encourages students to try out a range of different tutors initially and continue to have classes with multiple tutors per

In this lesson, we will share some insider knowledge on how PalFish allocates teachers for trial classes – along with top tips to help you receive more trials! As a new teacher, you will probably focus initially on trial classes until you have secured some longer term Official Kids Course students. New tutors Firstly, new

Once you have completed your training, you will be given priority for trial classes for your first 48 hours. Be sure to make the most of this time by opening up your schedule as much as possible during this period! Your first two trial classes are classed as “probationary classes”. Note that you are NOT

While you are completing your training classes, or as soon as possible afterwards, be sure to put together a short introductory video to include on your profile. This provides parents with an insight into your personality and teaching style, helping attract more students! While this is not officially a requirement (and indeed I didn’t create

The final stage before you can start actually teaching real students is to complete PalFish’s trial class training. You will not be eligible to be allocated trial classes until you have completed the training for at least the first two trial class levels (PF1 and PF2) and are also recommended to complete the optional new