Shiliu
Shiliu Education Review
Shiliu Education <—- (Click here to Apply) hires native English speakers (USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, or Ireland) to teach Chinese students aged 9 – 18. Teachers must have two years of experience (online ESL experience is preferred), a TEFL certificate and a bachelor’s degree in English or a related subject from a university ranked in the top 200 in the world. This is probably why they pay so much. Each class lasts 60 to 90 minutes and has 3 to 5 students. These courses go for 2 to 3 months. Shiliu pays a starting rate of $20 USD per hour and teachers can make as much as $58 per hour with bonuses for the amount of students taught $58 per hour is a lot so we would love to hear from anyone who works for this company to see if it is true or not.
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2 Comments
Jessica S Camargo
Is this company still in business? I have applied on their website portal (which promises a response – even if it’s a rejection – within 2 weeks, and followed up at their email, but no response for over a month and no further information available about how to reach them. Would love to hear from someone who has interacted with them within the last month and can verify that they’re still operational.
Noel
I work for this company, and I really love it. The pay is really not so much per hour, but per class, and yes, it’s accurate. The more experience and education you have, the more you will be paid. The classes are 60 minutes (more pay for 90 minute classes.) I get additional funds for planning, creating material (because they don’t have a program for you to teach) and evaluating homework. However, I spend a lot of time creating lessons (because I am kinda ocd about my lessons!) and this additional pay is pretty low at $8 per class. That’s a downfall. I like creating my own lessons, though, and not being pigeon-holed into a lesson plan someone else wrote, so it’s not that big of a deal for me that the pay isn’t good in that area. Teachers are used to not getting paid for planning, right? And honestly, I like the freedom of making instructional decisions on what I want to teach, so I prefer it this way. I’d say if I average the class pay including planning, creating lessons and grading, the pay is about $35 per hour. Each course is 8 classes. I can teach the course again and the hourly rate will be more since I’ve already created the materials- so I won’t spend so much time doing that when I retract the course. One positive is that you get a teacher assistant who uploads the materials and communicates with parents and students so I never have to do any of that. The TA stays in the class to support students who may have tech issues- another thing I don’t have to deal with. She also supports me if I need tech assistance. If a student is not paying attention, the TA desks with that, too. So all the crapola about teaching is not my problem, leaving me to focus solely on instruction- the part of teaching I love. Also, the job is not teaching Chinese students English. It’s teaching North American-style English novel studies to Chinese students. Yes, they are second-language learners, but learning English isn’t the focus. Learning to comprehend and decide is the focus. The ages of the students are from 6-18 (1st grade to 12th) depending on your educational background. I did not graduate from a top 20 university, but I do have several degrees in education. If you do not, you are not likely to be hired because they want educators who are or have been licensed and who can create novel studies that focus on critical thinking and literacy strategies. My classes all have 4 students. Any students over 3 will earn extra money per class. The best part of teaching for Shiliu is that the kids are top-notch and amazing. They are motivated and really respectful. It’s a very small company, about 6 years old and still growing. I highly recommend the company if you like creating your own lessons but not so concerned about the fact that you won’t get paid much, want steady students who are motivated and smart, and want to earn a decent amount per hour working remotely.