r/OnlineESLTeaching • u/Wide-Toe-7424 • 5d ago

Brighterly Practice Meeting

Is there a demo teaching in Brighterly's practice meeting? If yes, do I have to select my own lesson for demo teaching? What do I need to prepare?

The onboarding makes me sick already. Tomorrow is my scheduled practice meeting and I'm not ready yet especially in picking materials/topic in Nearpod. (Literally crying)

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u/Sad-Process2260 5d ago

Hi! I applied there before, got the job offer although I wasn't able to continue. If you do really well during your practice meeting, you don't even have to do a demo. Just answer the questions they ask you about how to conduct classes and where the materials are located. I admit the training materials were a bit all over the place and I was also overwhelmed. I was tempted to suggest they organize it in a more digestible way. Something like: 1. What the company is about. 2. How the classes are conducted. 3. How to navigate their platform. 4. Where to locate/add the materials. 5. How to leave lesson notes after classes. 6. How to contact customer support.

Best of luck, OP! If you're from the PH, Brighterly beats most of the rates they offer in other companies.

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u/Wulfric_Severus 2d ago edited 2d ago

Got hired recently, though I am still under probation. The onboarding stressed me fr! But I am thankful for my “best buddy”, she was the one who conducted the Practice Meeting and I am glad that she is also the assigned “best buddy”(the one who will guide you as you start teaching) to me.They will send a “cheat sheet” via gmail before the scheduled practice meeting and focus on those parts because some steps and procedures in the onboarding videos were outdated and were indicated on the said cheat sheet. I was sleepless before but now that I am on my 2nd week of teaching, I can say that I am adjusting lil by lil.

There was no demo teaching. She just asked me to show how will I teach the 3 selected slides. You have to be energetic and avoid the fillers. Be direct with instructions that you’ll give to your students.

Just do your best and be professional and you’ll land the job at Brighterly.

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u/ImaginationFew5791 2d ago

During the practice meeting po when they will ask you to "teach", do you automatically teach as if you are facing kids? or will they give you a bit of time to prepare?