- Ahoy! My name is Ryan Cook,
and today I'm doing the Instagram takeover.
I currently live in Prague, Czech Republic,
and I'm an online teacher,
and I also do private lessons,
and I'm gonna show you what my life is like
throughout the day.
I hope you enjoy.
Okay, so my first lesson starts today out
with online teaching,
and my first lesson starts at 8:30,
so I'm gonna get ready to show you what that's like,
and then I'll kinda answer questions throughout the day.
So if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Okay, my first question is, which online program do I use?
I currently use VIPKID,
it's a program out of China,
and I work with students between
the ages of four to fourteen.
Okay, next question is,
how much money do I make with VIPKID?
The salary ranges from $14-$22,
and it's based off of your interview, your experience,
and your also able to reach incentives
as you're teaching throughout the month.
Now the story behind me teaching online
actually comes from reading a blog.
I read about this person who did
online teaching and private lessons,
and they talked about the freedom they had
with doing both of these,
and it's something that I wanted in my lifestyle.
Now with this choice,
what I was most concerned about is
would I be able to make a living off of it,
and short story is, I actually do very well.
On top of my private lessons,
I make enough money to do many things that I like to do,
or what I wanted to do when I came to this country.
Now the process behind online teaching,
at least through VIPKID,
was one, I need an application.
Two, I did a quiz.
Three, I did a mock trial interview,
and I did it in two stages:
One to set you up with level,
and the second was the final online mock interview.
This is where they determine
if they're gonna hire you or not.
I found the overall process,
not too difficult,
it just took some time to practice and
learn how the program works.
Okay, so I just got done with a lot of lessons today.
Now I can show you what my lessons look like.
This is my account,
and this is where I open up my slots
for the parents to book my class,
and for each day I go in to the class,
and when I go in to the lesson,
you'll see I have areas where
you can see the student and the teacher,
the PowerPoint,
and then there's other features on the program.
And we go through the lesson,
and it takes about 25-30 minutes.
Okay, so I had a question about my teaching experience.
Now I have five years of teaching special education
at the elementary level,
so that does go a long way in helping me
knowing how to pace myself,
work with children,
scaffold the lessons, and so on.
Now when it comes to requirements by VIPKID,
some things that they want is
that you have a bachelor's degree in any field,
your TOEFL certification,
and one year of teaching or some kind of experience
working with children or other people.
Okay, so this question is about work visas,
Do you need one? Yes.
It's called a Zivno,
and you'll start applying for one of these
when you start applying for your visa,
and it's required even if you work for a school
or you work independently like I do.
Okay, so my day's over with online teaching.
I really enjoy doing online teaching,
I love teaching kids from China,
they're great students,
they always listen and work very hard.
I also like the freedom that I have
to kind of come and go and make my own schedule.
Now the disadvantage to doing online teaching
is access to people.
You're stuck in a house all day,
you're not talking to people,
that's why it was important for me to do
private lessons as well,
and today you'll get to meet one of them.
Now Prague has many benefits: beautiful city,
great transportation, great weather, and
a castle.
(people talking)
(people laughing and talking)
(people talking)
Like I said, guys, there are many things to love
about this city,
and again, one of my favorite things also
is everything's walking distance away,
like Náměstí Míru.
Or some markets.
(folk music)
Okay, so I'm getting ready to start my private lessons.
I have six private lessons that I do.
Two adults and four children.
And I use these one, to get out of the house,
and two, to experience Prague
and what it has to offer in this city,
and also to meet the people.
Okay, so I'm here with my student Romana.
- Hi. - And today we're gonna go
out in to the city
and use our English with other people.
So this is an opportunity for us to kind of go out
and practice what we've learned today.
Okay, guys, that's the end of my Instagram takeover.
I hope you found it informative,
and if you have any questions,
you can follow me or ask me any questions
at cookstyle03 and I hope you have a good day.
Right, ciao!
(bright electronic music)