Job Description

About us

  • Nevy’s Language is a platform for live, online group English classes for adult immigrants in Canada and the USA.
  • We provide affordable learning for adult immigrants to North America by providing low cost, live classes.
  • We are a night school for students in Canada and the USA.

Our Students 

  • Our students are 25-45 year old adults immigrants.
  • They are based in Canada and the USA.
  • 75% of our students are at Level 2 or below, i.e. beginners!
  • Most of our students work during the day and can only take classes in the evening

Our Levels

  • We offer seven levels: Foundation, Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Business English
  • Most levels are 16 weeks long.
  • We provide you with the teaching materials and teacher guides, See the curriculum outline here.
  • 75% of our groups are Starter and Beginner levels.

Our Classes (Groups)

  • We run group English classes.
  • Each group is taught by one teacher and has up to 6-10 students.
  • We have seven levels of English and offer several times of the day for each level. Each group has a time and a level associated with it.
  • For example, we have a 8am Starter, 9am Starter, 10am Starter, etc.
  • Most of our classes run at night and in the Eastern (New York) time zone.
  • A group meets every day from Monday to Friday at the same time.
  • That’s 5 hours of learning each week.

How we pay  

  • We pride ourselves in being an affordable learning option for students, so students pay CAD $3, $4 and $5/hour for classes. Teachers are paid CAD $10/hour depending on experience.
  • Pay is per group and monthly. You will make CAD 200 per month per group.
  • You get paid on the 1st of every month for the previous month’s work. We offer direct deposit!
  • You can take on as many groups as you wish. We have an internal board where we post available groups. Some teachers teach 2 groups only while others do 10 groups (8 weekday groups and 2 weekend groups)!

Minimum commitment to teach

  • The minimum commitment to teach with us is 4 months.
  • This means that if you assign yourself to a group, you have to stay with them for 4 months. If you leave before the 4 months are over, there will be a deduction of pay. This is to deter teachers from selecting groups that they are not ready to teach.
  •  Abandoning a group within the 1st week will result in the forfeiture of payment for that group.
  • Please note that we have a very strict absence policy and teachers are held to a code of conduct. Only 1 absence per calendar month is permitted.

Preferred qualifications and requirements

  • Great attitude and enthusiasm for your students.
  • Excellent teaching styles.
  • Certification such as TEFL/TESL Canada/TESOL/CELTA or equivalent teaching experience.
  • Comfort and speed with technology. High quality headset, microphone and camera. 30+ Mbps internet speed.

Application process 

  • The application process includes the following steps, and decisions can take up to 2 weeks to be made:
    • This application form
    • Video interview on Sparkhire
    • Interview with our team
    • Demo class

Job overview

Location

Online

Salary

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Passport Held

Native English speaker

Qualifications

TEFL certification

Experience

No Experience

Start Date

Immediate start

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