GROUP CLASS

All class communications will be here to replace emails or other forms.

Keep the group live, help students to get to know each other, share interesting things about Chinese learning or culture for students, cultivate and help to sustain their interest.

Leave homework in the group and ask students to submit homework in the group.

Help students troubleshoot if necessary

Use it for in class activities, like teaching students how to type in Pinyin, like submitting answers, sending interesting links

PM learning team will also use this group for announcements and chasing next course enrolment.

Students’ learning interest will be strengthen by the teacher, and by other people in the group, therefore having a friendly group is very important.

PM provides £10 per group class per term for teachers to pick out Chinese style snacks and treats for students in their lessons.

PM also provides £20 per group class per term for teachers to take their students to Chinese restaurant for graduation meal, and for an authentic cultural experience.

To claim the group snack/meal allowance, please submit the itemised VAT receipt along with your monthly invoice

Additionally, PM also provides cultural events, teachers are encouraged to join (expenses paid / compensated for £10/hour) and help to promote Chinese culture to the community.

You will receive an email saying a Group Lesson in your class is booked for someone, PM head office might give you a heads up about this trial student.

Please chat with this student before or after the class what they have learnt, and what their strength and weakness is.

Try to involve this trial student into the class, ask him to pair work with an active outgoing student.

After your group and private student’s trial, please update HQ on Slack regarding the below factors:

-Was he/she at the right level?

-What was he/she like in class?

-What did he/she say regarding the class, if any?

Take a Record sheet from Head Office.

Update student’s attendance, submit it at the end of your course to Learning Team.

Our system will automatically send you a Report In email before your class finishes to ask for feedbacks, if Learning team has been in touch on Slack yet to gauge the progress of the class.

Two weeks before your course finishes, PM learning team would discuss with you a successive course for the class, so it’s a good time to gauge student’s interest in class, please update PM who are likely to join, who are not, this information is very important for our planning.

After your second last lesson (倒数第二课), PM will send the next course enrolment email to students, and chase up on whatsapp the following week. Please encourage students to join.

During the course, it’s also important to let students know what their future of learning is like. Let them know what they will learn in the next level. What the next level of course will benefit them, to prepare their motivations to go forward.

When changing levels, please reassure students to take lesson with a different teacher. Each of our teachers are experts at their specific level, so let them go and wish them a happy graduation.