FAQ's

The quick version is, you can teach anything you are passionate about and that you get approved to teach. You set your own times, amount you charge per student, and how many students in a class. You teach on zoom & Outschool takes 30% of the revenue as your marketplace. It is a contracted position so you will pay your own taxes.

You do not need a bachelors & simply need to pass the application process to get approved to teach, but you must be 18 or older and from the US/ Canada/ UK/ Australia/ New Zealand because they need to run background checks.

You are paid through Paypal. This is the only way they pay teachers, so make sure you have an account.

Outschool recommends $10-$15 a student, per hour. Some teachers charge less and have bigger classes and for the one-on-one you could charge more. This is a great question to get feedback in the facebook group HERE

We recommend leaving the class open because there are last minute sign-ups and this is an opportunity to ask parents to write feedback and get the word out about your class and teaching platform. Good reviews are so important!

Your classes can be 15 min. up to 120 min. You get to choose how long your class will be within this time range! Think about subject and age group as you decide.

It needs to be 100 MB or lower to be able to upload.

If your file is over 100 MB you can compress it and then upload it. This can make the quality not as nice though.

.Mp4 works better than .mov. You can also try doing it from a different device or browser and that can work. 

A one-time class is the best to offer first because it lets parents get to know you and your teaching style. They are more likely to try you out in a one-time class than a longer class.

You can have your one-time class be an introduction to a multi-day or ongoing class that you offer!

You always need to ask for permission for anything that has a copyright, even if you bought it. This includes Teachers Pay Teachers. Here is Outschool's official document. 

If everyone in the class has a copy of a book or a game, you don't have to worry about this.

"Regardless of where you are located, it is your responsibility to report your earnings from Outschool appropriately based on your local and national laws.

All our payments to teachers are handled through Paypal.  You can obtain a record of your payments by requesting a report from Paypal.  You should search for 'Payments received' for the current year.  If you sent money back to Outschool, then you should take account of that as well.  

For teachers in the US

Outschool will not provide you with a 1099 or report your earnings to the IRS.  If you earned over $20,000 in a year, then Paypal will provide you with a 1099 and report your earnings to the IRS." -Outschool

For every parent that uses your link and enrolls in a class, you get $20 toward a class and they get $20 toward a class. This will come as a refund after they have bought the class. They send in the class code that comes in their email. They refund very quickly. 

The teacher referral is anyone who uses your link, gets hired, and then makes $100 dollars, you get a one time amount of $200.