Who's the New VIP?

My friend Carrie N. asked me if I've seen any gaudy giant wedding portraits yet in the background of the students' houses.  I hadn't....until today!  My first gaudy wedding portrait sighting!

 The title of this post refers to a new job that I started July 1st but have been keeping under wraps :)  My friend Carrie from school is an 8th grade English teacher by day and ESL instructor to children in China by night.  She told me all about this company VIPKids that she works for and how she teaches short, 25-minute long classes to children over in China via the internet.  It's a total English immersion class, so no Chinese from the teachers!  The Power Point lessons are created by the company;  as a teacher, you simply load the PPT, teach the lesson using props and LOTS of gestures, and then leave feedback for the parents.  
I quickly applied, went through the interview process, negotiated a salary, and started booking classes.  The booking part takes a while--most teachers increase their available hours for empty summer days and it takes time to get parents to select a new hire.  It took 2 weeks to get my first booking, and I've slowly worked up to about 15 bookings a week.  It's a little more difficult right now to get more bookings because the students have returned to school.  With China being 12 hours ahead of us, my open evenings of 9 - 11 PM are the times they are in school (9-11 AM).  So my weekends are a little more booked than weekdays.  
By the way, if anyone reads this post and think this sounds like a gravy job (it kinda is!), you can use my referral code and I get a bonus when you're hired!  I'll also guide you through the whole process step by step.  Win-win for both of us!  MY REFERRAL CODE:  03F24U
Also, yes, I'm still the librarian at KGMS.  This second job has not impacted my first one at all.  I just schedule classes in my free time.  Honestly, as the librarian, I don't attend parent meetings or bring home grading.  So why not make some extra dough?  $$$

An adorable girl I taught a few weeks ago.  The baby doll was a prop--the little girls LOVE the baby doll!  Thank goodness that Emily is generous with her babies.

My schedule this past week.  You can click which class times you are available.  As many or as few as you want!  You can also click a "24 hour" button that allows parents to book you less than 24 hours before a class.  It comes with an extra $2 per class!