teachers
welcome to somos!
getting started
apply to teach
getting paid
creating courses
teaching courses
marketing @ somos
co-ownership @ somos
students
introducing somos
our cohort based courses
teacher-led workshops
peer-to-peer practice groups
chat channels
homework
after your course
refund policy
community
community guidelines
using heartbeat
impact fund
faqs
creating your courses
how to create course listings in our marketplace + your course materials in our teaching platform - ❤️ heartbeat
🪄 create a course listing - full walkthrough
you’ll learn how to:
- create a draft course listing
- add key info - course dates, pricing, overview, goals etc.
- create discounts + promo codes
- review + edit your draft listing
- publish your course for sale! 🚀
check out this step-by step guide 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
🧮 use the earnings calculator to help you set your price
you can access the earnings below or here.
you can use the calculator to:
- work out your potential net earnings
- figure out how many students you’ll need on your course to make it work for you
- estimate how much your course will donate to our impact fund.
creating your course materials
courses take place in our teaching platform - ❤️ heartbeat. let’s get you familiar with how it works!
❤️ heartbeat: a quick introduction
you’ll learn how to:
- access heartbeat from your somos dashboard
- use the different functions: courses, threads, video rooms & chat channels
- get help from the somos team
check out this step-by step guide on setting up your heartbeat profile on your first log-in 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
✨ create your course in ❤️ heartbeat
you’ll learn how to:
- create a course in ❤️ heartbeat.
- create workshops + homework.
- embed content: videos, pdfs + images.
- schedule your live workshops.
looking for a step-by step guide? check out the “courses” tab in heartbeat, we’ve created a short course to walk you through!
🤔 frequently asked questions
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- 4 weeks long
- set your own price (typically $25 to $100 per student)
- 12 to 40 students per cohort
- 1 teacher led workshop per week with the whole cohort
- 1 x homework assignment per week
- 1 x peer-to-peer practice group session per week in groups of 4 (no teacher)
- whatsapp style group for cohort (in-app) + teacher to interact in across the 4 weeks
- 1 x celebration session with whole cohort at the end of week 4
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- each week you'll be able to set a different topic focus
- the workshops will introduce the structure for the rest of the sessions
- you can set the homework assignments during workshops
- homework assignments act as prompts to encourage discussion in the practice groups!
- you'll be able to teach via the in-app video and voice rooms
- you'll also be able to share, upload and/or embed documents & course materials for your students in-app.
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- we recommend keeping courses to 4 weeks but ultimately it's a decision for you as the course creator.
- please feel free to contact us if you'd like support on pricing longer courses etc.
- 1 hour answering questions/interacting with students via the internal chat.
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- we think when you're just starting out to aim for around 3-3.5 hours a week:
- 1 hour live teaching
- 1 hour administration
- courses will (just like 1:1 lessons) require planning and structuring but this can of course be replicated once you have a format that works best for you.
- you should factor in an extra 45 mins to an hour at the end of week 4 to do a celebration session/wrap up with your students.
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- not right now! we’re looking for teachers who want to work with their own content.
- once we are out of beta, we will want to work closely with teachers to start providing you with business, marketing & teaching resources to support your growing business!
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- somos courses work best for students who are at least A2/B1 looking to use conversation practice to really improve their fluency.
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- once you are approved to teach on somos, you’ll be able to access❤️ heartbeat directly from your dashboard.
- when you log in for the first time, you’ll go through a short onboarding flow to get your profile set up.
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