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The One Flow

From applying to every payday.

One path: four steps to join, then the same seven every month. For each: what you do, and what happens next. Guide links open once you've signed in.

  1. Joining IB Lounge
    1

    Apply

    First

    You

    • Read about IB Lounge and the interview on the joining page, then fill in the application: your details, subjects, a few short questions, your minimum rate per class and four confirmations.
    • After you submit, message us on WhatsApp to arrange your interview call, or book it if a booking link is shown.

    What happens

    • We email you a copy of your application.
    • Only shortlisted candidates are contacted.
    Apply
  2. 2

    Interview call and demo lesson

    One call, about 40 minutes

    You

    • Teach us any IB topic you choose for about 20 minutes, as you would a real student.
    • Then 15 to 20 minutes of conversation.

    What happens

    • We look at how well you help a student understand, keep them engaged and make it enjoyable.
    • Two outcomes: accepted, or a training round with a senior tutor and then a second demo, at no cost.
    What we look forPreparing for the call
  3. 3

    Accepted: set up your account

    Right after you're accepted

    You

    • Open your approval email and tap connect Telegram, then Start and ✅ Yes, that's me.
    • In the bot tap 🔑 Sign-in help for a temporary password, sign in and choose your own. No Telegram? Email yourself a sign-in link.

    What happens

    • Your email is added to our sign-in list only when you're accepted, so none of this works before then.
    • You do it all yourself: nobody needs to set anything up for you.
    Setting up your account
  4. 4

    Your setup checklist

    Your first days

    You

    • On My profile, sign the contractor agreement, pick your subjects and set your weekly availability. That unlocks planning and logging lessons.
    • Add your phone number and IB certificate, message admin your PayNow number, and add a photo and bio once your profile is public.

    What happens

    • Your setup checklist ticks off each item.
    • Admin makes your profile public, and you're ready for your first student.
    Your setup checklistThe basics
  5. Every month, from your first student
    5

    A student comes to you

    Any time

    You

    • Read trial offers on Telegram (New trial student — anyone keen?) and tap ✅ I'm keen only if you have time for the student. Otherwise tap 🙅 Not me.
    • Check My students from time to time: admin can pair a student with you without sending a message.

    What happens

    • Offers go to every tutor whose subjects match, and the first to tap gets the student. There's no undo, so message admin straight away if you can't take it.
    • Admin agrees the trial time with the parent, then sends you the time and the parent's contact details.
    • The trial class is a paid lesson: you log it like any other.
    Trial offersGetting a new student set up
  6. 6

    Plan lessons (optional)

    Before the month, or as you go

    You

    • Agree the lesson slots with the student and parent on WhatsApp.
    • If you want reminders, add them in Plan next month: pick the subject and students, generate the dates, and confirm.

    What happens

    • At 9am the day before, you get one reminder listing tomorrow's planned lessons.
    • Planning is optional. Lessons you only log after teaching are fine; they just get no reminder.
    Planning next monthReminders before a lesson
  7. 7

    Teach and log

    The day you teach

    You

    • Log the lesson on Log a lesson with the real date, start time and length, or in the bot with ➕ Log a past lesson. Group classes go on the website.
    • Planned it already? Don't log it again: answer the 8pm Did it happen? message with ✅ or ❌, or press Mark complete in My worklog.
    • Write a one-line lesson summary. It fills in the student's monthly report.

    What happens

    • The lesson goes into your worklog, onto the parent's next monthly invoice, and into your pay for that month.
    • Lessons that aren't logged, or planned lessons not marked done, aren't invoiced or paid.
    • The morning after a lesson with no summary, you get one reminder.
    Logging a lessonLogging from TelegramThe evening messageLesson summaries
  8. 8

    Changes and cancellations

    Whenever plans change

    You

    • Made a mistake? Fix or remove your own lesson in My worklog until the parent's invoice is sent.
    • Need to cancel or move a lesson? Do it more than 24 hours before it starts: Cancel, give the reason, Send for approval. Inside 24 hours, contact admin.
    • Lesson locked? Use Request a change for a wrong date, time, length, format or subject, or Report a problem for anything else.

    What happens

    • Admin reviews every cancellation and request, and you get a message with the outcome.
    • An approved cancellation isn't billed or paid. A late one can carry a penalty that comes off that month's pay.
    • If admin needs more detail, they ask you on the lesson; answer it there.
    Cancelling and the 24-hour ruleChanging a logged lessonAsking to change a locked lessonReporting a problem
  9. 9

    Month end

    24th to the end of the month

    You

    • From the 24th, check My worklog has every lesson you taught this month, and log anything missing.
    • By the end of the 25th, tap ✅ It's complete on the bot's message (or It's complete in My worklog). No lessons at all? Choose No classes.
    • Write a report for each student you taught, in Student reports.

    What happens

    • You're reminded every morning until you confirm, then the reminders stop.
    • Lessons you teach after confirming are logged as normal. Add one dated before you confirmed and you're asked once more.
    • From the 26th, one reminder names any students still without a report.
    The month-end checkWhen reports are due
  10. 10

    Invoices go out

    After the month closes

    You

    • Nothing, unless something looks wrong. Then open the lesson and use Report a problem.

    What happens

    • Admin invoices each parent for the month's completed lessons.
    • Once a parent's invoice is sent, those lessons lock: you can still write the lesson summary, but not change the date, time, length or format.
    Why a lesson locks
  11. 11

    You're paid

    End of the month

    You

    • When the Payout sent message arrives, check the amount matches Earned on My payouts.
    • When the money lands, press Confirm I received this and pick the date. Wrong amount or nothing arrived? Don't confirm: message admin.

    What happens

    • Admin pays each month's lessons by PayNow. Make sure admin has your PayNow number.
    • Your pay covers every lesson marked completed that month, less any late-cancellation penalty. It doesn't wait for parents to pay.
    • Confirming locks that month's lessons, so a month is never paid twice.
    When you're paidHow pay is worked outConfirming you received payMy pay looks wrong

Then steps 5 to 11 come round again every month.

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