THE EDge Newsletter – 05/14/2024
Business & Marketing:
What worked best for summer 2023 enrollments
Formats: Summer camps were the clear winner in 2023! While the information below is based on previous class formats, you can still create fun, engaging summer camps that meet two or more times within the same week to meet the demand. Make sure you know what constitutes a camp when creating new class listings.
Subjects: Last summer was split between academic learning and fun! Math and English dominated the academic demand with almost 40% of class subjects, while life skills, coding & tech, and arts accounted for 42% of enrolled subjects. Even if you do not currently offer one of these classes, remember that you can take what you offer and adapt it to meet the demand.
Age Groups: Summer enrollments in 2023 consisted mainly of learners between 8 and 13. While there were outliers for younger and older learners, if you want to increase your enrollments this summer, focus on this age range to maximize your chances of success.
Remember, families tend to enroll in summer camps beginning in April and continue signing up through early August.
Psst…a new Summer Outlook is coming soon with even more details. We’ll announce it here in a couple of weeks.
Live upcoming professional learning
Stay Ahead of the Game
Join us for this 60-minute session covering recent and/or upcoming changes on Outschool. Based on educator feedback, this session will cover two topics:
- An exciting new component to help manage learning in your classes on Outschool: Assignments!
- A newly launched class creation flow.
Both portions of the session will consist of a 10-minute show-and-tell of the change with 20 minutes for educator questions.
May 28, 2024 @ 6:00 am – 7:00 pm PDT
May 28, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm PDT
Did you miss a session and want to know what happened? Check out the recordings from our recent webinars and catch up on what’s happening at Outschool.
COMING SOON
We know that you rely on Stay Ahead of the Game for product changes and product education. Starting in June, you can gain similar insights for marketing! OUTshine & Empower will be held at 9 am EDT on the first Friday of each month. Register here: https://outschool.ideamakr.com/event/outshine-empower-2/2024-06-07/
Teaching & Curriculum:
Live upcoming professional learning
Outschool Launchpad
Are you a new educator learning to navigate the ins and outs of creating a successful online teaching experience? Join us for a 45-minute professional learning opportunity to help you get started on Outschool.
Orientation: May 16, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 8:45 am PDT
Crafting Your Classroom: May 16, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am PDT
Mastering Your First Class: May 16, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 10:45 am PDT
Getting Started:
Creating your first summer class
If this is your first year offering summer classes, be sure to check out the Educator Library for tips and ideas for making your summer a success. Get started with these articles:
- Educator stories: Create exciting summer camps that will make a splash
- Educator stories: Developing high-interest online summer camps
- From the classroom to the campfire: Offering summer learning with camps
- Grow your summer camp enrollments in East Asia
- Create captivating online summer camps for kids
Start creating those summer classes today!
Live upcoming professional learning
ACE Framework
Looking for new ways to grow your understanding AND your online teaching business? Try engaging in Professional Learning experiences that align with your teaching strategies, goals, and lessons within the ACE framework.
How?
Check out some of these amazing sites and start learning today!
As a bonus, additional Professional Learning can be used toward gaining your ACE Educator badge. Just make sure any classes taken meet the requirements before submitting.
How to market OUTreach to new families
As you may have heard, Outschool extended the OUTreach reward! The good news is that this means more opportunities to make money outside the classroom. So, if not knowing how to market to new families is what’s holding you back, we’ve got you covered.
Check out these articles for strategies to help you reach more families and share your classes on social media.
- Educator stories: 6 ways to increase enrollments using easy marketing tools
- Educator stories: Finding success with social media marketing
- Marketing strategies to grow your business
- 7 places to market your teaching business
Data insights for educators
Class topic requests
Explore this month’s parent topic requests to spark ideas for your next spectacular class.
| Content | Age |
|---|---|
| Language Arts ABC’S 123’S and Colors | 3 |
| Italian Language for Littles | 5 |
| 1st Grade Summer Camp | 6 |
| Scratch coding for beginners | 7 |
| 1st/2nd Grade Summer Class – Reading/Math | 7 |
| Pre-algebra Fall Semester class | 8 |
| British culture, history, cuisine, and pop culture | 8 |
| Reading Comprehension With Raz-Plus | 8 |
| How to draw Pokemon | 9 |
| Coding a Roblox game | 9 |
| History & Geography in Tomb Raider | 10 |
| Waldorf inspired History | 10 |
| Hieroglyphics and how to do them | 10 |
| Coding on Scratch for Beginners | 11 |
| Flyboard And Hoverboard Training | 11 |
| Summer review of 5th grade science. | 11 |
| Homeschool Writing Portfolio PART 2 | 12 |
| All about Railroads | 12 |
| Content Warning gameplay | 13 |
| Anger Management/Emotional Regulation with Male Educator | 13 |
| rec room or Oculus quest | 13 |
| Full Algebra 1 EOC Prep Boot Camp | 14 |
| Texas History for middle/high school | 14 |
| Fallout Dungeons & Dragons | 14 |
| Dutch language lessons | 15 |
| Traditional Home Economics | 15 |
| The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test | 17 |
| Interior design and staging | 17 |
| College-level computer science with Java | 18 |
Spotlight on the Hub
- One of the best parts about teaching virtually is the flexibility it offers. If you have little ones at home, you might want to check out this post about baby-wearing while teaching.
- Are you thinking about creating a Self-Paced class but aren’t sure how long to make your recordings? Find out what other educators are doing and give it a try!
- Did you do anything special for Teacher Appreciation Week? Check out this cupcake delivery and the winners of Outschool’s Teacher Appreciation Week Sweepstakes.
Friendly reminder that the Hub is for collaborating and sharing insights. To keep this community a safe and supportive environment for all educators, we ask that you keep in mind the following:
- Email support issues to support, including issues with the platform, etc.
- Support tickets are not resolved in the Hub.
- Class and profile links are not to be shared.
For anyone with an Outreach code, feature a banner with their total
Additional Data insights for educators
Enrollment trends
Find out which learner ages, class times, and topics drove the most enrollments over the past two weeks at Outschool.
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Global insights
Jumpstart your global business by creating classes for the subjects, times, and days of the week popular with families outside of the U.S. & Canada.
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For more insights visit the Educator Insights.
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