APIE1. About APIE
APIE is a matching platform for language teachers and learners. It starts with English and German.
APIE's mission: To help great teachers reach the right learners on a platform that is transparent, effective and fair to both sides.
2. Benefits for Teachers
When you teach with APIE, you get a complete package of benefits:
- Automatic student matching: APIE finds and connects you with learners who fit your teaching style and schedule.
- Your rate, your hours: Decide your hourly rate and choose the free slots you want to teach in.
- On-time payment: Receive pay for every lesson taught last month before the 5th of each month.
- APIE Teacher Tool, free: Fully included in APIE's service fee.
- Build your personal brand: Own a public profile with real reviews from your learners.
- A path to grow: Keep strong ratings to become an APIE Certified Teacher and get priority in student matching.
- Keep improving: Join regular workshops and teacher training programs at no cost.
NoteThis is a single, bundled package. If you move learners outside the APIE system, you no longer receive the benefits above.
3. Reference Tuition Rates
These prices are based on current market rates. You are free to set the price for one hour (60 minutes) that best fits your experience, qualifications and goals:
| Level | Suggested criteria | 1-on-1 (VND/hour) | Small class (VND/hour/learner) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Under 1 year of experience, no feedback or testimonials yet | 120,000 - 170,000 | 50,000 - 80,000 |
| Experienced | 1-3 years of experience, relevant certificates, good feedback | 170,000 - 300,000 | 80,000 - 110,000 |
| Specialist | Over 3 years of experience, advanced certificates, many excellent reviews | 250,000 - 350,000+ | 110,000 - 150,000 |
TipA rate set too high for your actual level can lower your chances of being matched with learners.
4. How Fees and Service Fees Work
- Learners pay tuition directly through the APIE system.
- First year: APIE keeps a 30% service fee and the remaining 70% is paid to the teacher.
- From year 2 onward: The fee drops to 20% (APIE keeps 20%, the teacher receives 80%).
- Learners you bring: No service fee on existing students you bring onto the platform yourself.
APIE's service fee already covers:
- The cost of finding and connecting you with suitable learners.
- Collecting tuition from learners and paying teachers on time, before the 5th of each month.
- Full use of the APIE Teacher Tool, with no extra surcharge.
5. The APIE Teacher Tool Suite
Tools that help teachers prepare lessons, grade work and track learner progress quickly, without costing extra time outside teaching hours:
- Automatic lesson creation (AI): Turn a prompt, PDF, document, video or vocabulary list into an interactive lesson in seconds. You only review and edit before assigning it.
- Ready-made template library: More than 1,000 worksheets across many topics, ready to use right away.
- Easy assigning: Send homework by link and learners complete it directly on the APIE platform.
- Automatic grading & analysis:
- Multiple-choice work is graded instantly.
- AI helps grade Speaking, Pronunciation and Writing and explains mistakes in detail to the learner right after submission.
- Teachers keep the final say to review and edit feedback.
- Detailed progress tracking: See exactly which learners are struggling and which skills they are weak in.
- Security & anti-cheating: Built-in tab-switch blocking during tests and control over AI-generated content.
- Extras for learners: Text-to-speech audio, speaking practice with AI and interactive vocabulary games.
Tool usage limits:
- When APIE matches you with learners, the free plan covers exactly as many learners as APIE has matched to you (Example: 1 learner from APIE -> the free Basic plan for 1 learner).
- For learners you find yourself, or while you have no learners matched by APIE, the standard paid plans apply.
6. Rules & Operating Principles
- Teach fully on APIE: Do not move learners matched by APIE to transactions outside the platform. All assignments and interaction take place on APIE. Fraud leads to losing the right to be matched with learners and all related benefits.
- Right to decline a learner: You may decline a learner, but you need to give a valid reason.
- Cancelling and rescheduling lessons:
- Teacher reschedules or cancels in advance: Notify through the system at least 24 hours before and schedule a make-up lesson within 14 days. A lesson that has not been taught is not paid.
- Teacher cancels at short notice or without notice: You still have to teach a make-up lesson within 14 days. From the 3rd violation in a month, APIE pauses new learner matching.
- Learner gives 24 hours' notice: The lesson can be moved once, into one of the teacher's free slots.
- Learner gives late notice or does not show up: The lesson is still charged and you still receive full pay.
- Learner stops mid-course: The teacher receives full pay for every completed lesson.
- Refund policy: A refund to a learner is deducted from the teacher's next payout only when the fault lies with the teacher (for example: skipping a lesson without notice, not teaching the full hour, or a quality complaint that APIE has verified as valid). The teacher always has the right to explain and provide evidence before APIE makes a final decision. If a learner stops for personal reasons, the teacher still receives full pay for completed lessons.
- Personal income tax (PIT): Teacher pay is paid out of APIE's company account. Under the law (Circular 111/2013/TT-BTC), APIE withholds 10% personal income tax at source on payments of VND 2,000,000 per month or more to individuals without a business registration, and issues tax withholding certificates periodically so the teacher can finalize their taxes. Teachers who qualify for a withholding deferral can submit Commitment Form 08/CK-TNCN as regulated.
If the teacher is a household business or a company that can issue a valid invoice to APIE, APIE pays 100% of the pay (after APIE's service fee) and does not withhold the 10% tax.
- Teaching format: Currently 100% online (in-person teaching will be introduced in a later phase).
7. Income Compared: APIE vs. Traditional Centers
| Criteria | Traditional centers | APIE platform |
|---|---|---|
| How pay works | Fixed per hour (about VND 80,000 - 350,000 per hour), unchanged by class size. | Grows with the number of learners and the rate you set yourself. |
| Control | Depends on the center's pay scale and scheduling. | Set your own price, manage your own time and grow your income. |
| The trade-off | A steady salary, but a ceiling on income. | Income varies with the number of learners actually matched to you. |
8. Transparency Statement (What APIE Does Not Promise)
- APIE does not guarantee a minimum number of learners or an exact time to your first learner.
- A teacher's actual income depends entirely on the number of learners and the lessons actually taught.
- During the pilot, APIE may adjust some operating terms and will give 30 days' notice.
9. How to Apply and Get Started
Steps to join:
- Register your details online at apiementor.zite.so.
- Attach your CV and qualifications.
- Interview (about 30 minutes).
- Receive the review result.
- APIE matches learners to you and you start teaching.
- Last month's pay is transferred before the 5th of each month.
What to have ready for APIE:
- Your proposed rate for 1 hour (60 minutes), for 1-on-1 and small classes.
- Bank account details for receiving pay.
- The fixed free slots you can teach in.
- The maximum number of learners you can take in the same time slot.
- Your list of existing students (if you want to manage them on APIE).
Once approvedRead the Cooperation terms and fill in the teacher details form so APIE can match learners.