Birdkit Official Application Form

Type of applicant*

Teachers require having a business owner previously enrolled in Bilingual Birdies. If your business owner is already registered please write their email below, otherwise ask them to sign up first.

What is the name of the person who is hiring you?*

First Last

What is the email of the person who is hiring you?*

Personal Information

Name*

First Last

Email*

Name of School*

Biilingual Birdies Email

Phone*

School's phone number*

Business phone*

If you don’t already have a business line you can go online and get a Google Voice number for free.

Please select which phone number you’d like reflected on your Bilingual Birdies marketing materials.*

Personal phone
Business phone

Mailing Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

T-shirt size

Date of birth*

Social Security Number or EIN*

Do you have an existing business webpage?*

Yes
No

What is your webpage?*

Are you an English native speaker?*

Yes
No

Are you a Spanish native speaker?*

Yes
No

Are you a French native speaker?*

Yes
No

Are you a Mandarin native speaker?*

Yes
No

If you are a native speaker, what country are you or your family from?*

What is your highest level of education?*

Please list relevant subject matter that you focused on.

T-shirt size

Logo*

Upload a high resolution jpg, png, or pdf of your business logo. We do not accept photos of your business logo. Please provide the actual logo, which will be used to promote your classes on our site.

Photo*

Upload a hi res professional headshot photo of yourself, which we’ll use on our site to promote your classes. This is worth getting a real photographer to help you out with.

Make sure your photo meets the following requirements:
- Your photo must be a clear image of ONLY you (not blurry, grainy, or fuzzy) against a plain background.
-You can hold an instrument if you want. Nothing more.
-Wear solid colors if possible. No tiny patterns.
- The photo must be a full face shot where you’re looking straight into the camera and smiling. Please no selfies.

Business & Personal Info*

Upload a blurb about your business.

Personal Info*

Upload a bio about yourself.

Where are you from?*

City Country

How/Why is your work at BB meaningful to you?

Why do you want to offer Bilingual Birdies at your studio?*

Your special way of getting the children's attention or unique teaching technique*

One reason why you think learning a foreign language is important at a young age*

Relevant Experience

How many teachers will be working for you?*

Input 0 in case you will not have teachers working for you or if you want to add them later.

How many months have you been teaching for?*

Do you have any experience in early childhood?*

Yes
No

Do you have experience teaching a foreign language and if so when and where?

Have you ever held a teaching position?

Yes
No

Do you have any experience teaching languages to children?*

Yes
No

Do you have any experience working with music in any way?*

Yes
No

Do you have a performance background or experience with performing?*

Yes
No

Personal Assessment of Business Capabilities

Have you ever started a business before?

Yes
No

Are you ok with investing money into something and waiting six months before it makes a profit?

Yes
No

Have you ever marketed for an event or business before?

Yes
No

How comfortable are you using social media like Facebook and Instagram?

Please tell us why you are interested in launching and growing your own Bilingual Birdies business in your neighborhood? (200 words max)*

What are the two most important things your parents ever taught you? (200 words max)*

Self-Assessment

Rate yourself for the following. 4 = Very confident 3 = Somewhat confident 2 = A little bit confident 1 = Not confident

I am able to communicate well over the phone and through writing emails.

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I can easily motivate myself without outside influence.

4
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I am willing to commit 5 to 10 hours per week to training and preparing to launch my business for a month before I launch.

4
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I have unlimited access to a computer and reliable internet network.

4
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I am technologically competent.*

4
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I know how to use Google for help.*

4
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I know how to set goals and know how to create the steps to meet them.*

4
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Based on my current circumstances, my family responsibilities will not prevent me from launching my Bilingual Birdies business.*

4
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Reaching a minimum of 50 students per month within one year of being licensed is not an unrealistic goal for me.*

4
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I enjoy being around children.*

4
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I am a musical person.*

4
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I feel confident to come up with creative ways to market my business.*

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I have access to or can figure out how to have access to the infant, toddler and preschool market.*

4
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I am confident and enjoy making decisions.*

4
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I feel I can effectively recruit, hire, and manage a teacher.*

4
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1

Important Info About Setting Up Your Bilingual Birdies License

What’s the region that you’d like to operate in?*

With your license you'll be granted permission to "do business as" or DBA Bilingual Birdies in your general region. If you're located in the US, please state which county you'll be primarily focussed on so that we can list you as such on our site and drive customers to you. If you're outside of the US, please list the general area inside of your city or town which you'll be operating in. For example, if you're planning to do business in Los Angeles, California, you'd need to select a specific part of Los Angeles, such as Hollywood. So you would be Bilingual Birdies Hollywood.

City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

What is the legal business name that you plan to register as?*

If you don’t already have a registered business name, we require that you register your business under any name that you select, which should not be affiliated with Bilingual Birdies. For example, if you’d like to name your business “Maria’s Multilingual Fun House, LLC” then you’d need to enter that full name below. This is important because if approved, your business name will be reflected on your licensing agreement.

How many physical locations are you planning to teach in?*

What is the date you plan to offer your first class?*

What is your desired branded Bilingual Birdies email?*

We will do our best to accommodate your request

For example, if you plan to do business in Hollywood, California, perhaps you’d like to have the branded email [email protected] Please be mindful to not request a branded email with too general of a name like [email protected] Best to be specific.

Please list your emergency contact's full name, phone number, email, and full street address.*

What language would you like to train in and teach? - checkboxes

Spanish
English
French
Mandarin

Which languages are you planning to offer?*

Spanish
English
French
Mandarin

How many teachers are you getting trained?*

Number of children participating*

Audition

PREPARE & SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO:

Step 1: Listen to the below audio file of the Wheels on the Bus in the language you are applying to teach in.

Step 2: Watch the below puppetry video in the language you are applying to teach in.

Step 3: Practice replicating both the song and the puppetry video. For the sing you can use musical accompaniment with a hand drum, maracas, clapping, a guitar, ukulele, or keyboard if possible. It is not required that you play a musical instrument. Hand percussion is fine! For puppetry you can use a sock on your arm or just your hand!

Step 4: Record a simple video with your cell phone or computer of yourself in the language you are applying to teach in. Imagine that you are in front of a room of three-year-olds, and please introduce yourself in the language, tell us what you did today in the language, begin teaching the Wheels on the Bus, and transition into the puppetry routine in the language. Save the video as YourName_AuditionVideo_YourCity and upload it here. The whole video should be about 8 minutes long or less! (If you are applying in more that one language, please make one video per language.)

Good luck and have fun!

Spanish

English

French

Mandarin

Currently, we do not have a Mandarin video. If this is your preferred language, please reference the below Spanish videos for guidance.

Upload your Audition video in Spanish or add the link below

Max size: 60 MB

Upload your Audition video in English or add the link below

Max size: 60 MB

Upload your Audition video in French or add the link below

Max size: 60 MB

Upload your Audition video in Mandarin or add the link below

Max size: 60 MB

Note: If your video is bigger than 60MB you can use the following apps to reduce the size:

iPhone: Video Compressor
Android: Smart Video Compressor and Resizer

If you prefer you can also upload your video to Youtube, Vimeo or Google Drive and add the link here.

Remember to save the video as YourName_AuditionVideo_YourCity. Please categorize it as “unlisted” if you upload it to Youtube with no mention of Bilingual Birdies in the title.

Social Media Presence for Schools

School's Facebook URL

School's Instagram URL

School's website

Social Media Presence

What is your personal Facebook URL

What is your personal Instagram URL

What is your personal Youtube URL

What is your personal Linkedin URL

Background check

We charge $100 (per user) for application processing in order to conduct a rigorous background check. By providing the information above, you will be authorizing Bilingual Birdies to run a thorough Background Check. We reserve the right to reject any Bilingual Birdies applicant based on history we learn from a background check.

Your background check

Price: $100.00

Your teacher's background check

Price: $100.00

Total

$0.00

Credit Card

American Express

Discover

MasterCard

Visa

Card Number Expiration Date Security Code Cardholder Name

Background check disclosure

Legal Full Name*

First Last

Background check*

I authorize Bilingual Birdies to conduct a background check.

Review a summary of your rights here.

After submitting the application form you will be redirected to sign the background check authorization.

Birdkit Official Application Form

Welcome to the official Birdkit License Application.

- Birdkit Application Form -

Personal Information

Relevant Experience

Personal Assessment of Business Capabilities

Self-Assessment

Important Info About Setting Up Your Bilingual Birdies License

Audition

Social Media Presence for Schools

Social Media Presence

Background check

Background check disclosure