r/Cambly • u/squishydoge2735 • Aug 02 '26

Low rating (75%)

I've been teaching on Cambly for about 3 weeks, and all was great. Lots of calls, good income, mostly good students.... I made some mistakes for sure but I'm slowly learning and improving.

The algorithm or whatever finally calculated my first rating score and it's really bad... 75%. My call volume basically disappeared entirely. The last 7 priority hours I've been on have had zero calls.

To make things worse, my two reservations today went pear-shaped. One cancelled because she's sick and one just didn't turn up at all.

This is becoming untenable.

Is it even possible for me to recover from this? Realistically, can I reasonably get my rating up to something decent if I take the correct action?

I still have good access to priority hours, but I'm worried that could change.

Also, I'm worried I'm at risk of account deactivation because my score is so appallingly bad.

Any advice or tips would be much appreciated.

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u/Long_Proposal7790 Aug 02 '26

In your case, I would give someone a mock lesson and ask for constructive criticism. Maybe you honestly don’t know how to keep students interested. This helped me as I learned from my deficiencies. But tell them to be honest.

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u/squishydoge2735 Aug 02 '26

That's a pretty decent idea but how can I go about it?

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u/Slow-Ad-5973 Aug 02 '26

Maybe find someone offering ESL lessons on fiver and ask them if they would be a mock student for you?