Instructor - Tutor/Classroom Instructor Kaplan Employee Review

4.0
Oct 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

$20/hr teaching time, minimum wage for training and preparation time, $12/hr to administer practice tests, $26/hr for tutoring (once experienced as an instructor). So, the actual wage is, at the beginning, much lower than advertised, and, later, I hope, higher than advertised. Biggest pro is that I can watch my students' scores go up. I feel like I'm helping them, and the work I'm doing has the value that's advertised.

Cons

Work is seasonal, timed to the tests. Can be very busy for a month then completely dry for a month. It took 1-2 months before I was given my first class, and I was given less hours than originally offered.

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