Underpaid, boring job with insufficient training - Instructor Mathnasium Employee Review

2.0
Jun 3, 2020
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Pros

Relatively flexible schedule and good for a college student looking for a part-time job.

Cons

Their ten-week "training" consisted of spending hours and hours reading through a binder primarily full of sample problems and curriculum. During the periodic employee checkins and evaluation, I would tell the management that in order to be a good instructor, I needed more concrete training like was stated in the training handbook/binder. They told me they would make an effort to, but they never did, yet continued to insult me on my shortcomings as an instructor. Consequently, I never felt like I learned how to teach a concept in any meaningful manner or how to properly deal with children with severe behavioral issues. Most of the time was spent juggling 3-5 children at a time and grading their work. Given the fact that we could not take breaks during our five hour shifts and the frequency of behavioral problems, I felt that I should have been paid much more than I had been. When I ran into issues with attendance due to severe personal problems, the management was inflexible, told me that "we all have problems too", and put me on a disciplinary warning. The management always felt insincere and passive aggressive. Overall, the job is all good on paper and in theory, but my experience at the center was very poor.

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Cons

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Pros

Flexible hours that I could choose, nice working space. My boss was nice and very reasonable. Pay was decent after I completed some certifications. When the teaching was effective it was pretty rewarding and it can be fun to talk to the kids.

Cons

It was honestly a very tiring job. The kids can get really rowdy and difficult to manage, especially if you have to teach three at the same time. Management required us to use tablets and a finicky platform for worksheets that was not helpful and forced me to further split my attention.

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