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Sylvan Learning Centers

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Although the work itself is rewarding, my Center's training, compensation, and management style outweighed its worth. - Teacher/Tutor Sylvan Learning Centers Employee Review

3.0
Dec 22, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

You will have many opportunities to positively impact students who truly need your guidance and wisdom within a controlled and collaborative teaching environment. Also, I found my co-tutors friendly, inspiring, and highly competent in their craft.

Cons

Training in my experience was simply a one-time surface-level overview: "Here, do this...this...and this... you're good" and did not utilize Sylvan's robust online training courses nor followed up with any kind of enhanced development to further support staff pedagogy. Compensation from my experience was about one-fourth of an hourly charge to the client. Management style from my experience at the time would vary between laissez-faire, to reactive, fear-based, and assumed the negative about the activities of the staff. Also, as casually as a weather report, a member of the management team would offhandedly reassure me not to fear when they might yell at me sometime during my employment because they do that to all the staff now and then.

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5.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Flexible hours, great work environment.

Cons

Managing the kids is difficult at times.

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I enjoyed the work I did do. Working with the children and helping with teachers was fun and I got to socialize quite often with staff and students.

Cons

I was fired for missing one shift because my mother ended up in an accident. I did not get to explain myself for missing said shift and was told to think about my actions for 4 days before being let go. Extremely unprofessional.

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