Part-time Teacher - Tutor YAIL Academy Employee Review

3.0
Aug 28, 2019
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Pros

Flexible Hours, Friendly, family-like atmosphere among employees. Some creative freedom in teaching methods. Owners care a lot about the kids and try to maintain a good relationship with both clients and employees.

Cons

No standard training procedures, only a 1-2 day period where you shadow another tutor. What they choose to tell you is at their discretion. Status of pay was shaky, checks sometimes came late. Can get stressful at times, especially around finals week for the kids. Employees are expected to keep kids busy at all times, even if they don't have any homework, which can be difficult with limited resources (hardware to print/copy worksheets, etc)

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5.0
Dec 27, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There's definite strive to make work fun and exciting. There's always a spot for new tutors of all ages as we continue to grow.

Cons

Great part-time work but don't look towards a lot of hours. Company based on those seeking extra cash or current students.

1.0
Mar 29, 2017
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Pros

The kids are great. The facility directors/owners try to achieve a family type atmospher with their staff. Teachers are encouraged to use their own style of teaching.

Cons

Hired as "Independant Contractor" but the directors didn't file nessasary paperwork with EDD for employees with Independant Contractor status. This is illegal. Our pay was never on time and there was no statement of hours worked or pay rate. Communication with management was difficult and concerns brought to management were not addressed. There was no training of any kind. Teachers/Tutors were expected to do the homework for the kids; not to really teach them. Everything teachers did with their students was to be documented in the student's notebook. So teachers spend 2/3rds of the class time, writing in the each student's notebook. Your "class room" was a table with 8-10 chairs in a room with 6-8 other tables. The noise made it very difficult to effectively teach or learn. "Class rooms" changed location without notice, often. There was no place that was quiet and no place for the kids to be outside.

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