Vantaggi
- flexible schedule; you can literally make your own schedule. If you don't want any morning classes, they won't force you to work at that time. - opportunities outside your teaching time; other than teaching, you have other opportunities such as making lesson plans and get paid for them. You can also make training videos for new teachers and you will be compensated for them. There are many other ways you can earn with this company other than just teaching your students. -nice, understanding, and supportive employers; The company is owned by two wonderful ladies. They do their best to help you out when you are having a hard time. They also have assistants that are there if you need help. - Open-minded mentality and always seeks to improve. No company is perfect, but I like that Excellent Institute takes the teachers' and parents' comments into consideration to improve the quality of the school. - The reports that we have to do are quite time-consuming, but I understand that they are necessary to give the parents an idea of their child's progress. I'm glad we get paid for that now because it wasn't always that way. -Part-time and Full-time opportunities -Opportunities to have a permanent position with benefits - As long as you respect the basics of teaching in this company, you are technically free to teach however you want. - one-on-one and group lessons; students are great!
Svantaggi
- I used to work full-time (last year) and I had so many back-to-back students that I barely had time to eat without rushing. I think they should also consider that we need a longer break in-between lessons to eat (for teachers with several back-to-back classes). -More materials would be very much appreciated; especially for the French courses. I tend to always search for new material on my own to give my advanced students. -Diversity is not really promoted. I think for students who are from Canada or the U.S.; it's important to provide lessons about diversity, even if they can be controversial for some. This is also a topic that they will cover in school anyway. - While there is an opportunity to become a permanent teacher and have benefits, the pay is still quite low compared to what teachers can earn if they teach in schools. So, it's really a matter of what you want.