Hi all, Just wondering what your experience has been. When you finished your instructor training course how long was it before you received an offer for a course to teach? I realize it could vary widely depending on the subject you are qualified to teach and time of year, but I'd like to get an idea "in general". Thanks!
So far, for me, it has been that I got a job offer, contingent upon completing the training course, which immediately followed after I finished training. So far, this has been the case for 3 different schools. Each of those schools either continued to give me classes each term for at least two years, or is still giving me classes currently (I have been teaching for one of them for about one year now). I have also taught for several schools that did not make me do any training, either because I had already completed it elsewhere or because it was not a requirement (at least at that time). But I haven't had a long wait for anyone after training. I don't know if it is because of my field (English) or just that I have been lucky. clint
I am history and I currently teach at two schools. The one has given me constant courses, and has upped my course load since training. The other game me classes right away after training, but stopped about a half year later. When I asked, they just said it is just about timing and course availability. I have been about two months without course there, but I did have one that was offered then the course didn't make. So I am just waiting on that school again. I am in the hiring process for another school though (crossing fingers), which will probably replace the second school I just mentioned.
I have trained for 6 different schools, 3 gave me work right away, 1 after 4 months and the other 2 schools never gave work. I noticed that the schools that never gave me work did not pay for training so be careful when the training is not paid as this might mean that the school might be training a lot more people than needed. It is in the best interest of the schools to have a lot more people available than demand as this way can always have instructors available.
So far I have only had one paid training. The rest were unpaid, but still resulted in quick offers. However, it has been awhile (over a year) since I picked up a new school. At present, I am comfortable with the load I have and am not looking for anymore. With the large number of applicants, it might be different now.
Of four, I work for two strictly online schools; one for 8 years and one for about 2 years. Neither paid for training, although the first one (which is now a major in the field of online, for-profit) has been paying for training for the last several years. For both, I had a position right out of the box with the next course cycle. On the other hand, I have friends who have waited months after training. I agree with a previous poster that some likely train more folks than they need in order to always have enough instructors available. Too, each school may have different criterion as to what it takes for a class to make. For one school, I've had as many as 21, but as few as 5 students. For another, I usually have around 25-30, but have had up to 40 to take care of the students who were registered for courses that didn't make. All sorts of things, I suppose, figure into it, although there may be those of us (including me) who may not have much of an idea what they all may be.
