Kaplan's Teacher Training

[leahmaria]

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I have a Kaplan Audition on Tuesday, and I'm ready for that, but I kind of want to know what comes next if I do well. I know that they have a training course of sorts for teachers, how many weeks/hours is this course? You pass and then they give you hours to work? You teach in areas that you did well on on the MCAT?

Thanks guys, any insight you have into this would be so appreciated!!!

 

[peterpansy]

I trained for Kaplan, which took two weeks, total of 5 4-hr sessions plus prep time outside of class (which they pay for). After that they never got back to me about actually teaching classes and never responded to my emails. I got a regular tutoring job and figured I don't really have time for Kaplan right now, so I just let it go. That's just my personal experience with them.

 

[hopster]

I underwent the 5 session training. After that I have not been able to get them off my back about teaching classes. I am teaching one right now and starting another in december. The pay is good, and it is not that hard to do. My Kaplan center only has like 10 MCAT teachers and about 5 of them are in med school, so I am quite the commodity.

 

[leahmaria]

thanks guys! were the five training sessions easy to schedule? do most places offer them rather continuously or soon after auditions?

how soon after your auditions did you hear back?

 

[DrCurious]

What are the requirements to teach for kaplan? They say 90% on the MCAT, I dont no if that means for the section you want to teach or the test overall?

 

[leahmaria]

What are the requirements to teach for kaplan? They say 90% on the MCAT, I dont no if that means for the section you want to teach or the test overall?

i think that it is on the section that you'll be teaching, but i'm not sure.

 

[diosa428]

As far as I know (at the Kaplan that I taught for) you teach all areas of the MCAT, not just the ones you want. If you only want to teach a certain subject, get a job with Princeton Review, they divide it up like that. You have to have an 11 in each subject to teach. You can also teach SAT classes, which are a lot easier, although they pay a little less (I made $20 an hour, but it varies by center). It's a lot less stressful dealing with high school students rather than psycho pre-med gunners, in my opinion.

 

[Schaden Freud]

When I auditioned, the people were told before they left whether they were invited to train or not. The impression I got was that most people who audition make the cut. The training is 5 4-hour sessions- in my case several sessions were on Saturday, so that made scheduling a bit easier. Training is not too fun- somewhat stressful and requires a lot of prep outside of class. And yes, you do technically get paid for it, but it's very little.
After training you get your paperwork processed and put on payroll, and then get offered a class. As hopster said, Kaplan tends to be rather overzealous about pushing classes on you.
Teaching can be fun depending on what kind of class you get. The class I normally teach kinda sucks- I feel like I'm pulling teeth for three hours. I have subbed several amazing classes though; smart, easygoing and interactive students really make the job easier.

I have a Kaplan Audition on Tuesday, and I'm ready for that, but I kind of want to know what comes next if I do well. I know that they have a training course of sorts for teachers, how many weeks/hours is this course? You pass and then they give you hours to work? You teach in areas that you did well on on the MCAT?

Thanks guys, any insight you have into this would be so appreciated!!!

 

[leahmaria]

thanks! do you know if it is easy/okay to audition and train at one center and teach for another?

 

[Schaden Freud]

Yeah I think it's really easy. Just let your trainer know.

thanks! do you know if it is easy/okay to audition and train at one center and teach for another?

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

thanks! do you know if it is easy/okay to audition and train at one center and teach for another?

I spoke with the director at the Kaplan center I'm training at and she said it is possible to move to different Kaplan locations but it seems like if you do the training at one place you should teach at that place for a bit before moving. Otherwise it just seems rude.

Ugh, and the training hours are long and boring. 7 bucks an hour isn't too horrible though.

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

What are the requirements to teach for kaplan? They say 90% on the MCAT, I dont no if that means for the section you want to teach or the test overall?

It's for the section you are teaching. You can have 13 for Biology and an 8 for verbal and they would just allow you to teach the Biology portion. That's the good thing about teaching the MCAT, they allow you to break it down into sections. I got out of teaching verbal but from what I hear they'll "suggest" that I teach it when they need someone to do it.

 

[leahmaria]

I spoke with the director at the Kaplan center I'm training at and she said it is possible to move to different Kaplan locations but it seems like if you do the training at one place you should teach at that place for a bit before moving. Otherwise it just seems rude.

Ugh, and the training hours are long and boring. 7 bucks an hour isn't too horrible though.

thanks. i'm in chicago right now, and next semester i'll be in indiana. so, i was thinking i could get the training done this semester and then teach next semester in valpo. maybe they'll want me to teach over the summer in milwaukee...but then i'm starting med school...do people have time for this sort of thing once they're med students?

 

[MattD]

Training time from what I understand is highly variable. It can range from the 5- 5 hour training sessions to........ much less. MUCH less. It depends on how badly they need a teacher for a class, how quickly they need you, and how busy the trainer is. The trainer in my area is currently in residency, and so we really didn't get much training. Really. Unless you count stuff to read. But you figure things out quickly once you get in the classroom either way.

As far as teaching during med school, it happens, people do it, I don't, I wouldn't want to try.

 

[MollyMalone]

Whether or not you teach the whole course or just a few sections is dependent on your center. At the center I taught at, they did not require us to teach the whole thing, but since they were a little short on physical sciences instructors, new instructors had to commit to teaching at least one section of gen chem or physics.

 

[hopster]

It's for the section you are teaching. You can have 13 for Biology and an 8 for verbal and they would just allow you to teach the Biology portion. That's the good thing about teaching the MCAT, they allow you to break it down into sections. I got out of teaching verbal but from what I hear they'll "suggest" that I teach it when they need someone to do it.

lol, i teach the whole thing and I got a 9 in verbal. Thank god for the TEL during those verbal lessons!

 

[hopster]

As far as I know (at the Kaplan that I taught for) you teach all areas of the MCAT, not just the ones you want. If you only want to teach a certain subject, get a job with Princeton Review, they divide it up like that. You have to have an 11 in each subject to teach. You can also teach SAT classes, which are a lot easier, although they pay a little less (I made $20 an hour, but it varies by center). It's a lot less stressful dealing with high school students rather than psycho pre-med gunners, in my opinion.

hahaha, soo true. The only thing worse is LSAT students.

 

[leahmaria]

I just had my audition tonight, so we'll see if it went well sometime this week 🙂

 

[BleepTastic]

The only thing worse is LSAT students.

Oy I'd take LSAT over MCAT students any day of the week. MCAT students and teachers seem to lack funnybones, ossicula humorosa.

Good luck leahmaria. Training is awful but classes are ok, especially after your first time around. If you've already taught one whole round of classes, I don't see why it would be particularly hard to keep on teaching in med school. Not that I know anything about that.

 

[xylem29]

I went to my audition but wasn't invited for training for some reason - they said why.

I'm thinking either they felt I was not comfortable enough in front of a group or I look too young.

 

[leahmaria]

thanks guys,

i hear back this week, i'll let you know. i am interested in one particular class (and not through the center i'd train through) so, idk how that would work out

 

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