Teaching at Kaplan or TPR

[mintendo]

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Hi has anyone here taught MCAT courses at TPR or Kaplan?
What was it like? Did you enjoy working for these companies? What was your schedule like? Do you think it helps your application if you have taught MCAT courses???

Thanks a bunch

 

[LT2]

Hi has anyone here taught MCAT courses at TPR or Kaplan?
What was it like? Did you enjoy working for these companies? What was your schedule like? Do you think it helps your application if you have taught MCAT courses???

Thanks a bunch

not sure about what it's like, i was just hired to teach MCAT for Kaplan last week. they seem extremely accomodating to the hours you want to work... ask Q if she's around. i think she's been teaching for quite some time...

 

[ChungMooDoc]

I'm a current Kaplan MCAT teacher and I love it! I taught this past summer for Kaplan and they are really flexible with your hours and the way they lay out the lesson plan for teachers makes it easy to teach. PM if you have any specific questions.

 

[aumed22]

Teaching for Kaplan is the way to go. You get great pay and it's not too demanding. Don't know anything about TPR though.

 

[bgreet]

For Kaplan its all about the center you teach for, not so much the company itself....

 

[ucsdmd2b]

I taught for Kaplan last cycle, very flexible hours and great pay. I basically worked one night a week for three hours, although you can usually do more if you want to. My center was very accomodating, I would definitely reccommend it.

 

[Hurricane95]

I teach physics for the princeton review and my experience so far has been great. The pay is really good and the schedule is ridiculously flexible - you basically teach when you want, and however much you want. If you have a real slack semester with lots of free time load up on the classes and you can make a real killing. If you have a nasty set of classes, no prob, take a semester off from teaching, its cool. Real nice part-time.

 

[Em1]

Do you teach EVERYTHING or just certain part(s)?
I did poorly on writing but great on everything else... do you think they'd still hire me?

 

[Hercules022]

Teach for Kaplan, and I agree with the previous posters...... good flexibility and good pay per hour. I recommend it as a good way to make some $$ before med school. And as for the "I did poorly on Writing question," they let you pick which sections of the MCAT you want to teach. If you aced any sections of the MCAT, I say go for it.

 

[tkdusb]

Teach for Kaplan, and I agree with the previous posters...... good flexibility and good pay per hour. I recommend it as a good way to make some $$ before med school. And as for the "I did poorly on Writing question," they let you pick which sections of the MCAT you want to teach. If you aced any sections of the MCAT, I say go for it.

It depends on the center. At my center, we were all trained as general MCAT instructors. At some centers, they train you as a specialist for one section or for one topic.

 

[Scintillation]

I applied to tpr and kaplan yesterday...both of them contacted me to interview today. I wish med. schools worked like that.

 

[ASDIC]

i teach mcat:general chem for TPR...i like the pay....i cant find a job that pays more than them!!!

 

[glp]

how well do you have to do on a specific section before they will let you teach it?

 

[juiceman311]

how well do you have to do on a specific section before they will let you teach it?

What he said; someone please answer this. The job sounds relatively appealing.

 

[tkdusb]

What he said; someone please answer this. The job sounds relatively appealing.

At Kaplan we had to score above the 90th Percentile for our overall score, but that was to get a job as a general instructor. I would imagine they want you to get a 12 or higher (or whatever 90th percentile would be that year), because I read this in our MCAT Presentation Guide (something from corporate about how to run the courses)

I for one don't think the job is that easy. Prepping for the class is kinda tough, and more importantly, really boring to me (but they do pay you for prep time!). Still, I get paid much, much better as a Teaching Assistant at school.

 

[TIGIBedHead]

Anyone else know what scores we need to teach for Kaplan or Princeton? Not as a general teacher, but for particular sections.

ASDIC- So you can teach just chem without also teaching physics for PR?

 

[TicAL]

For the TPR people....what were the auditions like? Also, how long is training? Do you get paid for the training?

 

[Seona]

TPR: I only teach gen chem. I first took a self-timed test for the section I was interested in (originally physics) and after I passed, was invited for an audition. My instructions were to prepare a 5-10 min. lesson on a non-academic subject. After that, I heard back that they wanted me, so I had to fly up to NJ for a weekend (20 hours) of training. Btw, out of the three people at my training weekend, only I passed (although the other two were horrible!). At my office, training is paid $6/hr. Then, I was certified to teach gen chem only. If you want to teach another subject, you have to train for it too. I think at Kaplan, they give you detailed lesson plans. At TPR, you get to decide (more or less) what to cover from each chapter (what is important, what is not so important) and how to cover it. So it's a bit more work as far as prepping goes. My office pays an entry-rate of $25/hr for MCAT teachers. Raises depend on student evaluations and test score improvements.

 

[mintendo]

TPR: I only teach gen chem. I first took a self-timed test for the section I was interested in (originally physics) and after I passed, was invited for an audition. My instructions were to prepare a 5-10 min. lesson on a non-academic subject. After that, I heard back that they wanted me, so I had to fly up to NJ for a weekend (20 hours) of training. Btw, out of the three people at my training weekend, only I passed (although the other two were horrible!). At my office, training is paid $6/hr. Then, I was certified to teach gen chem only. If you want to teach another subject, you have to train for it too. I think at Kaplan, they give you detailed lesson plans. At TPR, you get to decide (more or less) what to cover from each chapter (what is important, what is not so important) and how to cover it. So it's a bit more work as far as prepping goes. My office pays an entry-rate of $25/hr for MCAT teachers. Raises depend on student evaluations and test score improvements.

really?? you had to take another test?? can you just show them your score report?

also if you're qualified, can you teach for more than one section at TPR?

 

[Hercules022]

At my center it's a 12 on each section to teach that section for Kaplan. Also, regarding the general MCAT teacher vs. specific MCAT section teacher issue, my understanding is that in heavily populated areas they allow you specialize since there are so many classes (Los Angeles, NYC, etc.) If you live in a less populated area, probably have to teach the whole MCAT. That's what I heard from my boss at least

 

[Seona]

That is true. I teach in a large city (NC Triangle--Duke, UNC, etc.) so instructors specialize in their respective areas. Some of my friends who took prep courses back home (small cities) had the same instructor for all sections. Depends heavily on your office (and I think payrate does too--am I right?).

 

[Kleintje]

how well do you have to do on a specific section before they will let you teach it?

You need to score, for Kaplan, in the 90th percentile for each section to teach. You could definately teach with your numbers. You just have to audition and make it through traning.

 

[ms1finally]

I've taught for TPR for three years now. I keep thinkking that I'll stop teaching because it's been so long and I don't have much time - but the hours are flexible and the money is GREAT!