Jul 01, 2019 3:11 PM
Replying to Wade Harshman
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I have not personally taught one of these courses, but I know people that do this for a living.
This sounds normal, in that the pay is dependent on the number of attendees. I don't mean "normal" to imply good or bad, only that it's common. You'll find that you'll have a lot of work invested before you even show up to the class. The good news is that if you keep teaching the same class, then the amount of prep work will diminish over time because the content won't change dramatically. But it's true that some classes will be smaller and you won't get paid as much. You can affect this to a degree by promoting the class yourself, but no matter what you'll have great courses some weeks and less so at other times. If you find that this doesn't average out the way you'd like over time, you can always quit. The money is usually pretty decent as a part-time job. Whether it can replace your full-time income is none of my business.
