Teaching a Microsoft Certification at a local community college

I'm considering doing this - probably Active Directory, like 70-640 or 70-410 since those are very popular certifications, however does anyone have any experience with this? My local community college has these courses, but I have no idea if it pays $500 or $5000 to run the course. I have no teaching experience, but plenty of technical and real world world experience...

Anyone any experience and thoughts? This would be a second job.. like teaching a night course.

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thatguy67

Some guys I've talked to at my CC told me a little bit about it. It's spare cash...and typically a lot of effort. Doesn't pay off financially, if you really want to teach etc. then it can have its own intangible rewards.

Priston

If I had to make a guess at what you would get paid...
16 week semester * 3 credit hour class * $15/hour pay = $720 for teaching the course.

If you want to teach, don't do it for the money. There is none.

OctalDump

It probably depends a lot on the local market. I know that my local Cisco Network Academy has a hard time finding trainers across all its courses including the CCNA and IT Essentials, and the pay is reasonable although typically less than what you'd get working as tech/admin/engineer.

I think it might dovetail well with either your own study (eg Master's) or if you were running your own business and needed some guaranteed income. Probably saying that you are trainer could help in consulting gigs. I also see 'training staff' come up on quite a few job descriptions.

stryder144

If you are looking to make decent money teaching certifications, I would suggest an alternative to a CC would be a technical training company. They typically have night classes that need to be taught and can definitely pay better than most CC will. Plus, as a contractor, you can easily turn down classes that are offered if they don't fit your schedule. Additionally, as most night classes would be conducted over the course of approximately two weeks, your time commitment isn't that great.

tedjames

I got an email from Jerry Banfield on Udemy.com. I'm sure that everybody enrolled in his courses got it. He included his Udemy earnings statement. He has earned $640,453 from his Udemy courses since August 2014. I'm sure that other Udemy instructors make good money. Something to think about...

HorizonThief

Uh... $15/hour? That's not right, at least not for my CC.

We have a part time position open right now for the Computer Science department that pays in the following manner:
Lecture Salary Rate:
$55.46 - $70.90 per hour (five steps)
Lab Salary Rate:
$38.82 - $49.62 per hour (five steps)

This is in California mind you, so maybe $15/hour for another state makes sense.. but that seems pretty low to me.

powerfool

Wow, that guy is about 2 shades too far gone in his approach. Trying too hard to clearly enunciate. Maybe it is an approach to have a larger market by being something easily consumed by ESL folks. I am watching his 4 Hour Workday series now.

MeatCatalogue

All very interesting responses guys, thank you very much. I've never heard of Jerry Banfield as I've studied almost exclusively with CBT nuggets. That and I just read everything Mark Russinovich puts out (even his silly fiction).

Looked up Jerry and does seem digital instruction/book writing is probably where the profits are. I might start out at a local technical company or ITT tech or something to compare rates. I would not put it past my local CC to pay like $1000 to teach an AD course, which would not be worth my time. I'll keep this thread posted and if anyone else has some ideas, please post away!

powerfool

Keep in mind that you need to be able to provide value. Part of that is having good delivery and the other part is content. Teaching a CC course for a semester or two may help you refine that capability.

Danielm7

powerfool wrote: »

Wow, that guy is about 2 shades too far gone in his approach. Trying too hard to clearly enunciate. Maybe it is an approach to have a larger market by being something easily consumed by ESL folks. I am watching his 4 Hour Workday series now.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way. I have a few courses where he does the intro, eyes popping out the whole time and trying entirely too hard to be clear. My wife walked by and was like "oh god what is he doing?"

Mitechniq

I teach at the local community college Intro to Security Fundamentals - essentially CompTIA Security +. All my classes have been online, so it makes it rather convenient to do hours in the evening or early morning on the weekends. I probably spend about 10-12 hours a week grading, discussion boards, professor notes and one collaborative session a week with students on a variety of Security Topics usually focused on the current chapters. The pay is based on Contact Hours through a formula that uses your Degree (Bachelor/Master/Doctorate), the number of students and class code (technical vs. general). I'll make about 10k to 12.5k for five classes a year so roughly 2.5k a class.

jdancer

I teach at my community college's Cisco Network Academy. Yes, I do have CCAI. My state board of higher education requires a graduate degree in the field you are teaching. I do it for the enjoyment and the extra income it provides. Been teaching for quite a long time.