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What is the best part of working at the company?
The kids. Working with the kids is the best part.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You are assigned a supervisor to check in with. They don’t always know what is going on with the school that you are working at. Sometimes locations and teachers you come in contact with are not always pleasant. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s okay. Sometimes you feel appreciated and sometimes not so much. Sometimes you feel like you are making a difference and then sometimes you feel like just a worker.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Sometimes they call you last minute to reach a class bc someone cancelled. It can be fast paced and you are kind of thrown into the mix - I find that part adventurous. Other times , you show up and the classroom is locked, you have a bunch of kids with you and no one to let you in the classroom and then you don’t have the full hour anymore, so you have to improvise to get through the lesson quickly so the kids will get to do something.

I love the flexibility of the job as it works with my schedule. (after school program so afternoon hours). I love that I can teach all five days a week but if I have a busy semester I can cut back to 2-3 days. Locations of the school work for me well and management is very understanding at trying to match you with schools that are convenient. 

I love people at iCook. My co-instructors were always great and reliable. We have so much fun in the class with kids. Management is also very supportive if any requests. 

Keep in mind, it is a part time job. You can teach max of one class a day ($40 for hour long class). You have to arrive 15 min before and clean up takes about 20 min after (depending if I am by myself or with parter) but overall hourly rate is still great even considering extra time. I love that I don't have to worry about groceries, coming up with recipes, any extra supplies as all that is taken care of and delivered

I'm going to give you my 100% honest experience with this company: I thought the idea of an afterschool cooking program for kids was wonderful and I was very excited to work with iCook. Unfortunately in reality they are incredibly disorganized at the expense of their employees (us). I experienced frequent cancellations, many last-minute changes in plans, and changes to our agreed-upon compensation. In fact they still have never payed me for a few of the classes I subbed for with them! they frequently apologize and use nice words in an effort to cover up these bad behaviors, but I found that behind the apologies and nice words the negative treatment never changed. this experience was corroborated by other employees I spoke with.

I work a few times a week for a few hours each afternoon.  It is very convenient for my schedule.  Food for the class is delivered to my house the day before.  iCook, smartly buys all the groceries so there is consistency in the product we are cooking AND to make sure there are no ingredients that may cause the children to have an allergic reaction.
Each class you make two recipes with the kids involvement, you discuss a set curriculum and if there is time, you play a food related game.  We rarely get to a game because the class is only an hour long and there is much to accomplish.  The kids do get a little antsy when it is not their turn but we try and keep everyone involved through the questions and answers session.
I really enjoy working with the kids- they are primarily 2nd and 3rd graders and are very sweet.

You choose the class sessions you would like to teach, days/locations, so you have a lot of flexibility. You can choose to teach once a week, twice or everyday if classes are available. It's all after-school so your days are free to do as you like. Management is very nice and supportive and you're given all the tools you need. There are no benefits or paid leave etc because it's not that kind of job. And I don't see any advancement opportunities but again, it's not that kind of job and you know that going in. Unfortunately, with COVID-19, in person classes stopped and eventually shifted to online teaching. That didn't work for me but for some instructors it does. If schools re-open for after-school in-person classes, I'd love to resume teaching. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
They have a nice program which the students enjoy.  They are supportive of their teaching staff.  They pay both salary and reimburse expenses on schedule.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes the lesson plans are difficult to fit into the class time, and I would have to prepare at home.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is fun and allows for creativity.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I work contract for two classes a week.  So my schedule is very busy once I am in the classroom

I always look forward to iCook classes. I love getting to experiment with new recipes alongside excited kiddos. The recipes can be a little weird— it’s rare that they enjoy what we make, but every once in a while they enjoy the food. It’s a great time regardless! I think it would be great if the kids got to come up with recipes themselves OR for us to make a recipe based on ingredients everyone brings from home. There’s a lot of potential for innovation! It’s a great program and I’m curious to see how the company will grow. 

I had a wonderful time working with iCookAfterSchool. It is very part time which worked great with my schedule. The lesson plans are all provided for the teacher, the only prep is buying the ingredients which I always did when I went shopping normally. The recipes are colorful and different to the kids so they were always excited. They pay their teachers more than other after school companies.

I found a great outlet for creativity with iCook—not only my own creativity but encouraging the creativity of the students! I loved seeing each child’s progress from week to week, encouraging the hesitant students to explore and taste and facilitating team-based projects in a learning space that revolved around food

Good place to work for those who like to teach cooking, can adapt to different and sometimes not ideal working spaces and need extra money. There are quite a bit of opportunities to sub classes. Great communication from coordinators. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Tutor 116 salaries reported	$72.03 per hour
Camp counselor 10 salaries reported	$72.00 per hour
School teacher 8 salaries reported	$60.00 per hour
Program coordinator 3 salaries reported	$45,667 per year
School program staff 1 salary reported	$80.00 per hour

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