Status: Inactive

For more than a year, I worked as an online English tutor. I was nervous at first, but I started to enjoy the experience and opportunity to practice my English. No one from school knows about this part-time work except from a close friend who introduced me to the job. My initial goal was to save money while studying at that time. I never knew that I would like doing it until I realized I was online and skipping some social events everyday. This continued for more than a year and I was really happy about it.

PHP Short Course

I never thought that I’m going to have another training stint this semester. Two weeks ago, when everyone was almost having their hell weeks, I was asked if I’m available to teach basic PHP and MySQL for 5 days as a substitute to another trainer. I was hesitant at first because that was scheduled during our Finals Week and there was only one slot available. In addition, I wasn’t confident with my skills on PHP and MySQL. Even though I have developed a few PHP web applications for school projects, I have still a lot to learn about these technologies. I was only encouraged to take my first training stint before because my two other friends will teach as well. This time, it’s going to be a solo stint only. Despite the hesitations, I decided to accept the offer. I became excited when I knew that I’m going to teach the same class I’ve had before.

Trainer Evaluation

I asked my students to evaluate me or tell anything about me through the evaluation form. Some opted not to write anything while others were brave enough to tell good and bad points about me and how I handle their class. That was actually my first teaching experience so their evaluation will be going to be very important to me. Here is the list of some of what they wrote:

Teaching Experience

Yesterday was the third day of my first teaching experience in an IT course. To be honest, I never imagine as an instructor. I’m not confident that I can teach and I’m also not patient with the students. I sometimes have short temper. But for the past three days, I can say I’m quite enjoying what I am doing. Maybe it helps that it is only a four-day course so I don’t feel exhausted and stressed too much.