Mathnasium Instructor interview questions

Simple questions about how comfortable you are with math and teaching it, followed by a math assessment. Once you take the assessment it is graded and you are given a rundown on how to interact with students and then asked about how you would handle certain situations.

I am a disabled teacher returning to the workforce, and my job coach touched base with the owner of Mathnasium’s Central Park franchise in Denver. He asked to interview me on the phone for an Instructor position. It came out, during the course of my interview, that I am a widow. He then told me that his wife would rarely be around. He asked me to come for an in-person interview in two days. He said I could observe tutoring at 3:00 and take a math assessment around 3:30 but that I should arrive by 2:00 so we could have an hour alone together first. He did not specify why he wanted this hour alone together, and that made me apprehensive, especially given his heads-up that his wife wouldn’t be around most of the time. When I asked about compensation, he said Mathnasium pays instructors $13-15/hour, and this is what all his instructors earn. He’d asked if I might be interested in marketing his franchise, so I asked if I could earn a higher wage by taking on that extra responsibility. He said no because Mathnasium has set Instructor pay at $13-15/hour and is not flexible with wages. Several times he reminded me that he hasn’t paid himself in over a year because the business has struggled during the pandemic. I felt that it was an inappropriate play to guilt me into taking the lower wage. Minimum wage in Denver is $14.77/hour. My job coach contacted Mathnasium Corporate and had several discussions with them via email regarding this issue. They reported having spoken to the franchise owner and that he denied any wrongdoing. Their final word on the matter was “The company is not planning on taking any further action.” I wonder how much this franchise owner pays his current instructors and if he thought he could pay me less because of my disability and/or marital status. I hope applicants, especially vulnerable women, will think twice before applying to work at Central Park Mathnasium in Denver.