A career as an Abacus teacher is a great choice today since the world is waking up to realize the value and potential of this age-old miracle for kids.
However, you should not consider this as a simple task which you can just get started one fine day. If you seriously want to pursue this aspiration to start your career as an Abacus Teacher, it is important to ensure that you seek professional guidance for Abacus training to ensure both your money and time is well spent. While any training school can provide the basic Abacus training, there are some crucial factors to consider.
Here are some unique golden (hidden secrets) Tips that you will not easily get in any forum:
1. Do not rush to complete all the Abacus levels at one go, rather do it progressively
- Abacus is usually divided into 8-10 levels (3 months each) and if you learn all levels during training, you will surely forget them pretty soon.
- An effective way is to learn only the first one or two levels, then take a pause, enroll a few kids and teach them. Before the kids complete those two levels, start learning level 3. Continue this approach for all the remaining levels, and you will see amazing results.
- But you need to collaborate with the trainer on this approach. Most training schools do not agree to this, but I was able to find Mathcruise academy which actually proposed this to me, surprisingly.
2. Be Patient
- Consider the first 6 months as an investment period, where you are investing in yourself to build both the Abacus knowledge and skill. Abacus is an altogether different technique to learn arithmetic operations, and you cannot rush into this. Go slow.
3. Always ask the WHY when a student or a parent approaches you for enrollment into an Abacus course.
- Understanding the WHY (Purpose) holds the key for everyone
- If you ensure that parents understand what Abacus means and what are its Benefits (before admission), they will appreciate this gesture that you are not rushing to enroll their child into the admission process. This inevitably leads to higher trust and brand value which you want in the long run.
4. Will you get the copyrighted books to provide to your students?
- Check whether the training school will provide you the books for all Abacus levels, to start your own franchise?
- And are those books copyrighted by them or not, since most Abacus schools use pirated or copied books which is not even legal, and can land you in legal troubles if somebody reports the violation.
- In reality, there are very few Abacus teacher training schools who have their own books. Mathcruise is one of them, and they have very structured and well-designed books to track the progress at weekly levels.
5. Evaluate what kind of support will be available to you post the completion of Abacus training?
- This is the often overlooked, but most crucial aspect of Abacus Teacher training.
- You will definitely need support of all kind – operational, infrastructural and even for counselling the parents, as well as tackling different problems faced by students in the initial days
- Parents will ask varying questions during the pre-admission counselling and you will need experience to provide confident and meaningful answers to build trust. Until you gain that experience yourself, you need a mentor (your trainer) to be with you.
Conclusion
Remember that the Abacus journey does not end with Abacus teacher training, it actually begins at that time. As an Abacus expert, I recommend that you should go with the Abacus teacher training school which commits to be a long-term partner in your Abacus learning journey, by fulfilling all the above-mentioned support areas and also helping you understand the real Advantages of Abacus for Kids. When I did my training with Mathcruise, I was blessed to have a great mentor in their chief trainer, who understands all these challenges since she herself went through the same journey at the start of her career. She proactively guides you through all these challenges and works collaboratively with you to ensure that you are set up for success in this amazing career of being a great Abacus teacher.
