Policy for Teachers

Independent contractor status
Instructors at Second Language, LLC, are independent contractors.
There are no employees.
Instructors must be legally able to work in the USA and furnish us with their social security number or federal taxpayer id.
Instructors are responsible for paying their federal and state taxes.
Instructors who are receiving Unemployment Compensation must report their earnings as required by law. We pay you monthly, and you are required to report your earnings to the state Department of Labor.

Professional conduct
Instructors must conduct themselves in a professional manner. Instructors must not engage in political, religious, or sexual talk, racial, ethnic, or lifestyle bigotry.
Instructors must not put down, criticize or disparage individuals or classes of people for their real or perceived membership in any group, ethnic origin, or lifestyle.
Instructors must respect students, clients, and their homes and workplaces and the confidentiality of students’ information.
Instructors must not misrepresent themselves regarding their country of origin, language fluency and competency to teach.
Instructors must respect non-compete agreements with other language schools.

Missed class Policy
If you do not show up for a class, or if you do not inform the student of a schedule change or cancellation at least 24 hours before the class was scheduled, you are not paid for the class. Sending email is not sufficient notice. If you don’t inform the student in time, and the student shows up for his/her lesson, the student is entitled to a free lesson from the instructor.
At the end of each session, remind the student about the date, time and location of the next session.

Late Policy
Please arrive 5 minutes before the lesson is scheduled to start. If you arrive late for a class, you must give the student a full hour of instruction, or make it up at a later date.
Neither the teacher nor the student is required to wait more than 15 minutes past the scheduled start time for the lesson.

Tax Policy
You must give us your tax information on form W9 before we find students for you.
You must fulfill your legal obligations with regard to taxes.

Payment Policy
We will pay you for legitimate hours shown on the Class Record Sheet.
In no event will we pay you for more hours than those which the student has paid for.
We will pay you promptly, normally before the 7th day of each month. We will put your check in your folder, or mail it to you, or have our bank mail you a check, if you are not scheduled to teach within a week.
If we are 30 days or more late in paying your bill, we will add 10% to the payment.
If we expect to be out of town when your payment is due, we will send you an estimated payment.
If you earn $600 or more in a year, we will issue an IRS form 1099-MISC, for reporting of income.

Meeting with Students.
We ask the instructor to meet with prospective students before the student commits to taking lessons. We pay you for this meeting for 45 minutes at your regular rate. We expect you to give a 15 minute demonstration lesson.

Keeping Records
The Class Record Sheet is in your folder. Please pick it up at the beginning of every lesson. Please ask the student to initial the Class Record Sheet at the end of your lesson.
If you and the student disagree on the number of hours marked on the Class Record Sheet, the dispute will be resolved in favor of the student.
Get the student’s initials at the end of every session!
Do not teach the student for more hours than the student paid for. Second Language, LLC will not pay for lessons that the student has not paid for but the instructor has taught.

Weekly Schedule
The schedule of classes is determined when your student enrolls. This schedule is not generally changed, except by agreement with the student, you, and Second Language, LLC.
It is not always possible to remain in the classroom past the scheduled end time, because the classroom may be used for another lesson.
The office is closed at 4 PM on Friday, 12 Noon on Saturday, and all day Sunday.

Bad Weather Policy
We suggest that you cancel appointments when the weather forecast is for heavy snow, freezing rain or other extreme weather. Listen to WTIC 1080 radio, or watch WFSB TV for cancellations.

Instructor Evaluations
Please ask your students to fill out an instructor evaluation form about once every 12 weeks.