Instructor Empowerment Kit Frequently Asked Questions
| Q: | Who can purchase the Instructor Empowerment Kits? |
| A: | You must be a certified Living Light Culinary Arts Institute "Raw Culinary Arts Associate Chef and Instructor" to purchase Instructor Empowerment Kits.
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| Q: | What’s in the Instructor Empowerment Kits? |
| A: | In each kit you will find complete materials to market, plan, and execute a raw food class. Materials include flyers, recipes, shopping and equipment lists, class-room set up instructions, assistant job descriptions and more! The kits do all the thinking for you. All you have to do is follow along and enjoy teaching the classes.
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| Q: | How much do the kits cost? |
| A: | All kits are $299 with the exception of the marketing kit, which is $399. If you choose to purchase kits during the 2-week Chef and Instructor training, there is a special offer of $50 off each kit. Ask about other special offers available during Chef and Instructor training, as there are often package deals.
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| Q: | How many Kits should I purchase? |
| A: | If you aim to become a professional teacher, it is recommended that you buy the complete collection, in order to generate full-time income through offering a wide variety of classes. If you want to teach as a hobby or part-time, it is recommended that you pick 3-5 kits that appeal to you the most. If you’re not sure you want to teach, but want to give it a try, it is recommended that you purchase Forget Cooking! and the Marketing Kit.
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| Q: | What classes can I teach when I graduate from Living Light? |
| A: | During Chef and Instructor Training, you will learn to design and teach your own classes, but the Instructor Empowerment Kits offer pre-planned Living Light classes, licensed for use once purchased.
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| Q: | How do I order Instructor Empowerment Kits? |
| A: | Kits may be ordered in the following three ways:
Please fax the contract to our office immediately after ordering. You can download the Instructor Empowerment Kit contract here (Adobe Acrobat PDF format, 20 KB) During Chef and Instructor Training, you will learn to design and teach your own classes, but the Instructor Empowerment Kits offer pre-planned Living Light classes, licensed for use once purchased. |
How Much Time Can the Instructor Empowerment Kits Save You?
Here is a conservative estimate of the time it takes to design professional raw food classes and basic marketing materials:
1. Perfecting a 3-hour class:- Planning the menu and the order of recipes—1 hour
- Testing 6-8 recipes—8 hours
- Creating 6-8 professionally written recipes for student handouts—5 hours
- Making additional student handouts (shopping and equipment lists, resources, survey)—5 hours
- Pricing the class, and adjusting recipes accordingly—5 hours
- Teaching the class a couple of times and adjusting it according to student feedback—12 hours
- Making your shopping lists—3 hours
- Charting the class—4 hours
- Making a master equipment list, broken down into bins, and perfecting the list over time—10 hours
- Researching the recipes and ingredients to make info cards—10 hours
- Setting up formatting for demo and info cards (or handwriting them)—1 hour
- Creating ingredient/equipment demo cards—8 hours
- Creating info cards, including pacing and sequencing—8 hours
- Writing 3 assistant job descriptions—6 hours
- Designing class flyer and writing class description—4 hours
- Designing binder cover—2 hours
- Planning assembly of professional binder—1 hour
- Formatting all the documents and setting them up in folders on the computer—6 hours
- Creating classroom set-up instructions—1 hour
Total Time: 100 planning hours per class
2. Developing Marketing Materials
- Writing and revising a 1 ½ hour free lecture—12 hours
- Testing free talk on students and adjusting the content according to audience response—8 hours
- Making bullet points for the talk and putting into Powerpoint—9 hours
- Designing flyer for the talk—2 hours
- Making a student outline for the talk—1 hour
- Creating monthly marketing checklist and sign-in sheet—2 hours
- Develop and refine frequently asked questions and answers—10 hours
- Develop and test recipes for 5 free demos—10 hours
- Create recipe handouts for free demos—5 hours
- Create demo and info cards for free demos—10 hours
- Make shopping list and do charting for free demos—6 hours
- Create master equipment list for free demos—3 hours
- Develop and refine proposal letters for venue hosts, guest speaker opportunities, print media, and TV media—20 hours
- Develop welcome and thank you letters for hosts and students—2 hours
Total Time: 100 hours to develop basic marketing materials
In the Instructor Empowerment Kits, all of the above is done for you, freeing you up to begin teaching and generating income right away.
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