<p>I want to try this. How much do you think I should charge for students grades 3~7? I’m a junior, so I think I can handle the stuff they are learning…Has anyone done this before?? Should I buy a book and base my curriculum on that?? I want to approach this in an organized way…the worst thing that can happen is not knowing how to teach them, or not having a clean, systematic approach. What should I do to be as professional as possible? I’m thinking of charging like $7.00/hour… is this too much/little? The only credential I have to tutor younger kids is the fact that I’m a straight A student…(?) egh, and also, how would I spread the word that I’m tutoring young kids? I’m thinking of starting with some kids I know that need help, but I really want to expand and tutor like 3~4 kids a week. I’m also planning to pay my SAT prep classes with this money.</p>
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<p>My D got $10/hr tutoring math.Not sure how old the tutee was. Started out volunteering through mu theta or whatev; some of those kids then got asked to tutor privately.</p>
<p>Oh, I tutor or Mu Alpha theta also. But at our school, you have to tutor the same person all 4 years but my tutee doesn’t need that much help. 10$/h? Wow, that’s not bad.</p>
<p>I tutored myself and that was my pay so I suppose its not that unusual. I’d settle for min. wage now though (no luck with the job search due to a cc class interfering, me not having a car, and only being able to work the rest of the summer :(.</p>
<p>D tutored jr. high and HS kids and receive $20/hr.</p>
<p>D tutored, but for free.</p>
<p>Good luck powerbomb. Around here we have education majors and actual teachers tutoring for money. I wouldn’t pay a high school student… otoh, we did hire a HS student to give our son trumpet lessons when he was a junior and senior and son was in 6th and 7th grade.</p>
<p>We live in NJ (everything is just a bit more expensive around here). A certified teacher gets paid $75+(to $150). My daughter was first offered $25/hour, but people voluntarily offered to pay $50/hour later. She was tutoring middle/HS students. It may sound like a lot initially, but she actually spend a lot of her personal time to go over the curriculum and even met with some of their teachers. You probably wouldn’t have to do as much preparation for grades 3-7. Depending on where you live, you probably should be able to charge $10-20 or more. It should be more than what you would get for babysitting.</p>
<p>Nj is crazy. A few years ago, my son tutored HS Algebra. His HS guidance dept announced the job. He even had his choice of students (8th graders taking HS algebra or 9th grade students). My son was a top math student and had always tutored kids in his classes (for free) so it was an easy transition - he simply tutored on a regular basis and got paid. He didn’t know what salary to ask for but the guidance dept said the person looking offered $25/hr. He then asked that amount when getting other jobs. He got other jobs through word of mouth (the first parent told a friend who called him). My son also contacted his middle school math dept and offered his services, in case parents were looking. Teachers get paid much more to tutor, yet few are interested in the extra work. As for books, my son simply asked the kid’s teacher and he was allowed to borrow an extra book to prepare for his tutoring sessions. That way they were both working with the same material.</p>
<p>oldfort, babysitting is crazy expensive here too. My daughter was getting $10/hr years ago. Not sure how much what the going rate is today.</p>
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<p>I agree with Oldfort, especially the part about “more than babysitting.” But just a little bit more, because of inexperience doing this. </p>
<p>I recommend going to craigslist.com and look for your geographic area, then go to 2 different sections: “Childcare” (top left of menu) as well as Lessons under “Services Offered.”</p>
<p>First, READ the relevant ads (see next 2 paragraphs). It’ll help. Then you might decide to respond or even compose your own ad (must update the posting every several days to keep it fresh).</p>
<p>Second, Look at tutoring services offered to get an idea of what prices are in your region. (do a quick market study, in other words) If you see a working teacher advertising to tutor for the summer, you are NOT that person, but you could position your price between what babysitters make (see Childcare) and what teachers make to tutor, making it closer to the babysitter price than to the teacher’s price.</p>
<p>Third, study the Craigslist section called Childcare. There, people are looking for, or offering, babysitting . That’s where to place your own ad, in addition to Services Offered/Lessons. You might describe yourself as a top academic h.s. junior (note your GPA), able to provide tutoring to elementary or middle school students, and state the subjects. On scheduling, just say “flexible.” Be brief (unlike me) with bulletpoints, because parents are busy and fast readers. </p>
<p>There are parents who want some tutoring for their kid in the summer but can’t afford professional teacher rates, so there’s your niche market. </p>
<p>I’m guessing it’ll be $9-10/hr. in small communities, maybe $15 in bigger cities/suburbs for a h.s. student.</p>
<p>You can also charge slightly more to drive to their houses than if they bring kids to you. If people have many children, and younger than your tutee, they appreciate a tutor who comes to the house rather than throwing every other kid into a car to drive the big one to the tutor. If you drive to them, make a circle with your house as the radius and charge differently if they live far away. Don’t tell them all that. Just say “x price for my house, or if you’d prefer me to drive to you, I’ll add on a transpo fee for my gasoline.” </p>
<p>You could post paper bulletins on the bulletin boards of all the day camps, with a bright, kid-friendly graphic to catch the parents’ eye. </p>
<p>As for curriculum, in the summer you can ask to see their finished workbooks from the previous year to get an idea of where they left off and how they did.
Once you have a feeling for that, go to a Teacher Supply store, or the education workbook section of any good bookstore, and identify some books. You can ask the parents to buy these for their child. There are special summertime workbooks in-between specific grades with general review of skills. </p>
<p>If you have a gem of a school principal, you might phone her in summertime to ask for some “blackline masters” to xerox copy for your summer tutoring work with students from her school, as that is legal copying.</p>
<p>To broadcast, think of all the places the Moms are in the summer (pool, gym, big workplaces in your community at the lunchroom). Post the ad there with lots of little phone number pull-off thingies at the bottom so they can take them home in theri purses. </p>
<p>Best advertising is word-of-mouth so if you find one client, and do well, talk it up and ask if she knows any other mom-friends or dad-friends with kids who’d like some summertime work.</p>
<p>For curriculum, you basically want to ask the parent if they just want an all-around skills review of the previous grade to keep skills awake through the summer (use their old books from last year as reference points) or if they know some specific deficiency they want you to focus upon, such as “multilication” or “general math skills” or phonics/spelling. Then hit up the Internet and bookstores.</p>
<p>You could work with a child for a session first to get a rough idea what s/he needs and then go buy a workbook for the family, charging them that bill (tell them that when you are hired, that you want to know their budget for these workbooks).</p>
<p>Way Too Much Imfp, but good luck. </p>
<p>A h.s. student can be a fine tutor because the kids love to see them. Just don’t ever utter these words, “It’s easy, really…” because it was for you but not for them.
Instead say things like, “You can do it, let’s just work on it…” more process words, not judgment words. If it was a piece of cake for them, they wouldn’t be hiring you.
That’s the main mistake A students make when teaching; but it’s the A students the parents want to see tutoring their kid!!</p>
<p>We live in Northern NJ and two of my kids – when in high school – tutored in math to earn money. One kid, who graduated two years ago, had a great little business with kids from our public high school and some private schools in the area. He was very flexible and knew some kids needed tutoring at last minute before exams. He charged $10/hour although sometimes parents paid more. Retired math teacher who tutors at $50/hr asked my son to join him
(and make more $) but my kid really needed flexibility due to his own busy schedule.</p>
<p>WOW. Thanks haha. I live in a fairly suburban area. Maybe I’ll start with $10/hour. </p>
<p>I do have this parent who wants me to tutor her daughter (My mom knows her mom). We haven’t discussed how much she is willing to pay, but I get the feeling that I shouldn’t worry too much about the $$ right now. She might introduce other kids to me, and once my business starts rolling, then I should charge a set amount. Is this okay?</p>
<p>I think $10 an hour is fine; it may even be considered a good deal. College students receive $12 an hour for tutoring fellow students.</p>
<p>Your idea in #13 is exactly how to get something off the ground. Just let the first mom know and feel lucky that she’s getting your special discount price as your first customer! That lays the groundwork so when she makes recommendations to her friends, you can ask them for a bit more. They’ll share notes, but you’re covered.</p>
<p>Good luck, it sounds great! When young, it’s always better to focus on gaining the work/resume/college-ap-worthy experience rather than pocket-change money. Feel proud of what you earn and do a great job now. It will pay off.</p>
<p>Think of it as a store opening with a Grand Opening Discount for customer #1.</p>
<p>Would you consider tutoring junior high school students? Personally, I think that would be easier than working with elementary kids for someone without previous teaching experience. Young students who are behind in their school work or aren’t working at grade level often have undiagnosed learning difficulties. They aren’t just struggling with a subject, but perhaps have auditory or visual disabilities that keep them from learning as effectively as other kids.
I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t do it, especially if the parents just want their child to keep up with what they learned over the summer, but if a student at the 2nd or 3rd grade level is truly having difficulty with the material, or has reading or comprehension difficulties, they may need an evaluation that is beyond your ability at this point. Having taught elementary school, I can tell you that this is the age when most learning difficulties are diagnosed. Just be aware. :)</p>
<p>The bear got $15.00 an hour last year as a college sophmore in grades 3-6. She did in their school.</p>
<p>Addendum; My D getting $10/hr drove to their house.</p>
<p>ASAP, I will consider that. The only reason I limited myself up to 8th graders is because I was scared that I, myself, would not know the material that they are learning. But after all, these are students that need help…which should mean that the material will be easier…</p>
<p>This Craigslist thing, is it effective? I posted some ads on it, and a man called. I said I would offer math, but he asked if I taught grammar also… I didn’t know what to say (not only b/c he asked for GRAMMAR but also because it was my first call from Craigslist). I said: “uh…Grammar? yes, I am good at grammar” haha. He just said “ok, I’ll call back” and hung up. I didn’t feel professional. I’m thinking of memorizing a line or two just for these calls. What kind of things should I say to make myself seem professional and make the caller want to hire me? </p>
<p>**also, I’m thinking of $10 if they come to me and $15 if I go to them. I also said that I would babysit while tutoring… is this going to work?</p>
<p>Oh, and for parents out there, would you rather hire me for $10 and bring your child to me, or would you rather me go to you for $15?</p>