Wondering How to Set up a Tutoring Job for the Summer

Updated on June 04, 2013
S.G. asks from Bothell, WA
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I am a Special Education teacher with almost 10 years of experience and a Masters degree. I have had quite a few parents ask me for tutor recommendations which got me thinking of tutoring this summer. I have two young children and was wondering how others set up tutoring sessions with students. Where do you do the tutoring and how much do you typically charge? I tutored one summer at the library which worked out great, but now that I have my own kids, the logistics are more complicated. Thank you!

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S.E.

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One summer we had a "summer school". Multiple special needs kids (max was 5) with one teacher she did most of it in her home (one of the kids was hers) expectations were low from the parents but she did awesome! She did lots and lots of hands on nature exploration and then "study" related to it, biology, math all around looking at flowers. The kids loved it. If I could find another teacher doing something like that I would be thrilled. If you can manage it consider that.

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T.F.

answers from Dallas on

You have tutored before so I am sure some people are aware of your services already.

The library is the suggested meeting place around here because it is quiet and there are little intrusions.

How od are your children? Can you get a "mom's helper' while you tutor? My daughter did that around 11-12 yrs old for a teacher and she got $5 an hour just for keeping the children occupied so the mom could tutor.

When daughter was taking private violin lessons, the teacher's husband took the children out for a while.

As for going rates, around here prices start at $50 an hour for academic tutoring.

Best wishes!

R.R.

answers from Houston on

Do it at your home durign the kids nap times. But, what ages are your kids and can they stay quiet when yuo need them to? If they cannot stay quiet for long, make sure that your rates are so reasonable that not even an uptight suburban mom can whine.

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C.S.

answers from Las Vegas on

Google tutoring [zip code], you will find a website with all the local tutors, their credentials, and the fees.

I suggest you find someone to watch your children. If you tutor my child and your children were present, quite honestly, I would be pissed.

My daughter is the exact reason I don't accept small photo jobs, it is not worth it.

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F.C.

answers from Tampa on

My sister in law does this and in the past she did it at the local library that had "study rooms" - private rooms with a desk and a couple of chairs. I would try to schedule the sessions back to back on the same day/days

Depending upon the ages of your children here are some ideas

1) tutor while they are at Summer Camp
2) ask a friend to watch your kids on your tutor day/s and then you repay them with other day/s or evening
3) hire a sitter

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J.B.

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When I tutor, I go to the student's home or to the library, but I work with high school students so in their home works fine because they are used to studying and can get into study mode even at their kitchen table.

When we hired a reading tutor for my oldest son, we went to his house but he was very experienced and had a wait list so in order to hire him, you had to be willing to go where he was so that he could work with one student after another. I think that at a tutor's home or somewhere like a library is better for smaller kids because a change of setting helps them to focus more, vs. being distracted by their own siblings, toys, etc. If you do plan to work out of your house, have a quiet place set up where your children can't interrupt. A mother's helper or sitter to entertain you children while you work is essential, and your kids should be in a part of the house where you can close a door and you should be in an open area. I've had to do a few tutoring sessions at my home on an emergency basis and for those times, my kids were instructed to stay in the basement playroom or outside while my student and I worked in the kitchen. In your home, you'll want to work in an open area and within earshot of parent so that no one can accuse you of anything inappropriate. At my son's tutor's home, I would sit at the island in the kitchen and read and they worked in an adjacent living room area that was set up with student seating and all of his teaching equipment. My son couldn't see me (which would have distracted him) but I was within earshot.

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