Re: Tutoring or Test Prep for ACT, SAT, Etc.
- From: Jonathan Groves <JGroves@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:58:08 EST
Dave L. Renfro wrote:
A few years ago, in another group, I posted some
questions
about tutoring rates, which generated a number of
replies.
Some of these replies might be of use. I haven't
looked at
them since then, however, other than (just now)
another post
of mine in the same thread.
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=4049364
The next URL is for a post about my experience with
Sylvan,
in case it could be of some use/interest to you:
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=6182754
Finally, here's someone who seems to have really
mastered
the art of advertising his services on the internet.
Although
I think most of what he does is in person, his web
pages
may give you some ideas for what you could do as well
as for how to market yourself.
http://www.charlottemathtutor.com/
Sorry for the late reply, but I have been working
intensely on my research lately. I am trying to take
advantage of the time I have now before I start teaching
online. I am hurrying to get as much done as I can,
and I am hurrying as quickly as I can to solve
some problems that have eluded me for a while
and that I hadn't had much time in the past to look
at. And I am hurrying to try to get some
new papers published as well as other papers that
I am very late in trying to get published.
Thank you for this information. Your first posting,
which is about hourly rates for tutoring, is extremely
intesting and has generated some interesting replies.
Apparently there is good money to be made in tutoring
mathematics, but these replies indicate that it
is clear that the money to be made strongly depends
on where the tutor chooses to work, whether the
tutor is a private tutor or works for a tutoring
organization, whether he works part-time
or full-time, how many students he tutors and how
long per week, how rich the students or their parents
are, how well he can sell himself, and so on.
It is too bad that Sylvan, at least the one in
your area, hires only certified teachers.
Uncertified teachers aren't necessarily
untrustworthy; likewise, certified teachers
aren't necessarily trustworthy. More importantly,
there is a huge difference between teaching in
the classroom and tutoring one or a very
small group of students. Of course it is hard
to believe good classroom teachers wouldn't make
good tutors (I wonder if it's impossible that
a good classroom teacher won't make a good
tutor). But those not trained in teaching in the
classroom or are bad at teaching in the classroom
aren't necessarily incapable of tutoring.
I myself find tutoring much easier than
classroom teaching and can see for myself
that those who make excellent tutors
don't necessarily make good teachers in the
classroom. Sylvan's policy (at least that one)
is based on a false assumption.
I suppose I can understand that they would like
those who tutor to be familiar with how
children learn and how to deal with them
while tutoring them, but I don't think
a teaching license is necessary to show that.
If I am wrong, hopefully someone here on
Math Forum will correct me.
But it really is too bad that they didn't
tell you up front that you needed a teaching
license to work there so that you didn't
have to waste all that time filling out an
application. I hate it when employers waste
time like that! For example, in one
case of a job for one school, the school uses
Adjunctopia (though I got a job just recently from
that same school without using it),
and I had to waste well over an hour filling
out an online profile just to find out that
this statistics position is for those
familar with business and economics!
Why couldn't they have told me that up front?
Perhaps the Sylvan centers in some places
don't require tutors to be certified teachers,
but I could be wrong. I can ask sometime
before I start asking about applications
or openings so that they don't waste too
much of my time.
I will soon examine thoroughly the website from the
Charlotte tutor to get more ideas about
marketing myself for tutoring jobs--if I choose to
seek such jobs. I looked at the website for
a moment, and it looks good.
Jonathan Groves
.
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