Working at a Tutoring Center

Hi, J..

I am also a private tutor. I have tutored for ClubZ Tutoring in the past and they seem to be the most competitive as far a salary goes. The centers only want to pay you about $10/hr., which probably isn't worth your time. When I worked for ClubZ I was making about $20/hr. You should be able to search for them online.

Word of mouth works for me now, and clients seek me out ,which has been a bonus for me. You should ask your clients if they have any friends that are in need of summer tutoring.

Good luck!

A.

J., funny you should ask - I'm in the same exact situation. I've been privately tutoring for 3 years, since my oldest was born and I left the classroom. I first worked for a tutoring center - not a big chain - a small local one - Their rate was $20-$25/hour based on experience, but I convinced them to pay me $30 b/c I had my master's degree. This job is "on the books" so while they don't take taxes from your paycheck, they do report it and therefore, you'd probably have to pay taxes on that income. When I built up a client list (my former principal was giving my name out to parents at my old school), I was able to charge $60 an hour, which was the average for that area (Northshore suburbs). It was not worth it for me to work at the center anymore. However - since my second child was born last year - I had to pass on my clients to other teacher friends and I have not been able to get any more! I am thinking of returning to the center. Bottom line - you can make significantly less money - but it's better than nothing! And also - you may have additional paperwork (I had to file weekly and monthly progress reports on each student.)

I worked at a privately owned tutoring center years ago in Bartlett, IL. It was not one of the big chains but our program was similar (our owner had experience working at one of the chains).

You'll have a set hourly pay rate and a fairly regular schedule which will give you more consistency in pay and scheduling your other events. They will each have a set curriculum for the child to follow so there will be less for you to do in preparation for each session than with private tutoring. We used to offer 1:1 or 3:1 tutoring so you may have hours where you are dividing your time among 3 or more students at once. Depending on the center you may or may not consistently work with the same students which means you have less of an opportunity to bond with the students you are working with which I always thought was part of the fun of teaching.

Overall it's a pretty good way to make some extra money. Usually low stress and fun especially over the summer when parents aren't as stressed about school grades and aren't looking for immediate improvement.

Good luck,
K.

This might help:
http://www.cleverapple.com/howtostartatutoringservice.html

I have my own tutoring Company Funn with Phonics Tutoring company for the past five years but have been tutoring for over ten years. I worked at Huntington and there pay scale when I worked for them a few years back was round between and 10-11 an hour. It depends on how many hours you want to work. Also their policy is that they don't let you work with the same kids each week. They have a rigid format for teaching children that cannot be changed. Sometimes children who go their are not happy with the program. That is one of the reasons I started my own program. Each child learns a bit differently and when they have a a specific way of teaching it is not effective for children that learn in a more hands on type of environment.

This doesn't answer your question but I thought I would share that we used Club Z in-home tudoring a few years ago.
They send a tudor to your house and it was expensive so you could check to see if there was one in your area and see if they need anyone. I believe you would have to travel to the student vs. the student coming to you but I don't know.

Hi J.~
This is not exactly an answer to your question, but another idea for bringing in additional money. I am also a former teacher now staying at home with my kids. I supplement our income by sharing Usborne Books with others. This is a great way to bring in an extra $400-$600 a month working just a few hours a week!

If you'd like more info, I'm happy to share. This business is a perfect fit for the tutoring you are already doing and you will find yourself able to use many of the materials with your students you are already working with. (Our learning palette is a great tool for tutoring!)

There are several reasons I chose Usborne Books:

First, the books are a direct benefit to my kids--we have books for babies/toddlers through high school and I love that I am putting the best books on the market into my home for free!

Second, I am still feeding my passion of helping other children learn to read and, perhaps even more importantly, I'm helping parents know how to help their children. I love that I am able to give free books to moms and to schools!

Third, the extra money is really nice! I've provided all kinds of things for my family on my extra income. I even just took my kids to Hawaii on a trip I earned--I could never have done this on my teaching salary!

I love that I can schedule my own hours and that the business allows me the flexibility to work around my family's schedule. I love working one-to-one with other moms, in small groups of other moms, and at preschools & other school settings to share books through our book fair program.

I'd love to chat with you more if you'd like more info. You can also check my website at www.UsborneBooks-n-More.com You can send me a private message and we can chat more.....

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!
K. Lilley, Team Leader & Trainer
Usborne Books & More