Becoming a private tutor- all questions here

glowgirl_2

Hi, I havnt read the whole thread and I'm not a private tutor or looking to be one but glancing through this forum reminded me of an advert in my local paper this week looking for tutors (qualified teachers) of maths and english at keystage levels 1 and 2 for a minimum of 12 hours per week, flexi teaching either at a local school, pupils home or your own home and it pays £25 per hour:D, now I live in the sticks and there are few jobs around here so if anyone is in the Tendring area and is interested pm me and I'll point them in the right direction - hope this is of use to someone:)

BeautyandtheBeast_3

Hi, anyone else rushed off their feet? Im am booked solid every night with some nights doing 2 pupils. hopefully the debt wil be leaving me SOON!

antsea

crawley_girl wrote: »

What about TEFL and ESOL?

I quite like the idea of private tutoring but like others, wouldn't know where to start with 'obtaining' new pupils - be it children or adults.

Could it work do you think?

:heartpuls CG :heartpuls

My day job is teaching TEFL and ESOL. I'm happy to give advice about the work itself.

Does anyone have any tips on how to find adult students for private tutoring?

I'm thinking it would be good to arrange group classes, as I can get paid more per hour...i.e. 2 students at £15 each is more than one paying £20 and so on. Plus it's better for them to speak with each other.

I'm in London if anyone has any good places to advertise.

Heamol

Hi all, I am a newbie to the forum so trying to get used to posting!

I was wondering myself about becoming a private tutor (I have an MA in English). I've tutored at uni by doing one-to-one essay workshops so am confident about adult tuition but doing A-Level/GCSE tuition (or younger) I'm not so sure about as I've never taught schoolkids before. My question is basically whether the experience/level of skill required is very different when teaching/tutoring school-age students as opposed to university students? Does anyone here have experience of both? The students I tutored pretty much knew their problem areas and asked for help with them accordingly- but is a large part of tutoring schoolchildren being able to assess their educational needs yourself? Any advice would be much appreciated!

Victoriajayne

I've just read through some of this thread as the subject of tutoring/training is of interest to me.

I'm currently completing the PTLLS at college, with a view to becoming a vocational trainer, delivering training to adults - my subjects are Computer Aided Design/Manufacture and Door Supervision (a huge difference between the two, but never mind !)
Anyway, I'm just wondering what is currently taught in schools regarding Computer Aided Design ? Way back when I was at school, we learned traditional technical drawing using pencils and paper, but I figure it's all CAD now ? I'm wondering whether there could be opportunities for me, and what level of PTLLS/CTLLS/DTLLS/??? I would need to deliver/mentor CAD training in schools.

All advice welcome ! :-)

geekinaseat

Hi there, I'm quite interested to know what experienced peeps (yes thats you guys;)) think about my chances of doing a bit of tutoring in my spare time.

I'm an IT consultant and have a degree in the subject and whilst I wouldn't mind tutoring GCSE level I'd quite like to offer it to adults as well. I have no teaching experience (no CRB either) but whenever I do training at work I really enjoy it. Do you think there is any demand for this sort of thing? My experience ranges from obviosuly studying the theory in depth at university to general computer use right up to business solutions and enterprise stuff etc. I realise the big business IT side might not be of much use but some kind of small business basics could be a go-er? Or would it be more sensible to go for the GCSE side of things?

BeautyandtheBeast_3

Heamol wrote: »

Hi all, I am a newbie to the forum so trying to get used to posting!

I was wondering myself about becoming a private tutor (I have an MA in English). I've tutored at uni by doing one-to-one essay workshops so am confident about adult tuition but doing A-Level/GCSE tuition (or younger) I'm not so sure about as I've never taught schoolkids before. My question is basically whether the experience/level of skill required is very different when teaching/tutoring school-age students as opposed to university students? Does anyone here have experience of both? The students I tutored pretty much knew their problem areas and asked for help with them accordingly- but is a large part of tutoring schoolchildren being able to assess their educational needs yourself? Any advice would be much appreciated!

Hi, school age chilldren require alot more planning and preparation. Uni students as well as A level students are aware of problem areas but school age are not quite so. You generally need to assess what level they are currently working at, find out what their target grade is (fft data usually from school) and how to ensure the child reaches that target. if you need a hand drop me a line

Home_Tuition_Scotland

I'm a secondary maths and english tutor in Edinburgh and hometuitionscotland.com provide good rates for GCTS registered schoolteachers.

ladyn_2

I think you should go for it!!! If your doing the job and pupils can see results it doesnt matter how old you are! You may get some people who dont take you seriously but keep trying. Offer a free lesson first maybe to get buy in. But if it is what you want to do there is ways around it so dont let your age put you off.

Sammyantha

I have a first degree in English Literature and Psychology. Through my degree, I tutored lower level degree, GCSE, and A-Level students. I also went on to work as a LSA in a centre for children with behavioural problems and learning difficulties for just over 1 year as experience for my PGCE application. I didn't get onto the PGCE course afterall (degree not good enough) and gave up on the whole idea. That was over 7 years ago now, and I've been in sales ever since.

I'd love to take it up again but not sure where to start. I'm thinking of setting up from home and maybe offering my services 2 nights per week, and a Saturday morning - afternoon session for catchup/ exam preparation etc.

The way i did it before was to conduct an initial lesson to see what areas the pupil needed help with, what they were currently reading, goals they were already working towards etc. Then really just supported whatever areas they were working on.

Any tips as to how to get started again, where to get the resources from, and if there's any call for English Lit and Psychology tuition these days?