<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>
<p>Well I know that where I live the price for a decent tutor (college level) is about $20 - 25 per hour. It goes up much more depending on credentials. A college graduate (BS or BA) in that particular field can ask for at least $30, whereas someone with teaching experience in addition can easily command a price of $45 and up. I personally am planning on tutoring part tome once I get back to school, and will start at an asking rate of $17.50/hour. </p>
<p>But then again I have much more experience than you (college sophomore) and will only tutor within my area of major (math). Also I'm only going to be working with either high school aged or underclassman college students, who're much more willing to pay in order to pass their classes. So as far as how much money you could be asking for will vary depending on your market. Sorry that I can't help you out more in that department, but you should be good at $7 an hour, if not under priced. A quick Craigslist search should help you out with your price estimates.</p>
<p>The problem you're going to run into is that at the age of students you're trying to work with there are going to be many alternatives to your teaching that their parents can go to. So what you need to do now is come up with reasons why your service is better for the child than the alternatives (day cares, learning centers and such). Your lower price is NOT going to be a strong enough selling point to make up for a lack of edge in this respect. Parents are almost always willing to pay extra if they think it'll help their child out, so if they think that they could get something more from someone else they're not going to go with you, no matter how much less you cost. So find out your strongest selling point, or develop one in the summer so you'll have one when you start searching for customers.</p>
<p>As far as how to find parents who're in need of tutors I'd recommend you start with Craigslist, followed by posting fliers in places such as libraries, grocery stores and such.</p>
<p>When I tutored these last 2 years in high school (2nd-11th graders), I got $15 an hour - it was a school program where we got paid directly by the parents.</p>
<p>I did something like that. I tutored a sixth grader in math, easy stuff but she was dumb and had no study skills haha her mom gave me $10 an hour, and i think she still failed that class</p>
<p>Im a rising senior and i charge 10 bucks an hour but i tutor high school kids, when you tutor young ones you have to consider what a parent would be willing to pay.</p>
<p>$15-20. Start high, see if that works...</p>
<p>i was offered $15 to tutor algebra I to an eighth grade. of course i took it =D i was a high school senior at the time</p>
<p>I get 15$/hr to tutor all ages, but my boss pays me that and the parents are paying her 40$/hr. Yes, I'm getting royally ripped off. :[</p>
<p>i tutored a 1st grader for a month. got $10/hour and was ridiculously easy. =D</p>
<p>how did you guys get these jobs? did you advertise, or did people approach you?</p>
<p>Well, my mom's friend wanted her daughters' to be tutored.</p>
<p>YAY ME.</p>
<p>i talked to someone that i knew...llike you know, your neighbors, etc, people that you know, you just start talking and suddenly the person exclaims, "My daughter doesn't understand 1+2!"</p>
<p>my school is K-12 and parents can tell the guidance counselor if they want tutors then the guidance counselor asks kids in the NHS if their interested.</p>
<p>^Mine was the same.
pre-k to 12 school, and it's set up through the learning specialists (anyone can offer to tutor).</p>
<p>for mine, somehow the mother got hold of our career center and they put up a flier. i saw the flier in my statistics class, called, was told i was the first male to call (they preferred a male tutor) and they offered me the job after 12 hrs</p>
<p>12$ per hour</p>
<p>I e-mailed all of my parents friends and asked that they forward the e-mail on to their friends. after 2 weeks I got a student</p>