It seems that tutoring is not stable enough.
Is there a way to stablize the clientelle, and what can i do about the rash of cancellations?
I want to teach language to adults where there is high demand, and I work in a metropolis of 2 million people.
I would not be limited to evenings, but also teach during the day.
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yes easily because teachers to not get paid as much as teachers but you would have to be really good and if you were a private tutor you would make even more.
about cancellations i don’t know what to tell.
Henri
WOW !! Great Question !! Well to avoid cancellations, keep an ad in your local paper, or get a radio spot (which does cost more $$$)….. I have done some tutoring. It is difficult. My problem was our location. So if your in an area of over 30 thousand folks, you might do better.
Good Luck.
tutor them in groups, like a night class, but for unique things like language, art, self defense. Not just help with homework but an extra class. High class clientel would of course be more lucrative. Have good results and get the kids happy and excited to come will help stabalize. Maybe charge a monthly rate so you still get paid if they miss a class, but this may drive some away itself.
I would think it would be difficult to make a living just doing tutoring. What age/grade group are you talking about? How would you get six to eight hours of tutoring in during an evening? At your place or at the student’s home?
Stabilizing clientelle would be difficult. Once a student reaches the level they need, they will stop coming. No way to avoid that. Cancellations are a fact of life. Things come up and the parents must cancel. You could draw up contracts that say you get paid for a certain number of sessions, or by the month so that you get paid whether they attend or not, but that could cause you to lose some jobs.
Have you checked out places like Sylvan Learning?
You still need to report your income for taxes. You will also need to pay employer and employee shares of Social Security as a self-employed tutor. If you don’t, you may end up with not enough credits to collect Social Security when you retire! And no retirement fund. The idea becomes less and less attractive to me once you start plugging in all of the numbers!
So, no, one cannot make a living just doing tutoring as opposed to teaching in a school!
The benefits of tutoring are that, by hour, you’re paid FAR better than a teacher. The downsides are the shaky market.
Get in touch with local colleges and schools. With any luck, they’ll be able to recommend you, and those will probably become your main source of clients.