How to Become a Tutor and Make Money From Home
How to become a tutor. This is an in-demand service and requires minimal start-up costs. Find out what you need to start a small tutoring business and earn income from home.
Although there are no specific licensing requirements to become a tutor you do need to have the appropriate level of academic knowledge for the type of tutoring you are offering and the level of students you are tutoring. In addition you need an understanding of effective teaching methods. Your biggest challenge will be finding those first tutoring jobs. Here we give you tried and tested ways to promote yourself as a tutor when starting out.
Create promotional material
This is your first step. You need to have some decent marketing material to hand out to prospective clients and to network with. You can make your own business cards and develop a flyer or brochure inexpensively. These are effective and essential to starting a successful tutoring service. A brief but informative resume is also a necessary requirement when marketing yourself as a tutor. Post your flyers where your target market is likely to see them such as libraries and on campuses.
Contact Area Schools
Contact your area schools and distribute your promotional material including a resume to teachers and school counselors. If you are friends with any school teachers ask them to recommend you to parents or students. Ask for permission to post your flyers at schools.
Contact Home School Groups
Many home school groups use tutors for subjects such as Math, foreign languages and Science. Find out if you can do a brief presentation to the group or distribute your business card and flyer.
Advertise in Local Publications
A small, inexpensive advertisement in the local paper and community newsletters can bring in a number of inquiries. Make sure you clearly state your qualifications and sell yourself.
Online Classifieds
Web-based classified ads can bring in a good response. Craigslist offers free local classified ads and is a good place to start advertising your tutoring service. You can submit a classified ad to an online tutor directory such as tutor-ads.com or tutor-pages.com
Check Job Boards
Online job sites such as Simply Hired advertise tutor jobs. Just search the site using the keyword “Tutor” and your location to find possible jobs. Specific sites such as SchoolSpring are another good source of possible tutor jobs.
Sign up with a Tutoring Agency
Find out what opportunities are available through reputable tutoring agencies in your area. Do an internet search on the tutoring agency to find out more about it before you sign up.
Visit College Career Opportunity Centers
These centers have a list of available jobs including tutoring positions.
Once you have established yourself as a professional and reliable tutor you will find that word of mouth becomes your best way to get tutoring work.