JRmommy Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I've considered becoming a math tutor for some time now. I'd love to get advice from others on how you got started, how much you charge and any other tips/advice that you'd like to share? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateingr Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Read "How to Homeschool Math Even if You Hate Fractions." It's mostly geared to parents, but there's a chapter on getting the most out of tutoring that is gold. I have only one tutoring student that is the daughter of a friend, so I'm afraid I don't have much specific advice about getting started. I charge $25/hr for now (in an area with a fairly low cost of living). I've really liked using Math Mammoth's Blue Series with my student because I can zero in on the specific topics she needs to work on, and they're very affordable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRmommy Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Thank you! This is the type of information that I'm looking for! Read "How to Homeschool Math Even if You Hate Fractions." It's mostly geared to parents, but there's a chapter on getting the most out of tutoring that is gold. I have only one tutoring student that is the daughter of a friend, so I'm afraid I don't have much specific advice about getting started. I charge $25/hr for now (in an area with a fairly low cost of living). I've really liked using Math Mammoth's Blue Series with my student because I can zero in on the specific topics she needs to work on, and they're very affordable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Many local schools/universities keep "tutor lists" in the department that they can give out to students who want a tutor. You can call and ask to get put on the tutor list, and that's a great place to start. Depending on how much effort you want to put into advertising, you can also post ads on craigslist and on bulletin boards are local schools. Most of my business comes from referrals at this point, though (parents talk with other parents about their children who are struggling, etc.) I charge $35/hour, I only tutor out of my home, and I tutor primarily high-schoolers and beyond. I'm on the high end for where I live, and a see a bit of business pass me by as a result (mostly college students who want to pass tests without actually learning math...). But I'm ok with that. I'm good -- not trying to brag: just acknowledging that I have 10 years of teaching experience (college, graduate level, and math education with in-service teachers as well), 15 years of tutor experience, a PhD, and I happen to be a pretty good math teacher -- and I don't want to tutor a *lot* (just enough to earn a little extra). So having a small group of people who I tutor is preferable to tutoring lots of students at $15-20/hr (like a lot of math majors do in my area). By getting on the tutor list at the local uni, though, I get enough calls (even at my higher-than-usual rate) that I turn down two-thirds of the calls I get each semester, so I'd say that's the place to start! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I've considered becoming a math tutor for some time now. I'd love to get advice from others on how you got started, how much you charge and any other tips/advice that you'd like to share? My husband (Chemistry Ph.D.) has been tutoring as well as teaching classes to small groups of homeschoolers for over ten years now. (For a time, he also taught at a homeschooling resource center as well as at a charter school.) His first foray into tutoring came about because he answered a want ad in the Classifieds of a local alternative paper; his first student was homeschooled. He has since tutored public and private schooled students, homeschoolers, and college students. He tutors math from the elementary level through precalculus as well as SAT and ACT math. He also tutors Physical Science, Chemistry, and Physics. Favorite texts he uses includes Margaret Lial's Basic College Math as well as her PreAlgebra, Algebra, and PreCalculus books. For Geometry, he likes Jacobs' Geometry. He uses Schaum's Outlines and also Ron Yang's A-Plus books. For word problems at the Algebra level, he likes Anita Harnadek's books: Algebra Word Problems Book 1 and Algebra II Word Problems He also likes How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra by Mildred Johnson He uses a number of games when he tutors ~ Math Dash Equate (Here is a link to the Conceptual Math Media Equate Advanced Tiles ) Quarto Iota SET Other resources include Balance Benders from Critical Thinking Company as well as MindBenders Logic Links from MindWare. There are four book levels, A through D. There is also a boxed set of puzzles. That link is here. We live in a fairly low income area. My husband charges $18.00 per hour. In addition to tutoring in person, he also tutors via Skype. Most of his students now come through word of mouth recommendations. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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