Considering becoming a private tutor? The rewards of one-to-one

Becoming a private tutor is fulfilling – you’re proud to make a difference to somebody’s life! There are other benefits too:

• Teaching and planning feeds your creativity.
• It looks brilliant on your CV.
• You get paid to teach the subject you love.
• You are entirely free to plan your lessons as you think best.
• Attractive rates of pay.
• Flexible hoursTutor online or in-person.
• Private tutoring is fulfilling.

 When you teach one-to-one, you build up a personal relationship with your student. This relationship is fundamental to your student’s success, because students who trust and respect their tutors learn much better. Because you have a close relationship, you feel personally invested in your student’s success. Every time they overcome a challenge or achieve a personal goal, you'll light up inside. Their achievement is a direct result of your efforts, and you can truly be proud of yourself. Tutors who personalise learning, listen to their students and incorporate their students’ learning style and interests into lessons reap significant rewards. 

Become a tutor: feed your creativity

You get to unleash your creative potential. To plan lessons and to prepare engaging, attractive resources is a creative, rewarding process. Your brain will be buzzing with new thoughts and ideas as you solve problems and explore different possibilities. If you’re a maths teacher, for instance, you might find yourself racking your brain to find a new way to teach a particular concept, so that your student can thoroughly understand it. 

Discussions with students can give you a fresh perspective on your subject. If you’re an art teacher, you might find that you gain new insight into a familiar piece. If you teach English Literature, you could discover a new, meaningful interpretation of a classic text. 

Tutoring enhances your CV

As a private tutor, you can demonstrate a wealth of transferable job skills. 

Private tutors are:

• Organised. Successful lessons are meticulously planned and resourced.
• Able to motivate and manage others. They can ignite passion in their subject, and support students to meet their goals – "You can do it!"
• Able to listen. Listening and responding well to a student's ideas, questions and suggestions is the foundation for successful lessons.
• Patient, diplomatic and understanding. They know that everybody has their own strengths to build upon and difficulties to manage.
• Creative problem-solvers who tailor their teaching to individual students. They explore different ways to deepen and reinforce students’ understanding, adapting their teaching methods accordingly.
• Skilled, engaging communicators. They're able to break down difficult concepts and communicate them in a clear, understandable way, whilst keeping their lessons excitingOrganised.  Successful lessons are meticulously planned and resourced.

Get paid to teach the subject you love!

 Are you an incredible cook, a professional pianist, an expert sewer, an IT whizz or a fluent French speaker? Everybody has a skill they can share with others. All that’s required is that you can demonstrate, through qualifications and/or experience, that you're competent to tutor your subject. If you want to tutor an academic subject, you must be qualified to at least one level higher than the level you tutor. So, if you would like to tutor GCSE Art, then you need to have A-Level Art. 

There's nothing better than getting paid to share your own interest. You're free to plan your own lessons — you know best.

Nobody understands your student as you do. You know their level, their personality, their favourite learning style, their personal challenges and strengths, and their individual interests. That’s why you're completely free to plan and resource your lessons. As a private tutor, all you need to focus on is how to help your student to achieve their goals. 

Attractive rates of pay

 The average private tutor earns £25 per hour, while at TutorExtra, tutors tutors earn as much as £80 per hour. As a self-employed person, you set your own rates of pay, taking into account your level of experience and what other, similar tutors are charging in your local area. If you want to increase your hourly rate, you could consider offering group tutoring sessions, remembering that students will pay a bit less per hour than for one-to-one tuition.

Whether you are already working but need a second income, are in-between jobs or are a college student, private tutoring is a meaningful, enjoyable way to increase your income. 

Flexible hours

You're completely free to set your own working hours to fit your lifestyle. The more hours you can offer, the more students you will attract. 

Tutor online or in-person

With online tutoring, the world is your classroom. You can teach online in the comfort of your own living room, if you want to. Most computers already have a webcam and a microphone, but it's a good idea to invest in a better quality microphone headset; this will only cost around £10. At TutorExtra, all the software you need, including an interactive whiteboard and instant chat facility, is already set up for you on our learning platform.

Tutoring in person usually takes place in a student’s own house, so choose your catchment area accordingly. You can also teach at your own home or in another suitable learning environment, such as a library, a community room, a quiet café or even the park on a sunny day!

Go for it!

The greatest advantage of private tutoring is the flexibility and control you have over your own life. You decide what, when, where and how you teach. As a private tutor, you inspire others. Your students will value and cherish you — there's no job quite like it.

Ready to change lives?  Contact TutorExtra  -  become a private tutor today!