Ten Reasons to Be a Private Tutor

 Tutoring — whether you're looking to make a career out of it or simply to provide an extra income stream, there are so many reasons for becoming a private tutor. Here are ten of them.

1. Rewarding

 By imparting knowledge and being there to help your students every step of the way, you're giving your students hope and possibility, which is a wonderful thing to do. Many people are really fulfilled by tutoring students in this way, as they know that they've contributed positively to someone else's life.

2. Work with All Ages

 You can tutor kids up to grandparents. You’ll be surprised how much you can learn from the enthusiasm and energy that your young students will bring to the classroom, while the older ones will offer experience and wisdom that can enrich your own understanding of both life and the syllabus.

3. Get Back to Basics 

 Tutoring can help you ground yourself thoroughly in the fundamentals of your discipline to better understand it yourself. Go above and beyond the call of duty by learning the ins and outs of your subject, while becoming a master of the basics. Tutoring is an ideal foundation to further learning and engagement with your subject.

4. Shaping the World Leaders of Tomorrow

 By giving your students the tools they need to be successful in their own lives, you're helping the community, not to mention giving them the best possible start in life by helping them to love learning. You'll have the privilege of teaching the future barristers, police officers, CEOs, MPs and artists of tomorrow.

5. Be a Role Model

 Lead by example and help kids find their own feet and voice by encouraging them to be the best versions of themselves. Children and young adults often need guidance and can fall off the straight and narrow. As a tutor, you can help show them the right path.

6. Fall Back in Love with Education.

 Re-live simpler times through your students. Watch their eyes light up as they gain valuable knowledge, engage with challenging syllabuses and approach difficult exams totally prepared. Tutoring enables you to pass on your passion for learning that can last throughout your life to the next generation.

7. A Career in Education

 By entering the world of academia, there’s no limit to what you could achieve. You can take your teaching career as far as you want. Tutoring gives you a perfect platform to develop your own knowledge base, get a teaching qualification and see where it can take you.

8. Keep Your Mind Active and Engage with New Challenges

 Tutoring is one of the most stimulating jobs, as every day is different and each student will bring new and exciting challenges to engage you. Be inspired as students come to life with excitement for the course. 

9. Grow as a Person

 Tutoring can help you stretch and grow as an individual, gaining maturity and independence by the challenging situations that tutoring creates. You'll be planning lessons, presenting your material and working through the syllabus, while learning to improvise and communicate clearly. It can also help you develop your leadership, planning and organisation skills. 

10. Flexibility

 Work your own hours on your own terms, as much or as little as you want. You can fit tutoring around your own studies, or even a full time job. Register with TutorExtra to find more advice and support on setting yourself up as a private tutor and finding students.