Work advice needed - tutoring/editing?

JoEsther · September 2011

I'm hoping you can help me figure out how best to work this idea...

My work situation right now is such that I'm part-time at two placements, working for hours (not for pay - it's complicated).

I want to figure out a source of income (not critical right now, as H's gainfully employed (we're lucky, we know it), but something that I feel right about doing) and so I thought I could offer myself as a tutor or an editor for college/high school papers.

I have an MA, good math skills (as well as others - I note math in particular because I have a belief that kids need help in math across the board and I tutored math during my UG years), am good at explaining and clarifying, and have half days free twice a week, and Fridays totally open.

Have any of your tutored on the side, or edited papers? How did you go about publicizing yourself? Are there any restrictions or requirements I should know about?

x-posted (kinda, with a few edits)

Mrs.BoomBoom · September 2011

Years ago, I posted an ad on Craigslist and got jobs that way. You can also contact the counseling office at your local high school (or middle school) You may also want to contact teachers directly. You could even potentially put fliers in the teachers' boxes. I know parents ask me from time to time about tutors and I don't know where to send them.

patty&nick · September 2011

My husband does private math tutoring 3 nights a week, and he gets all of his clients from craigslist. Parents of high school or young college students are always calling or emailing him asking them to tutor their kids.

The only thing you should know is to say in your ad that you won't tutor a minor without a parent present. Nothing has happened that makes me say that, I just feel it is a good safety measure to protect all parties.

hannikan · September 2011

You could certainly be a tutor on your own as an individual, through a learning center (like Sylvan or something) or if you wanted to work in schools you could become an AVID tutor. Not all school districts have AVID but many do nationwide. You have to be certified in their program so you'd want to research it a little. If you have further questions I could probably answer them as I was an AVID teacher and helped hire the tutors we had. You could work at multiple schools in the same school district or just at one, depending on your availability. Here's their website to look at it: www.avid.org

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