Why has tutoring and supplemental education become such a booming opportunity for home-based business operators?
With NCLB ( No child left behind ) ready many teachers have further responsibilities and students can easily fall behind. With national tests and exams, teachers have to spend a large amount of time prepping students for these exams and tests and don't have as much time to help the wrestling student.
Parents dream about their child doing well in class, going to college and beginning a successful career, but when they are not doing well in a subject mothers and fathers will promptly call for a mentor for help!++Many households have two working folks, leaving little or no time to help their children in their school work which makes the idea of a specialised tutor extremely appealing to them. Working folks have extra money but don't always have a large amount of additional time.
Parents wish they could afford private school for their children and choose instead to hire tutors to bolster their children's education. Also, as class sizes keep growing, the idea of customized help becomes more and more appealing!
Tutoring doesn't need a teaching certificate or Master's Degree. In reality many successful tutors don't have either of these. What is most important is that tutors are eager, empathetic, friendly & knowledgeable about their subject!
Many also do not realize that teaching isn't just a seasonal business based mostly on the college year... Students joined up to summer school require help, and students hoping to get ahead and stay current in their work over the summer regularly call on the help of a tutor!
Tutoring is a great business for many individuals including moms, dads+entrepreneurs, students, teachers, self employed persons, and home schoolers. Again, you don't have to have a teaching degree or authorization to become a mentor.
You can choose where you would like to work....in your home, at your local library or at your student's home. Tutoring in your home is great because it lets you maximize your time and book sessions back to back. It also means you save on gas and avoid this added cost for a session.
Working at a library or a local coffee shop is also a brilliant idea. Most libraries have a study room that may be reserved free of charge and this is a quiet but still public space to work together. Cafes are a fun place to meet although they can sometimes be distracting for the student.
In addition to selecting where you need to work, you identify your availability, the people you want to work with, your hourly rate and you choose the subject you need to teach! The time is right for you to reach out and kick off your own teaching business and make a difference in someone's life!
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