anyone done any tutoring?

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I've always been quite good at one-on-one teaching, since high school up to now.. I think I do a pretty good job of emulating the other person's way of thinking to explain things so they can understand it. I don't think I can handle a class though, so I don't think I'll become a teacher. I'm thinking of tutoring part-time (have full-time job currently), but was wondering if others have done some tutoring before, how it went, and more so how they got the tutoring gigs. I don't have any teaching experience so that might be a problem for me.

I basically concur with your experience.

I have done a little bit of tutoring with children and have been told that I am very good at it. However, like you I know I could never handle unruly kids - mainly because I couldn't "understand" the illogicality of it because of my Asperger.

The other thing you may wish to consider is adult teaching. I have been trying to do some part-time lecturing for some time now on a University. Indeed, I am waiting on an application currently.

One career objective I am trying to bring about for when I get older is Executive Education. I think that it would suit me very well.


quote="ratonlaveur"]I've always been quite good at one-on-one teaching, since high school up to now.. I think I do a pretty good job of emulating the other person's way of thinking to explain things so they can understand it. I don't think I can handle a class though, so I don't think I'll become a teacher. I'm thinking of tutoring part-time (have full-time job currently), but was wondering if others have done some tutoring before, how it went, and more so how they got the tutoring gigs. I don't have any teaching experience so that might be a problem for me.[/quote]

I tutored Accounting in college. I did lousy in class because it was exam based but because of my understanding of the subject I helped many of my friends to pass. I dont think this would transfer to groups of people either.

As an adult I have also worked one on one with a few children with Aspergers, helping them and thier families adjust to the different ways they see the world. Interesting since I am just reaching the diagnosis stage myself. It took me some time to put two and two together.

My college student job has been to tutor. I work for the local community college, in the math tutoring lab, and reasonably often I'll get referrals for private tutoring students.

I've heard of people doing Craigslist ads, but I never got around to it because there's always plenty of hours with the job I have. The two things to be extra careful of are that 1) private tutoring isn't consistent, so you can't count on the income and 2) be careful to neither over nor under-price yourself. I'm near DC, and the going rate for one on one tutoring ranges from $30 to $60, depending on the subject and the exact geographic location; when I started, I was only charging $20, and I had people mention that they wondered how good I was because I wasn't charging enough.

Also, if you can tutor math or the hard sciences, you should be able to get as many hours as you want through your local school or university. The problem is, they don't pay as well per hour; the plus is, they may refer private students to you, and if there's a no-show all three places I've been at had a policy that you got paid for at least 15 minutes, which is a lot better than the nothing you'll get if you aren't working for a school. Also, it's good for warm fuzzies from helping people who need it but couldn't afford it; since the school pays, not the student, you know you're helping people who can't get other help.

Another thing to look at is online tutoring. I know it exists, and I know there are both websites that let you do symbols and stuff and companies that hire you to be available to answer questions for so many hours a week; I've never actually done it, 'cause I tutor math, and the high schools are so pathetic that I have a vast supply of students.

Another pro community college note - actually, two of them - I'm getting paid right now because I work in the walk-in math tutoring lab, and nobody has questions right now. Also, there is a national certification program for tutors which will only certify people working for an organization that has signed up with them.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

I frequently tutor adult learners going towards their (Microsoft Office User Certification.)
I've mastered MS Office 2003 and the local community college considers me "an asset to the school".

I also volunteer at the local Autism Resource Center (I'm a big brother to young autistic kids). It is all very rewarding

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I'm tutoring at our high school which differs from what you're looking for. Basically I'm a student who the "first-graders" can ask help from, who helps to organize certain events and basically guides around. In reality, there is very little to do and thus the occasional socializing with people doesn't get to drain me in notable amounts and I actually enjoy the job. I even think I'm guite good at it.

I also have a cousin that I'm at times basically forced to help with his homework. As it's forced, it usually occurs when I had much better things to do. However, it's easy and I think if I didn't want to get away from the situation to do my things, I could actually enjoy it to some extent.