Tips for tutors
Practical tips for private tutors: how to get started, find students, set your rates and organize your work.
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How to Move Your Tutoring Business Online
How to take your tutoring online: the tools, lessons that work on screen, current students and new ones.
Inside: a shortlist of platforms and tools, time-zone habits, a 30-day plan and a checklist to print
13 min read
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When it’s time to stop tutoring a student and how to end the lessons calmly, with every payment settled.
Inside: four messages to parents, what to settle before the last lesson and a checklist to print
10 min read
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How to see where your working time goes and earn more without adding lessons.
Inside: a workload check, a small-group example, ways to cut admin and an action plan to print
10 min read
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How to find out why homework isn’t getting done, adjust the workload and talk to the student and parents.
Inside: phrases for the student, a message to parents, a plan for a lesson without homework, and a checklist
11 min read
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How to work out a new rate, give families notice and respond when the new price doesn’t suit them.
Inside: three message templates, a reply for when a family says no, and a checklist
14 min read
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What to tell parents about a student’s progress, how often, and what to do when they’re unhappy with the results.
Inside: four example messages and a checklist to run before you send an update
15 min read
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What to ask before the first lesson, how to structure it, assess the student’s level and share results with parents.
Inside: a checklist of what to cover before the first lesson ends
10 min read
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How to set a fair cancellation policy, whether to charge for missed lessons and how to talk to a parent.
Inside: a terms template for parents (DOCX and PDF) and a checklist
8 min read
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Who to teach, where to advertise, how to write a tutoring ad and how to see which channels bring students.
Inside: a six-step checklist to your first students
3 min read
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Tutoring rates, worked examples of monthly income, expenses and a simple formula for your own earnings.
Inside: a formula and a checklist to work out your income
8 min read
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Choose a subject, plan your first lesson, set your rates, find students and keep your records in order.
Inside: a checklist of first steps for new tutors
8 min read