How much would you pay...

[NotUrsula]

We pay $25/hour for grade school, at the teacher's home. She has her young child there at the same time, which does cause occasional interruptions.

High School is generally higher, and the more technical the subject, the higher the rate. If you go to the student's home you should be paid travel time and mileage, too.

 

[krcit]

My friend pays $75 an hour for her sons reading tutor I may bite the bullet and hire her for the summer b/c she is amazing. I was paying a high school girl $25 an hour to tutor my ds when he was in K. Don't sell yourself short!

 

[Kathi OD]

A lot depends on where you live. 30 years ago I was getting $25/hour, so I'm thinking that I'd want at least $50 or $60 now, maybe more.

 

[MushyMushy]

Oh. My. Goodness!

I am really in shock here. I didn't realize anyone would pay that much for a tutor. At those rates, why get a teaching job at all?

Where you all live, do the kids have access to free tutoring at all? Around here, the schools offer a free after-school program, as do the libraries.

As for going in the homes, I was thinking more in terms of teaching computers. The people who have approached me about it wanted to learn on their own computers. I told them about the computer class I was already teaching (free!) but they were willing to actually pay to have someone come to them.

 

[DisTeacher07]

I was feeling guilty about charging $20 to tutor in second grade reading (I teach across the hall from my student's classroom, so she comes to my room once a week for after school tutoring).

Thanks for asking this question! I'm more comfortable with charging that much now!

 

[quentina]

I pay $35.00 hour at her house. That is the average around here. $40.00 hour considered high.

 

[KristineN]

between 80-90 per hour here. when she first told me the rate I about passed out.

 

[Pigeon]

It very much depends on where you live and what you teach.

My sister in a wealthy NJ town could easily get $85/hr to tutor English, ESL or French. Dh could maybe get $30 in the blue collar district where he teaches to do high school science.

 

[robinb]

I paid my DD's tutor $25 per hour last summer. She was a student teacher.

 

[daisyduck123]

I will be tutoring elementary age this summer & will charge $40.00/hour.

I have:

BS in Elem. Education
Master's in Reading Education
20 years teaching experience

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

My daughter's math tutor is $80 an hour. 6th grade math. She sucks at math. lol

Most tutors run between $60-125 an hour - I've heard some tutors for LSATs, etc. can run around $190 an hour.

You're definitely worth more than $20 an hour.

Go forth and make extra Disney money!!

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

Regarding free tutoring - teachers do have extra help/tutoring after school and during lunch on certain days. Usually it's jammed with kids and only runs about 30-40 minutes.

As far as I know, there are not any one on one free tutoring options available in our area.

I still think you're worth at least $60 an hour whether or not there is free tutoring available.

 

[aprilgail2]

Holy crap!

And here I was thinking $10 an hour!

I actually did sit down and tutor a girl last night and got about $20 an hour for that. I helped her with her 10th grade literature. Her dad wants me to keep coming back and I only really did it as a favor to him.

10.00?? My daughter gets more than that for taking in a neighbors mail when they are on vacation--tutors get much more than that! About 60.00 an hour- but around here you don't go to a tutors house and they don't come to yours- the library is full of kids meeting their tutors there to work with them--my friend who does tutoring says they all do it that way so they can't be accused of anything inappropriate while being alone with the child.

Oh. My. Goodness!

I am really in shock here. I didn't realize anyone would pay that much for a tutor. At those rates, why get a teaching job at all?

Where you all live, do the kids have access to free tutoring at all? Around here, the schools offer a free after-school program, as do the libraries.

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Teachers make more than that here and even if they didn't tutors don't get benefits or a nice pension and teachers do. Our teachers will tutor the kids free during free periods but thats about it and if there are a lot of kids they still don't get it so you hire a one on one tutor.

 

[padams]

DSs are in middle school. The school requires all of the teachers to be in their classrooms for 45 minutes after school so that students may meet with them to ask questions, get extra help, etc. It is free but it is not one on one unless no one else shows up to meet with a particular teacher on that day.

We hired the spanish tutor because the after school time wasn't enough for DS.

Good luck with your tutoring venture. I foresee a WDW trip in your future financed by your tutoring operation.

 

[agnes!]

My daughter's math tutor is $80 an hour. 6th grade math. She sucks at math. lol

Most tutors run between $60-125 an hour - I've heard some tutors for LSATs, etc. can run around $190 an hour.

You're definitely worth more than $20 an hour.

Go forth and make extra Disney money!!

Damn, I'm thinking my DD (who's on track to take AP Calculus for next year) should hire herself out as a tutor for younger kids. She really gets Algebra & Geometry and all the stuff that comes before it (plus since she's fairly fresh from the lower grades she'll understand the particular methods the teachers are using to teach math now).

Even if she "only" charged $20/hour it would still be much better money than she could earn anyplace else.

agnes!

 

[Disney Doll]

I think where you live might dictate it a bit...I imagine the hourly wage would be different in NYC than it would be in Kansas, but I would think at least $25-$30 per hour minimum, with $50 not seeming way over the top either. Cash please, non-sequential bills.