I really like to teach/tutor people, but i don’t want to be a school teacher, ‘tutorer’ as career?
Mar.28, 2010 in
College Tutoring
I like working one on one with people who are struggling in any subject. I’m a hs senior. I know in college you can get paid good money for tutoring other students, but are there any good careers (by which I could actually support myself) aside from being a teacher where I could tutor college students? Could ‘tutorer’ be a profession for me?
March 28th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Interesting question. I know people that tutor get good money but I would think you would have to have a college degree before anybody would pay you that good money.
March 28th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Well I know some people make a great deal tutoring, but with that, you have to be really good. You will likely be hired based on word of mouth from others saying you were a good tutor. I’m not sure I would recommend this as a full-time profession. Not to mention the fact that if all you have is a high school diploma, you won’t be hired as often.
March 28th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
So what would your degree be in college? There isn’t a single educational path that would lead you to becoming a professional tutor.
You could get a general degree, take all sorts of random classes. especialy business classes because you will essentially be starting your own tutoring business after school
March 28th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
I would imagine that tutoring as a profession would be hard to maintain in times of economic trouble (like now). In the past, my students’ parents would request tutoring over the summer and would have no problem paying $25 an hour a couple hours each week. At the end of last year, however, I had far more requests from my colleagues to tutor than I had students who needed it. I would imagine this is the same for older students. I had a friend who tutored in college, and she was crazy awesome good at it. It wasn’t her only means of income though, and I doubt she could support herself full-time from it.