How to Start a Home-Based Tutoring Business (Home-Based Business Series)

Description

Private tutoring represents a billion-dollar industry in the United States, serving millions of students a year. For educators, a home-based tutoring business may represent a part-time job to supplement their teaching income, a flexible career choice after having their own children or retiring from the classroom, or a uniquely fulfilling way to work one-on-one with children who need specialized help. But other people with expertise in various fields, including those with business skills, can also capitalize on this trend. In this comprehensive guide, a longtime teacher and tutor shows them how to do so.

Everything you need to know to run a successful tutoring business from your home. American parents spend four billion dollars a year on tutoring millions of children, and this figure is expected to grow by more than twelve percent annually. Why not make the most of this trend? Whether you are an educator or otherwise have expertise in a particular field, How to Start a Home-Based Tutoring Business gives you all the tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow your business. A longtime teacher and tutor shares her experiences and advice on every aspect of the field.

Beth A. Lewis covers everything from writing a business plan, setting your rate, organizing your workspace, and marketing, to keeping clients happy and monitoring student progress to show results. She also provides indispensable guidance on legal and ethical issues, on cutting costs for textbooks, and on becoming and staying profitable―as well as how to use the Internet to develop your business. The book is packed with tips and FAQs, as well as forms and checklists, including: Session preparation checklist
Sample tutor-parent contract
Tutor’s memo and student’s notes
Sample invoice
Budget template

* Get paid to help kids succeed * Make parents your ally * Build trust with students * Set your own schedule * Market your expertise * Become the tutor everybody wants!