Chapters
- 01. Find Math Students Through Word Of Mouth
- 02. Let Your Neighbors Know You’re A Math Tutor!
- 03. Announce Your Math Tutor Jobs In Local Businesses
- 04. Become a Math Tutor in Middle School, High School Or College
- 05. Find Students Online For Teaching Math
- 06. Tips On How To Tutor A Studentin Math
- 07. Advertising Your Tutoring Services
- 08. Get To Tutoring
For many students, whether they’re young or old, math is a nightmare. In fact, it’s the subject that causes them the most problems.
Whether they’re mathematical cognitive or word problems, or related to reasoning or representation...
Math is one of those subjects on the national curriculum that can cause absolute headaches for students.
I’m sure you’re also aware, and that’s why you’ve dedicated yourself to helping them.
That’s a great decision! However, now you need to also deal with the business side of things. Finding the students that you’ll give tutorials to is crucial for all tutoring jobs across the U.S.
How do you find students so that you can teach math?
Here are a few steps you can follow to ensure you get more customers...
Find Math Students Through Word Of Mouth
A math tutor just starting out will feel lost in today’s big world of private tutorials, math tutorials, and academic support. With all the competition, how do you find students needing math tutorials?
Who do you approach? What’s the best way to fill up your diary?
There are plenty of ways, but, in our humble opinion, the most simple is to promote yourself via word of mouth.
If you build up a good reputation, those being tutored will start spreading the good news about you through word of mouth. Effectively solving your student problem.
Is helping students struggling in math why you wanted to become a tutor?
There's a high probability that your reputation will mainly be built on the quality of your tutorials. That and the results your students get in geometry, algebra, trigonometry, fractions, physics, biology, etc.
The best tutors have very little work to do when it comes to finding new students, thanks to word of mouth.
However, when you start, you need to first get these clients. Tell your friends and family that you’re doing private tutorials.
Both your family and friends will spread the news.
Don’t forget to use social media too!
I’m sure you have plenty of friends on Facebook that you’ve built up over the years. The same probably goes for Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram.
Tell them about your math tutorials and telling them about your new job as a math tutor. You’ll always find students that might be interested in booster classes online.
By doing so, you’ll find your first math tutorials students. The following will just “snowball” if your in-home private tutorials are done well. Since your first online teaching jobs can be hard to come by, a lot of tutors offer free tutoring for the first hour of classes.
Your students’ parents will quickly see your skills as a math tutor. Whatever your qualifications might be for math tutor jobs, the question of whether or not to hire a quality tutor is an easy equation to solve.
If you help their child progress in math or calculus or get into a good college, pass their SATs, or gain valuable study skills, they will tell the other parents about you.
The same goes for other students. They are eyewitness to the difficulties their classmates are having in math classes.
And once these difficulties rear their ugly heads (exams such as SATs or even those at university), your students will talk amongst themselves about the benefits of your math tutorials.
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Let Your Neighbors Know You’re A Math Tutor!
The same goes for your neighbors.
You’ve just started your life as a math tutor: those closest to you need to be kept up to date. Tutor jobs are impossible to find if nobody knows you're looking for them.
They can make the most of your classes themselves or even tell their friends about you.
Whether you're a chemistry tutor, physics tutor, algebra tutor, or even an English tutor, you should still drop in and tell your neighbors that you're a tutoring expert and that you can offer academic success in subjects like math and sciences such as physics, chemistry, and biology.
Learn how you could start to teach English online.
Of course, if you live in a busy area of a big city, your potential audience is even bigger.
But what approach should you use with them?
If you’re a confident math tutor, why not knock on their doors and introduce yourself? Of course, this advice applies to science tutors, biology tutors, or anyone offering tutoring programs, one-to-one in-home tutoring, or thinking about scheduling some hourly private classes.
Some people will really appreciate your candor, others not so much.
Do you have the confidence as a teacher or home tutor to talk to new potential students?
If you don’t feel like taking this approach, why not get a small flyer printed and post copies into the letterboxes of your neighbors.
Don’t forget to include the following on your CV:
- Math tutorials,
- That you can teach other sciences,
- Private classes, homework help, academic support,
- Math lessons for students in primary school, secondary school, sixth form, or university,
- Your experience as an educator, especially if you're a certified teacher,
- Your pedagogy,
- Useful tools,
- Positions held, etc.
Announce Your Math Tutor Jobs In Local Businesses
Now you’ve taken your first steps by telling your friends and family (in person or via social media) and your neighbors; it’s time to expand your network.
This is another way to quickly find potential students for your math tutorials.
You’ll have certainly seen all the flyers for private tutorials and other services on noticeboards in local businesses.
You should do the same!
Start with small announcements in local businesses where everybody goes. Bakers and chemists, for example. Most of them will be happy to help the local community by putting up flyers and posters.
Don’t hesitate to advertise your math tutorials in convenience stores, butchers, and greengrocers around the neighborhood.
These places are often frequented by those who live in your neighborhood, town, or city and are looking to succeed in math.
It is also recommended that you advertise your math tutoring services in nearby supermarkets. These places are often brimming with potential students: those in elementary or middle school, in high school or college, and, most importantly, their parents.
Once again, the success of your private tutorials can rest on these important announcements, make sure that the key information is clear and highlighted.
Become a Math Tutor in Middle School, High School Or College
Universities and colleges are full of students who need help with math tutorials...
The next step is to look for a potential learner somewhere they spend 5 days a week: the very heart of their educational establishments:
- Elementary School,
- Middle School,
- High School,
- College,
Universities tend to have places allocated to posting advertisements and posters, etc. You’ll find dozens of them across campus. Some offering language classes such as English, French, or German tutorials, others Geography or Accounting, and some even offer academic support, or life coaching, etc.
Make sure that you have a beautiful advert for your tutoring business, clearly stating that you offer private tuition and test preparation, are passionate about your subject, and a few quality testimonials!
Find Students Online For Teaching Math
We've considered all the different ways of how to find students.
By doing them, a math professor can completely fill their timetable with math tutorials every week. And, as we said before, word of mouth will do the rest.
You have to consider online tutoring! Every private tutor should at least entertain the possibility of finding students for online math tutor jobs. Private tutoring is becoming more and more popular and there are plenty of tutoring companies where the tutors can post adverts for one on one tutoring.
Of course, we recommend using Superprof, where thousands of searches are made every day. This is the place to find a student for home tutoring and the place for students to find an online tutor.
Sites like Superprof also offer math tutors an indexed listing of the educators on the site. This helps students to find the perfect professional who meets their needs. Whether you're after supplemental instruction, academic tutoring, homework help, test prep, or just some advice on how to finish an assignment, here's where you need to be.
Math tutor prices are variable since private tutoring rates depend on a number of factors (experience, age, level, etc.)
The site’s search is very simple and everyone can find the exact math tutorial they want. The student just has to type “math” in the search bar on the homepage and they’ll find tons of results for math tutors in the US.
Since they’ll also need to be able to find a math tutor near them, the student can also refine their search by indicating where they live and by using their ZIP code.
This is one of the ways Superprof is great for teachers.
Don't forget about the “uberization of private tutorials”: now you can almost always find a tutor just a few miles from your house. Students struggling in math or other scientific subjects don’t want to search for a tutor by hour.
They simply want to know which tutors live near them so they can have tutorials in their own homes.
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Tips On How To Tutor A Studentin Math
Finding students is one part of the process, but you have to make sure that you give them a consistent quality of service. Here are some things to keep in mind on how to tutor in math.
Incorporate Different Techniques
The most important thing for all tutors to remember is that every student has a different learning style. For example, some may learn better visually and others by listening.
It would be best to incorporate both techniques while tutoring, like drawing out problems and verbally explaining them.
Furthermore, providing practical examples may also help them better relate to the material.
Help Them Demonstrate Their Knowledge
Students should be tasked to display their grasp of every new concept as soon as they learn it. This helps them understand the idea and begin to use it practically.
But it isn’t that simple; they can’t simply be asked if they understood the problem. Instead, each student must explain what they understood or attempt a question.
Change Your Approach
If they do not understand a concept, use different examples to explain it again. Some teachers get frustrated when they’re asked to answer questions out of turn; however, that is part of the problem.
Moreover, most tutors tend to repeat themselves when asked to explain an idea again. When instead, they should use a different approach.
If you define it the same way you did, there is not much of a chance that they will understand.
Give Them Time To Think
Ensure that you allow your student(s) more than enough time to respond to a problem or question. It may feel like awkward silence, but it is necessary if you want them to arrive at a conclusion themselves.
Hence, if you are patient and wait, you will give them the confidence to speak up, regardless of whether they are correct or not.
You mustn't give them the answer unless it is the absolute last resort. After all, they will be taking the exam themselves, without you. So instead, try guiding them towards the answer by asking questions.
Communicate Clearly
When giving feedback, both negative and positive, be specific. They should know the areas they are performing well in and those that they can further improve in.
But it's vital to sound nurturing and positive when doing so. There is nothing worse than teachers who make you feel inadequate and unteachable.
Show Empathy
When embarking on a new or difficult concept, remember to go slow. Be empathetic to them; you know how hard it was for you the first time as well.
Allow them to process new information, explaining concepts at their learning level. And if for some reason they feel overwhelmed, let them recollect themselves.
Assert Your Methods
Emphasize the process rather than the answer. Students should understand and learn how to find solutions by themselves.
One of the best practices in teaching is referring students back to their notes or test. This lets them know where to go in case they need help later on.
Empower Them To Help Themselves
If you know the answer to a question, pretend like you don’t; instead, it would be best to refer students to where they can find solutions.
On the other hand, you could also tell them to work on the question and let you know the answer in the next session.
And after they provide their answers, help them identify their errors. This will improve their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Advertising Your Tutoring Services
Now that you know where you can look for students and what to keep in mind as a private tutor let’s look at how to advertise your tutoring services.
Prepare Your Resume
You usually need to put together a resume when searching for jobs, but you can also use it to advertise your services.
Those looking to hire a tutor will first enquire about your experience. Therefore, a resume can tell them all they need to know about your background.
Create Business Cards
Business cards are an essential prerequisite for anyone offering a service. They represent the most straightforward way to exchange contact information.
You never know when you may meet a prospective client; hence, you should be prepared for such encounters by keeping your business cards on you at all times.
They also show that you are prepared and serious about your business.
Create A Presence Online
In this day and age, tutors need to establish themselves on a digital platform to get ahead. As a result, almost all independent businesses are moving online.
Create a profile advertising your tutoring business, and make sure it can be easily shared across platforms. Also, make sure that you are present on all the relevant channels:
Furthermore, some websites are made to serve freelancers explicitly. It would help you to make good use of these.
Such platforms also help generate web traffic, meaning that the clients searching for particular services will be exposed to your brand on a larger scale.
Market Yourself Everywhere
To acquire clients, you need to make sure your brand is visible to as many people as possible. Therefore, you should advertise however you can. To effectively do so, develop marketing materials and distribute them.
You can put up flyers all around public bulletin boards or your neighborhood. However, do think strategically when choosing locations. For example, look for educational institutes and places where students and parents often go:
- Library
- Playgrounds
- Baseball field
- Book stores
You can also publish an ad in the newspaper for parents to see or use digital outlets to advertise yourself.
Word Your Ads Smartly
Since you are an educator, you want to ensure that your ads are reflecting your capabilities. Hence, the language used should sound refined and intelligent on your:
- Resume
- Flyers
- Business cards
- Online profiles
Be to the point, and proofread all your ads before printing them out. It can be attractive for clients to see a bit of your personality in ads, but make sure to be balanced.
Inject your personality in small doses to stand out, but use familiar wording to reel all kinds of clients in.
Send Out Emails
To advertise your tutoring business effectively, you should consider email marketing to reach new clients.
Firstly, send out an email about your services to people currently on your list and ask them to help you spread the word.
Also, you should email student centers and local schools to let them know you can tutor students. Also, try to reach out to parents and students via email directly.
You should also consider drafting a template for cold emails to send to helpful contacts, whether you know them or not.
Work On Creating Brand Recognition
The reason brands use catchy jingles and colorful logos to advertise themselves is so that people can create associations with them.
Brand recognition is a highly effective concept meant to keep businesses at the top of people’s minds. Therefore, you should make sure to create a brand out of your tutoring business, one that is consistent.
Try to select a continuous color scheme running through your advertising materials and create a logo accordingly.
Making a slogan or motto can also help create brand recognition. Additionally, you could also consider merchandising if you’re trying to create something bigger than just a tutoring service.
Perhaps you could also make this fun by advertising for free. Do this by wearing t-shirts or pins with your decals everywhere you go.
Form Partnerships
Forming strategic partnerships is a great way to increase your publicity as a tutor. Working with individuals and companies with a similar audience can help you gain access to their followers and clients bases.
It will help you consider schools, local educational institutes, parent groups and identify partners. Then, after getting in touch, think about what you can offer to prospective partners in exchange for them sharing your services with their clients.
Engage Audiences Through Content
Content can act as a powerful marketing tool. Creating and posting original content will help increase your credibility and online visibility. As a result, you will be reaching potential customers in more significant numbers.
You will also be able to drive engagement through your content, which in turn will compel readers to share your content on their networks, helping create more traffic to your business website.
Some actionable tips include:
- Consider adding a blog section to your website where you post articles relevant to tutoring. This will help inform educators, students, and parents about things to consider when opting for a tutor.
- You can also add visuals or create infographics so you can share them around your network.
- Guest posting is another content-related way to market your business, especially if you don’t have a large audience with whom you can share your content.
It would help if you tried contacting bloggers and influencers with a large following to post content linked back to you. This will help you get relevant exposure to their readers.
Get To Tutoring
It's crucial to stand out amongst your competition and reach new audiences. Even though that may be a daunting task for both beginner and pro tutors, there are so many strategies you can adopt.
You can leverage several advertising channels and make sure your presence is innovative and cohesive to increase your exposure to new customers.
The best platform to achieve all of this is Superprof. It lets you create an online presence and benefit from a dedicated pool of students who rely on its service.
Get in touch today, and may find a tutor who will give you your first lesson for free!
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