There are a number of reasons why people these days are seeking “alternative” employment and/or an additional source of income. Whether you’re looking to slowly replace your 9-5 with something more interesting or want to explore making a difference in other people’s lives, becoming a tutor on Superprof can be just the thing you’re looking for!
If you have a skill that other people like to learn, you, too can become a tutor, teacher, or coach right here on Superprof! From math and science, to language studies and history, dancing, musical instruments, yoga, sports, painting, crochet, coding, cooking, and hundreds of other subjects, there are tutors of all kinds already on the platform - you’ll fit right in!
Here’s how you can create your own tutoring profile, find students looking for private tutoring, and begin taking on students today!
What Is Superprof?
The Superprof tutoring platform started as a way to connect academic tutors with students in need of a mentor. Since then, the range of subjects offered on Superprof has expanded to include just about any subject you can imagine! Tutors can teach students in online classes, in person, or both!
Superprof began in the coastal town of Biarritz, France, and quickly moved to Paris, where it is still headquartered today.
The goal?
To help bridge the gap between those who know and those who want to know.
Right now, there are over 27 million tutors teaching on the platform, and there is always room for more! Each tutor teaches their subject(s) in a way only they can, and there will always be students looking for your signature way of teaching.
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How Does Superprof Work?
Superprof provides two services: a place for tutors to find students and a place for students to find teachers.
As a tutor, you can create a tutoring profile for free and begin advertising services to students seeking your knowledge! Superprof provides a trusted place for tutors to post ads for their services for free. In turn, Superprof also provides a place for trusted students to contact tutors and set up classes.
Overall, Superprof is a place where both students and tutors can trust that the other has been vetted for authenticity, allowing both parties to relax and seek each other out without worrying about one of the biggest problems plaguing people online these days: scams.
Superprof’s sign-up process helps prevent unsavory profiles from being created and our responsive client service team is available to help address any problems that may arise promptly.
You can create two Superprof profiles: a tutoring profile and a student profile. Then, you can advertise your services on your teaching profile and look for tutors on your student profile!
How to Start a Tutoring Business on Superprof
When you begin looking for online tutoring jobs or in-person tutoring jobs, you can gain a lot of experience and clients when you create a teaching profile on Superprof!
Many tutors are able to build a solid core of repeating students and/or bring in enough casual students to make a comfortable income with tutoring jobs.
Here, we’ll discuss the simple steps you need to do in order to begin building your tutoring business and get hired for virtual teaching jobs!
Become a Superprof Tutor: Setting Up Your Tutor Profile
As a tutor, you’ll be looking to create a tutor profile.
In your tutoring profile, you’ll fill in all the related information like your knowledge and experience in the subject(s) you’re advertising as well as upload a professional-looking profile picture. You can also provide evidence of official certifications you’ve received for your subject(s) and/or regarding your ability to teach.
It’s not a requirement to have specific credentials, however! As long as you have adequate knowledge and the drive and ability to teach others about it, you can become an effective and successful tutor!
All you need to do is be able to impart your wisdom to those who want to learn.
In your profile, you can set your rates and preferred method of payment, determine your schedule, and then you’re ready to go!
Soon, students will find your profile and contact you via your Superprof profile asking for an intro class. Simply respond to them and set up a discovery call. If you and your student mesh well, you can urge them to secure their next lesson or pack of lessons with you and bam! - You’ve got yourself a regular student!
When you sign up to teach on Superprof, you can tell students whether you want to teach via in person tutoring and/or online tutoring sessions. If you are open to teaching online, you may end up with students from all over the country or even from other places in the world!
In summary, here are some of the things you should include in your Superprof tutoring profile to ensure that students will reach out to you:
- Indicate what type of lessons you offer - group or individual
- Your delivery methods: online, students' home or your home, or other location like a library or coffee shop
- The subjects you teach (you can create an ad for each subject you offer)
- The levels you teach at - elementary, middle school, high school, college, etc.
- A short bio that includes your pedagogy and teaching experience (or experience in your field)
- Give a breakdown of your rates
- Answer interview questions
Set up your advertisement to appeal to students searching for things like “tutoring near me” and “how to get a tutor.”
Setting Your Rates
All new tutors on Superprof are subject to offering their first class for free to new students until they teach enough students to earn Super Tutor status. You can subscribe to a Premium Tutoring membership to avoid this requirement, or you can teach several students and get good reviews, earning you the title of Super Tutor.
Beyond the first free class, you are able to set your rate at whatever you want! Superprof does not take commissions or fees if you opt to be paid on an outside platform. If you opt for the secure payment process on Superprof, it is subject to a 10% commission fee. Utilizing this option means that if there are any issues, you can rely on Superprof’s client service team to help rectify the situation quickly.
To set suitable rates, look around at what other tutors in your subject and geographical area are charging. You can charge more if you live in an expensive area and/or you have more years of experience or formal education.
Remember to also factor into your rate things like how much prep time each lesson will take, commute time and equipment for students to use (if you provide lessons in person), and admin work required to make your tutoring business successful.
Popular Tutoring Subjects on Superprof
As you know, Superprof is home to thousands of different types of classes. You can teach just about anything through Superprof's platform.
Looking for inspiration? Here are some of the most popular subjects on Superprof!
| Subject | No. of Tutors |
|---|---|
| Mathematics | 469,935 |
| English | 234,981 |
| Chemistry | 138,407 |
| Biology | 122,106 |
| ESL | 89,422 |
| Spanish | 46,497 |
| French | 36,222 |
| Computer Programming | 29,662 |
| Singing | 16,829 |
| Piano | 13,623 |
How to Start Your Tutoring Lessons
When a student reaches out to you, that’s when you’ll settle the pricing and the scheduling. It’s up to you to keep in touch with your prospective students, ensure they understand your rates and pay for classes in advance (unless they’re just getting the first class free discovery call), and agree on a time and date with you.
You can schedule classes using Superprof’s built-in scheduler or your own preferred method, like Google Calendar or Calendly. You can also use Superprof’s built-in payment system or use your preferred method, like PayPal, Zelle, or Venmo.
Make sure you start your discovery calls with an introduction about yourself, but also be sure to ask insightful questions to your students, too! Let them tell you about their prior experience, why they want to learn the subject, and their preferred learning styles, and let their personality shine through so you can connect on a more human level. After all, it’s easier to learn and teach when you both have a level of familiarity.
Prepare for your lessons in advance: what materials will you need to have on hand? Do you need to make a lesson plan? Do you need to provide “homework”?
Make sure you take notes about your students so you can remember how to best help each individual. You are their private tutor, so it’s important to treat each student with a higher level of care than as if you were teaching a classroom of dozens of students.
What to Know About Superprof Tutoring
What are some things you should know about online teaching jobs on Superprof? Here are some tips to ensure you have a successful and fulfilling career as an online educator!
Do I Need to Become a Certified Tutor?
Currently, there are no legalities in the US stating you need to have specific education or certification in order to become a tutor.
Superprof also does not impose requirements that tutors be a certified tutor or obtain a tutoring certification.
Teaching is the highest form of understanding
Aristotle
Do I Need to Register with the IRS?
For all legal, financial, and tax advice, be sure to double-check with the IRS or a lawyer.
Generally, you will be considered self-employed, since you do not work for Superprof, you only utilize the platform to find students.
You’ll need to be aware of your Federal and local/state income tax liabilities as well as the FICA tax (self-employment tax).
For remote tutoring jobs or in-person tutoring jobs, you can typically be a sole proprietor (doesn’t require official registration) but there may be reasons for you to register as an LLC.
Do I Need Insurance?
For more academic subjects, you likely do not need to trouble yourself with getting insurance; the likelihood of your students getting injured is quite low.
However, if you teach something more physical like yoga, bodybuilding, swimming, dancing, cooking, or another activity with inherent risks, it would be wise to find an insurer. In some cases, insurance may even be required by law.
Become a Tutor with Superprof Today
Overall, taking on Superprof tutoring jobs is a great way to begin expanding your horizons as an educator! You’ll be able to gain experience as an entrepreneur and tutor while helping people who need your expertise!
Creating your tutoring profile is fast and easy, taking on average no more than 10 minutes. Sign up to start tutoring with Superprof today and you’ll be working with your ideal students in no time!
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The system sounds very helpful. I’m being asked if a student can charge his fees. Do you do that? That part was a little vague. Otherwise, the site sounds great.
Hello Susan! Thank you for your feedback, you are able to set you fees as you would like. For more clarification please reach out via email to hey@superprof.com, our team will be eager to assist you in resolving any issues with your account.
Hi. Do you have a complete list of categories on your platform? I am a graphic designer and art Director with magazine and book publishing experience. I want to find out if I wpuld be a good fit on your platform or if I should look at a different platform. :)
Hello Kathryn! Thank you for your interest in Superprof! If you would like to see a complete list of subjects offered, please visit Superprof.com and scroll down to the bottom and you find access to all of our subjects. From there you can click on each individual category to find the subjects offered. For any additional questions please reach out to hey@superprof.com.
What type of screening and background checks are done on your student’s. What is your safety protocol as my young daughter is an excellent mathematician and interested in tutoring. She has created a tutoring account and has already received 1 request. Adult male who wishes to meet in person for tutoring services. How are your student’s screened? I am VERY concerned.
Hello John, thank you for your comment! We take the safety of our tutors and students very seriously, however, there are no background checks done on students. Students do need to give us their personal information when signing up and any misbehavior will lead to being blocked on all Superprof websites. If you have any more questions please reach out to our customer care team at hey@superprof.com.
This is very interesting to me and I would like to pursue an opportunity with your company.
Hello Reginald! Thank you for your interest in Superprof! If you would like to become a tutor, sign up on our platform by clicking on tutoring jobs and filling out the required information. If you would like additional help, please email hey@superprof.com.
I am currently registerd as a suprprof tutor. When I log in, the only page I can get to is the one that allows me to choose a topic to tutor; it only tells me that I already have an ad for math. There is nowhere else I can go from this page. Please advise.
Hello Noel! I’m sorry for any conveniences, for additional assistance, please reach out to our customer care department at hey@superprof.com.
Superprof is not responding to any communication and has been paid hundreds of dollars from my student and I have not been paid. My commission owed is over $500!
Hello Ada! I apologize for any inconveniences you may be experiencing, a member of our customer care department will be emailing you shortly to resolve any issues.
Does Super offer in person private tutoring
Yes, Superprof offers both tutoring in person and online. Find your next tutor on Superprof.com!