Tutoring guides
Honest, practical answers for anyone who wants a tutor, and for anyone who wants to become one.
For students and parents
Need a tutor? Start here: what tutoring costs, how to pick the right person and which lesson format fits.
- How to find the right online math tutor
Match a math tutor to the course and level, and how online math lessons work.
- How to find the right online English tutor
Match an online English tutor to your goal: conversation, business, school English or exams.
- What does a tutor do?
What private tutors actually do, the main types of tutoring and who benefits most.
- Online math tutoring for kids and middle schoolers
Finding gaps, lesson length, working on a shared whiteboard and choosing a math tutor for a child.
- Online English lessons for kids
Lesson length by age, what a good kids' English lesson looks like and how to choose a tutor.
- Online Turkish lessons for kids living abroad
Reading, writing and confidence in Turkish for children abroad, lesson length and choosing a tutor.
- How to find a tutor
Where to look for a tutor, what to write in your first message and how to get replies quickly.
- How much does a tutor cost?
What drives a tutor's hourly rate, live rate data from listed tutors, and how to keep the total cost down.
- Questions to ask a tutor before you hire
What to ask a tutor before you book, and what a good answer sounds like.
- How to choose a tutor
The questions to ask, the red flags to avoid and how to judge a first lesson.
- Online tutoring for kids: a parent's guide
Lesson length by age, setup, engagement and safety tips for parents choosing an online tutor.
- Learn Turkish online with a tutor
What beginners and heritage learners cover, how often to meet and how to choose a Turkish tutor.
- SAT prep with a tutor: how to plan your study
When to start, how a diagnostic shapes your plan, what lessons cover and how to pick an SAT tutor.
- IELTS preparation with a tutor
Academic or General Training, speaking and writing feedback, and a weekly plan with a tutor.
- TOEFL preparation with a tutor
Target score, diagnostic, speaking and writing feedback and a weekly TOEFL plan.
- Online vs in-person tutoring: which is better?
When online lessons work as well as in-person ones, and when sitting at the same table matters.
For tutors
Want to teach? How to start tutoring, set a rate and find students online.
- How to get tutoring students
A strong profile, fast replies, requests, referrals and reviews: how tutors fill their schedule.
- How to become a tutor
Qualifications, pricing, a profile students reply to and the fastest way to your first student.
- Tutoring jobs for university students
What to teach, how to price it, where the first students come from, and student work rules.
- How to teach your native language online
Who learns your language, what conversation and exam lessons look like, pricing and your profile.
- Preply commission explained for tutors
Trial lesson, the 33% to 18% scale, what you keep per lesson, and a no-commission option.
- Cambly tutor pay explained
Per-minute pay, Cambly Kids, the limit on new tutors, and setting your own rate instead.
- How much should you charge for tutoring?
Live hourly rates by subject and experience, and how to set and raise your own rate.
- Part-time work for Erasmus and exchange students: tutoring
Why tutoring fits an exchange semester, what to teach, work rules to check and how to start.
- Online tutoring jobs: how to find work as a tutor
Company jobs vs marketplaces vs your own students, and how to get steady work online.
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