If you are thinking of venturing into tutoring from home, either conduct classes for kids at your premises or conducting online classes, here are some options for you.
IN-PERSON HOME CLASSES
Many people start tuition or exam tutorials from home. That is always a demand for that. If, however, you want to start something apart from the conventional tuitions, here are a few options:
- Cue Math (www.cuemath.com): CueMath, is an after school math program for kids of grade KG to 6th. If you are good at math, you could become a Cuemath teacher. Cuemath provides all the teaching material and trains you as well in their methodology. Average earnings are between Rs.20000-30000. Cuemath charges a onetime fee of Rs. 5,000 for the training and material, and also 40% of the total revenue you generate per month.
- Abacus and Vedic Math: There are a many Abacus institutes which offer franchisee option as well as teacher training. Roots , Abacus D, Smart Kid Abacus, Indian institute of Vedic Maths and Abacus, AbacusMaster, Vedicmathsindia.org are some of them. These teacher training courses could be expensive ranging from Rs.15000-Rs.50000. Alternatively you can learn both Abacus and Vedic math on your own through videos and books. Check out https://gopalsidhu.com/vedic-maths-teacher-training/ which has free videos.
- Phonics Classes: There are many phonics classes which you can pursue online and get a certificate, after which you can start your own phonics classes at home. Most phonics teachers charge around Rs.1000-Rs. 2000 per month per student. Jolly Phonics is one of the popular course which most teachers train in. Training costs around Rs.3000-Rs.5000
ONLINE TUTORING
There are several websites where you can register and teach on any topic which you are really good at. All you require is a computer with good Audio, Video, and Internet. Earnings depend on how much time you can dedicate to tutoring. Some of the popular sites where you can register as a tutor are:
- Udemy –www.Udemy.com: Udemy allows teachers to record video courses and sell them to interested students. If you’re an expert in a field, you can create a course and sell it online. You’ll earn money for every student who enrolls. Anyone can create a course on Udemy, even without any prior teaching experience. When you sign up to become an instructor, Udemy asks you about your experience, your comfort level with videos, and whether you have an established audience interested in your materials. Udemy then offers robust resources to help you get started based on your answers. How much you make depends on the price you set and the demand for your course. If you create a course and it gets popular, it can earn you money for a long time without any additional work.
- Chegg India – https://experts.cheggindia.com/ :You can earn money on Chegg by becoming a subject expert on a subject. Once you are approved as a subject expert, you earn money for every question answered correctly. The rate per question varies based on the subject with computer science earning the most. Your earnings depend on how many questions you answer.
- Vedantu – www.vedantu.com : You can become a tutor at Vedantu where you can select any subject, grades you would like to teach and your available timings. Once you clear the screening and post your training to become an Online teacher, your earning depends on which subject, which grade, and which board (CBSE/ICSE/State etc) you are teaching and how many hours you can teach.
- Teacheron –www.teacheron.com : Once you create a profile as a teacher on Teacheron, you can contact students who post their requirements for teacher or students can contact you directly. Contacting students would require a payment else it is free. Your earnings depend on your profile and how much you want to charge per hour and how many students contact you.
- Preply – https://preply.com/ : They have over 100 subjects on Preply, including languages, school and university subjects, hobbies and art. Preply takes a 100% commission fee for your first lesson payment with every new student. For all subsequent lessons, the commission varies from 33 to 18% and depends on the number of lesson hours completed with students on Preply. The more tutoring you do through Preply, the less commission you pay.
- Urban Pro – https://www.urbanpro.com/ : You can create a profile as a teacher on Urbanpro and contact students who post their requirements for teacher or the students can contact you directly. Contacting students would require a premium membership, else it is free. The earnings depend on your profile and how much you want to charge per hour and how many students contact you.
- LearnPick – https://www.learnpick.in/ : Once you create a profile as a teacher on LearnPick, you can contact students who post their requirements for teachers or the students can contact you. You would require to pay to be able to contact students. The earnings depend on your profile and how much you want to charge per hour and how many students contact you.
- WhiteHatJr – www.whitehatjr.com : White hat Junior is a site for teaching programming to kids. To become a tutor at WhiteHatJr, you will have to go through their 5-step recruitment process. The classes are live one on one sessions. You decide the timing of your classes. More the classes, more your earnings. You will be using WhiteHatJr’s proprietary curriculum to teach coding so you don’t need prior experience in coaching.
Happy tutoring 🙂
Jothsna is the co-founder of Academy One, a career guidance and study abroad counseling venture. Prior to founding Academy One in 2005, Jothsna worked as an IT and business consultant with companies like Motorola and Trajen Inc. in the USA. She holds an engineering degree in computer science from Andhra University and a MS from the University of Texas. She also received her MBA from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, USA.