Tutoring Students For Extra Cash

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I recently read the resource directory that was issued by Australia’s Home Education Association. It’s a great little directory, with links to resource vendors, curriculum and support groups. Certainly something worth hanging on to.

One advertisement caught my eye.

We use the maths curriculum Math-U-See and it works fine for our family. The distributors of Math-U-See in Australia were advertising for people to tutor other students using their curriculum . The idea is that you tutor school children to improve their maths, using this curriculum.

This is obviously a good way to get their product noticed by the general community, but is this possibly a good way of earning a few dollars doing what we do every day?

I don’t know about you, but sometimes getting my two beloveds to finish their prescribed work can be a long, drawn out process. We have set work to complete each day, and while most of the time, it gets done without too much fuss and bother, sometimes we have those days. You know the ones….  everything is unneccessarily difficult and takes way longer than it should. Every homeschooling parent has them.

I’ve just been imagining how it would feel to finish the prescribed work with my own children, then spend another block of time in the afternoon helping another child with maths.  I don’t think this would work for me. We do a few activities and excursions in the afternoon, and it’d be hard to fit in tutoring. Also, after winding down for the afternoon, I’d find it difficult to switch the old brain back on to give a student my best.

Also, what would my own children be doing while I was focussed on this other student? Again, it may be different if you have a larger family who could keep an eye on the young ones, or older children who could prepare dinner independently, but I’m sure my two would find something to disagree about.

If you really enjoy maths, and you’re skilled at teaching, this may be right up your alley. The expenses would be minimal if you’re using the Math-U-See curriculum anyway, you can purchase a workbook and test book for each student. One thing to be mindful of is where you’re going to teach. If you’re going to be at home, check your home and contents insurance. It should have public liability cover as part of it, but it may not cover a “business” relationship. If you’re earning money from having a student in your home for tutoring, you need public liability cover. It should be a tax deduction (check with your accountant), and you can factor the cost into your fees.  However, it’s too risky to work without it.

Tutoring isn’t a bad option at all for earning some extra cash from home, but it’s not for me.

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