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Let's talk about what do you need to become a tutor and what are the steps to
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become a
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tutor.
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I love this saying, to be a successful tutor you must have a passion for
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teaching and a
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genuine interest in helping students achieve their full potential.
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Do you agree or disagree?
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Leave the comments below.
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So in order to teach, you would need to have a wish, to teach passion, patience
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and the
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training you are about to receive.
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Now what are the steps to become a tutor?
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If I were you, I would first of all think about the subject you want to tutor.
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If you already know, it's perfect, if not think, what are you good at?
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Maybe it is your native language or you have an expert advice in specific topic
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or just
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a subject you know well.
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Believe it or not, everyone has something to teach and knowledge to share.
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Some people may doubt what to do if they haven't really mastered the subject
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yet.
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Let's take French as an example.
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It is quite a popular language and it's mostly always on demand.
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Now imagine, you are not a native French speaker, you studied this language at
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the university.
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You're still a student at this university and you are around one or two years
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before
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graduation.
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Now define what level you will be comfortable to teach.
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Let me give you an example.
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If you have a B1 level of French, then you provide tutoring services only for A
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1 and
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A2 lessons.
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Maybe A2+ somewhere around B1, but you will not want to teach more advanced
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levels.
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Next identify your target audience.
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What does it mean?
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It means what age group do you want to teach?
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And who do you want to teach?
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Sometimes you want to teach only children or teenagers or adults or maybe even
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retired
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people.
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Sometimes even a specific gender.
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And this is perfectly fine.
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Normally you would mention it in your description like on your website or in
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your profile on
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a teaching platform etc.
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But if you haven't defined the type of students you want to teach yet, don't
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worry.
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After some time you will understand who are you more excited to work with.
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And you know, this is all individual and each age group requires different
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teaching
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approach.
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So you need to feel it.
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But it's time you will understand who do you enjoy working with.
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Some people will enjoy working with kids because it's a lot of interaction.
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You have a lot of fun.
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You change quickly the activities.
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Some will want to work with teenagers.
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It's the young people.
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The life had totally different energy.
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They have their own goals and a different view on life.
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Some will want to teach adults or specifically corporate students.
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Maybe some will want to teach pensioners.
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That's all individual.
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You will understand it by your own.
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You will feel it.
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Who do you enjoy mostly to work with?
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Next, set up your children's space.
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There are several things to consider here.
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So define if you want to teach online or offline.
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That's the baseline.
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Both online and offline environments require a silent room or some space where
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you will
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not have noise around.
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Also think about a space for a student if you teach at your place.
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And if you practice teaching at the place of your students, set the traveling
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range.
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You will be comfortable to commute.
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Next, register your business.
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Get insurance and understand your tax obligations.
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And here there are many options for your business model.
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For example, freelance tutoring.
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You can search your students by yourself or register or on a tutoring platform.
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You can also set up your own agency or school or get hired by one of them or
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join an established
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tutor in franchise which provides a proven business model, training and brand
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recognition.
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When it comes to pricing, there are several pricing models which we will
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consider in one
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of the coming modules.
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And still in this module we will discuss average pricing for region and subject
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.
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Next register as a business.
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Get insurance and understand your tax obligations.
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In many cases, even as a freelancer, you will need to report your income
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properly and pay
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taxes on it.
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So make sure to do your own due diligence research to understand your
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obligations.
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And the last but not least, tutoring tools and hardware.
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There are a lot of tools, so I will recommend only the ones that I like and use
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.
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Otherwise you can always find many equivalents for your own taste.
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