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Mimisinger




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 1:15 pm
I am a reading teacher, currently home with my kids. I am licensed in two states and have my masters in literacy. How much should/can I charge to tutor kids K-8?

Do you tutor? Do you have a tutor for your kids? Thanks!
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sequoia




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 2:44 pm
I am a tutor, but I charge a laughably small amount because I have no certification and no master's degree.

With your qualifications I would think at least $60/hour if they're coming to you, more if you're going to them.
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bbmom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:10 pm
I have students that pay about $60/hr for a professional tutor
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nicole81




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:14 pm
for new clients, my current rate is $80/hour as a certified math teacher. I can definitely charge more though, and probably will next year.
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TzenaRena




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:22 pm
Not to hijack this thread, but I am interested in tutoring, and want to know how you build up a clientele. (I could tutor in limudei kodesh subjects, and some chol subjects.) No degrees. What would people pay? And how do they find out about your availability?
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Raisin




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:41 pm
TzenaRena wrote:
Not to hijack this thread, but I am interested in tutoring, and want to know how you build up a clientele. (I could tutor in limudei kodesh subjects, and some chol subjects.) No degrees. What would people pay? And how do they find out about your availability?


advertise? let the local schools know you are available? I used to tutor a kid years and years ago in ch and got $25 an hour. (a first grader who was behind in reading) I imagine that you could get a lot more tutoring older kids.
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Mirabelle




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:43 pm
When I tutored Hebrew/Limmudai kodesh for fancy Ramaz families in NYC I charged between 60 and 80 an hour.
I do however, have an M.A.

I think you are getting a ballpark of what to charge with great qualifications!
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amother


 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:47 pm
Just wondering how can parents afford to pay such ridiculously high fees?
One of my kids can use a tutor, he really really can use it, but there is no way we can pay such amounts?!?!?
Just my opinion, anonymous as I can't deal with the attacks on if you don't want it , don't use it etc...........

My husband helps someone out, they can't pay much so he doesn't take much, I was wondering what happened to CHESED?
I know you will say that it's a job, but you are preying on I assume your own people for something they usually don't have a choice about..........
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sequoia




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:48 pm
Wow, I should really charge more... I do have an Ivy League degree LOL

Any advice on how to raise my rates to existing families?

ETA: previous amother, I teach Russian, so that is definitely a luxury! They most certainly do have a choice, because most of the moms are stay-at-home moms who could easily teach their own children the rudiments of reading, spelling, literature, and so on. Moreover, they have all been to Russian school and university, while I have not! So we are definitely talking more fancy-shmancy type crowd than the people who need a tutor and can't afford it.
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amother


 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 3:55 pm
Sounds like everyone is talking about NYC rates. I'm in the Boston area and charge $50 an hour for math tutoring. I will go down to $45 or even $40 if a family can't afford the full rate.

I have a friend who tutors reading and she also gets $50 an hour.
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amother


 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 4:00 pm
amother wrote:
Sounds like everyone is talking about NYC rates. I'm in the Boston area and charge $50 an hour for math tutoring. I will go down to $45 or even $40 if a family can't afford the full rate.

I have a friend who tutors reading and she also gets $50 an hour.


Same amother as above: I should add that I have no certification or a master's (and not once has anyone asked me for these credentials), but I do have decades of experience, and an excellent reputation that has led to lots or word-of-mouth referrals.
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nicole81




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 4:09 pm
amother, I take issue with your use of language. tutors aren't preying on anyone. we are simply charging the market value for the service we are providing, just like painters, sheital machers, dentists, babysitters, etc. furthermore, tutoring a child in the evening after I have put in a full day's work and still need to prepare for the following day is asking me to work overtime. I need to charge a price that compensate for such an increase in my workload.

if you need a tutor for a younger child, hire a HS student. for an older child, you can hire a college student. their rates run much lower than those of certified teacher.

that said, I do charge $30/hr to one family. I used to even charge them $20, but they have insisted on giving me more. I know they can't afford much and their child comes to me quite often. however *I* can't afford to offer such reduced rates to more than this one family. it's just not worth the toll it takes on my life.
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Mimisinger




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 13 2009, 4:55 pm
Amother - this is a job. I am a sahm and do not make any money at all. I finally decided that I need to make use of my degrees and years of experience - what's wrong with that? I made much more as a teacher.

Additionally, I personally did chessed I tutored girls from a local girls schools every Sunday for almost a year. For free.
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alpidarkomama




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, May 15 2009, 12:48 am
amother wrote:
Just wondering how can parents afford to pay such ridiculously high fees?
One of my kids can use a tutor, he really really can use it, but there is no way we can pay such amounts?!?!?
Just my opinion, anonymous as I can't deal with the attacks on if you don't want it , don't use it etc...........

My husband helps someone out, they can't pay much so he doesn't take much, I was wondering what happened to CHESED?
I know you will say that it's a job, but you are preying on I assume your own people for something they usually don't have a choice about..........


Is that what you say to the doctor too?????

Private 1-on-1 tutoring is expensive. But students can also get 3-4x the amount of work accomplished in that hour (or half-hour) because it is 100% al pi darko. If you need help affording it, call around. Some tutors do sliding scales. Some tutors, depending on the student's needs, may be able to provide small group tutoring so the cost is somewhat divided. College students that are majoring in education/reading might be able to give you a much lower rate. As a private music teacher, I will also add that as the years go by one does become increasingly effective as a teacher so experience does count for a lot. More experience will be more expensive.

I have also taught for free. One student's father was out of work for 9 months. I did not charge them tuition during that time (about a $1,500 scholarship). The student was hard-working and I just couldn't let him drop it. One high school girl, who lost her parents at a young age asked me if she could pay 50% of my rate and do work-study for me to make up the rest. It was great! She helped out around the house, sent out mailings, made phone calls.

Sometimes a 30-minute or 45-minute session might be adequate. Sometimes 2- or 3-way barters work out. The reading tutor takes her kid to the music teacher who gets some repairs done around the house by the man whose kid needs a reading tutor. I'd love to start a barter club like this in our community.

Maybe you can take your kid to the reading tutor for 4-6 weeks to find out exactly what his weaknesses are and work out a plan that you can continue to do with your child after that initial period. Go back for a "tuneup" every few months.

There are so many, many, many possibilities for working things out. And really, $80 an hour isn't that much income for a self-employed person once you deduct all the "benefits" (sick time, time off, various insurances, retirement, self-employment tax, and the fact that most professions like this can't bill 40 hours per week). It may sound like a lot, but it really isn't, even though I know it's a lot to the person paying it!

I personally can't afford $80 an hour for anything either, but if my daughter needed a reading diagnosis or specialist, I'm pretty sure something could be figured out.
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alpidarkomama




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, May 15 2009, 12:54 am
sequoia wrote:
Wow, I should really charge more... I do have an Ivy League degree LOL

Any advice on how to raise my rates to existing families?


As a private music teacher, I would generally raise my rates by about 10-15% every other year. I had students sign on for the year, so annual tuition was $X divided into 10 monthly or 3 quarterly payments or 1 annual payment. So, I wouldn't really mention the raise per se other than to say what the current year's tuition was. Nobody ever said anything about any of the increases. Per family, the increase wouldn't amount to that much, but with 40-50 families paying me it added up to a very reasonable raise. You can also figure that if you raise your rates by 10%, you could lose 10% of your clients and still have the same income.
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Isramom8




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, May 15 2009, 1:10 am
Normal in Israel is about a quarter of the range of prices quoted in this thread. No way would I pay what you ladies charge. Guess it's all relative to location...
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Mimisinger




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, May 15 2009, 3:45 am
Isramom8 wrote:
Normal in Israel is about a quarter of the range of prices quoted in this thread. No way would I pay what you ladies charge. Guess it's all relative to location...


My sil is a reading tutor in Israel - not only does she charge more than $60/hour, she has a business where she has several tutors working for her at these prices...
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Isramom8




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, May 15 2009, 4:29 am
Mimisinger wrote:
Isramom8 wrote:
Normal in Israel is about a quarter of the range of prices quoted in this thread. No way would I pay what you ladies charge. Guess it's all relative to location...


My sil is a reading tutor in Israel - not only does she charge more than $60/hour, she has a business where she has several tutors working for her at these prices...


I'm shocked - where? RBS?
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momoswyf




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, May 19 2009, 10:22 am
As some said above, totally depends on where you live. In Baltimore the rate is between $30-$50 an hour. Also depends on amount of times a week, etc. Good luck!
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