Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

I'm a teacher and a tutor. I charge almost exactly twice as much per hour for my tutoring as I make for an hour at school, but what I earn at school is a better deal. As a tutor, I don't get paid for the time between students, which can be significant. I also don't get paid for planning time. I'd say that on average, when you count those two things in, I spend about 2 hours working or traveling for every hour I spend with the tutoring client. In contrast, as a teacher I get paid for about 1/2 my planning time (because I also bring a lot home), and my travel expenses are far less, because one trip to and from work covers 8 hours at work. As a tutor, I also pay for my materials, and my liability insurance. In addition, as a teacher, if work is cancelled, whether for a snow day, or because I teach 9th graders 3rd period, but the 9th graders went on a field trip, or because it's spring break, I still get paid. In contrast, my tutoring clients cancel regularly, and as long as they let me know before I show up at their door, I don't charge.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

Are you serious???! For every hour I'm instructing your kid, I've spent an hour planning for instruction. Plus, I'm traveling to your home and chitchatting with you after every session. Plus I'm emailing you in my down town. As an MCPS teacher, my hourly rate is $40. So 1 hr planning + 1 hr instruction + the inevitable 20 minute chat with mom + possible emailing = 2.3+ hours. This is why I think it's fair to charge $90/hr for private tutoring. It's actually a little less than my hourly rate.

Yep, when i tutored (before being a mom) my going rate was more than $60. Remember, the teacher you are hiring likely has a master's degree and many years of experience.
to answer the OP, i spend my summer pretending to be a sahm

*time

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

Are you serious???! For every hour I'm instructing your kid, I've spent an hour planning for instruction. Plus, I'm traveling to your home and chitchatting with you after every session. Plus I'm emailing you in my down town. As an MCPS teacher, my hourly rate is $40. So 1 hr planning + 1 hr instruction + the inevitable 20 minute chat with mom + possible emailing = 2.3+ hours. This is why I think it's fair to charge $90/hr for private tutoring. It's actually a little less than my hourly rate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

Gee, could it possibly have something to do with the additional prep work that goes into producing a single hour of *individualized* instruction? I'm pretty sure your kid isn't getting that in school; and would you not agree that the one-on-one attention is far more valuable than your child being one out of 30 in the middle of a large classroom? Not only do I charge $60+/hour for tutoring, I also have no problems with finding summer clientele.

BTW, I have dealt with *several* tutors who have no basic knowledge of the topic they are "teaching," so you do get what you pay for. ANYONE can make a Craigslist ad and pretend to be an expert for $25/hour. If that's what you're willing to pay, PP, good luck with that. With your attitude I'm glad I won't be dealing with the likes of you.

+1 Although I don't love this tone, I do agree with the sentiments.

Before I had my own child, I took classes and waited tables for a few summers as well. My daycare lets me take dd out for the summer, so that makes it a no brainer to spend the summer with her. I always worried I'd get burned out if I taught summer school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

Gee, could it possibly have something to do with the additional prep work that goes into producing a single hour of *individualized* instruction? I'm pretty sure your kid isn't getting that in school; and would you not agree that the one-on-one attention is far more valuable than your child being one out of 30 in the middle of a large classroom? Not only do I charge $60+/hour for tutoring, I also have no problems with finding summer clientele.

BTW, I have dealt with *several* tutors who have no basic knowledge of the topic they are "teaching," so you do get what you pay for. ANYONE can make a Craigslist ad and pretend to be an expert for $25/hour. If that's what you're willing to pay, PP, good luck with that. With your attitude I'm glad I won't be dealing with the likes of you.

I've been roped into trainings and curriculum writing. But I prefer to do nothing.

two young kids who dip and out of camp just for fun, maybe a week or two

would NEVER do summer school
can't stand the thought of tutoring
don't need the cash

I knew a teacher that taught sailing in the Caribbean during the summer. He didn't have kids at the time, though (and we are no longer in touch).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

I never charged anywhere near that amount. I tutored a few summers ago and charge $30/hr.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

cause that is the going rate for specialized attention. I used to teach years ago and that was the rate. You aren't paying for an hour of school, you are paying for something very different...

My father was a professor and we spent summers at our Southampton cottage.

Anonymous wrote:It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Well if you didn't charge $60 plus per hour maybe someone would consider it. If you don't make that much per hour during the school year, I don't understand why I need to pay so much more.

It isn't easy to find tutoring esp just for the summer.

Anonymous wrote:Why would a teacher want such a low paying job? They can make more tutoring. If they have kids it's not worth the cost of day care.

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