FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
There is a one hour minimum for a tutoring visit. The cost of that hour includes my travel time and cost to and from the lesson. I vary the rate of the offer based on travel time and distance from home or to and from existing clients. I do give minimal consideration to the difficulty of the subject as it does reduce the pool of qualified competitors. When a client hires me and we agree to a specific repeating schedule, I take great care not to schedule conflicting appointments. That includes allowing for travel time. What a client is paying for includes my cost to get to them and a small amount of pay for my travel time as I can't be hired to tutor anyone else while I'm on the road to or from tutoring them. This also means that I have to honor their scheduled time and not seek any other clients for the same time slot, or even very close time slots if locations are distant. With the above in mind, If a client cancels more than once, especially on short notice I reserve the right to insist on a cancellation fee of no less than 50% of the price of one hour of tutoring per canceled, postponed or otherwise rescheduled tutoring session. This is a business for me after all. I am a professional and expect to be valued as such. The client has reserved my time including travel time to tutor them, so I set that time aside for them. While the occasional schedule conflict will arise and may be forgivable, it is expected that I will be compensated at least minimally for my time and loyalty.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
First meet with the student and let them show me what topics they are struggling with (and at least mention the ones they are successful with.) From there we determine what they need to succeed.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have over 22 years experience as a class room teacher. And have taught Pre AP Algebra 1 this fall as an online course. Other subjects formally taught (in classroom) include: Algebra, Basic Math, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science/Geology, Integrated Science I & II, Physical Science, Physics. I hold a current teaching credential and Highly Qualified Teacher documentation for all of the above. I almost had enough units to get a supplemental credential for History or Art History but hadn't needed to pursue it for regular teaching positions with the list of subjects I am already qualified for.