FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Paying hourly is the most expensive method to pay. Online instruction is $45/hour payable through PayPal. I tutor using WizIQ. WizIQ has an online whiteboard that can be used by both me and my student at the same time. E-mail and telephone tutoring is also available. Online tutoring is available worldwide. Tutoring in your home (or public location of your choosing), is $50/hour for locations within 7 miles of my home in St Peters, MO. Tutoring at locations outside a 7 mile radius includes an additional mileage/driving time surcharge. All tutoring time will still be billed at $50 an hour. There are a number of reduced price pre-paid packages. Once you purchase one of these packages, your account will be credited with the number of hours you purchased. As you receive tutoring, the hours will be deducted from your account. THERE IS NO EXPIRATION DATE ON THE HOURS PURCHASED. If you purchase 24 hours of tutoring, you can receive tutoring once a week for 24 weeks, once every other week for 48 weeks, or 5 days a week for almost 5 weeks. Or you can vary your frequency. The rate that you use your hours is up to you. The surcharge will be added to all in person lessons scheduled outside the 7 miles radius. Packages are as follows: Online tutoring - 3 hours: $110 6 hours: $210 12 hours: $420
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I regularly take online courses in all my teaching subjects. These are subject area refreshers. Generally, the information doesn't change. However, the understanding of how we learn is always improving. I take classes in the field of education to stay abreast of these developments. I also stay in contact with other educators and share knowledge. Technology in education is also frequently changing. I read educational and technology news to hear about current trends. I set aside 3 hours weekly to then learn about the implementation of these trends. When I am unable to implement new learnings on my own, I reach out to others who use the technology and/or go back to school.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
When I first went into college, I wanted to become a lawyer. That all changed after just a few months on the job at my local YMCA. I was a swimming instructor. I enjoyed helping others overcome their fears and learn something new. I came to look forward to the excited looks on my students' faces when they first went underwater, swam across the pool by themselves, or became a certified lifeguard. It didn't matter the age of the student or the task, I got great pleasure from helping others accomplish something new. I also discovered I have an ability to break difficult tasks into smaller, more manageable steps. To a child, going underwater can be extremely frightening. To also have to breathe out while underwater just serves to make the whole process more difficult. However, the process can be broken down into steps such as: getting in the water and becoming accustomed to just having the body in the water, holding on the edge of the pool and dipping the chin in the water, holding on the edge and letting the water cover the mouth, blowing bubbles in the water, and so on. After working at the YMCA several months, I changed my college major to education.