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MikeySaid
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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject: how to advertise private tutoring...? |
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Since my hours and subsequently my paycheck just got cut in half, I need to pick up some extra feria, and the consensus on this board seems to be that private tutoring/classes pick up as the economy declines (someone said that, right?)....
So, what's the best way to get classes advertised? |
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notamiss
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El Gallo
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Another game of language schools in Mexico is to entice foreign teachers is to offer them many hours and then, when they have them on staff and can brag they have profesores extranjeros,, they cut their hours to have Mexican teachers work for less to reduce costs.
One idea to get private students is to see if your local newspaper has a free classified ad coupon. After submitting mine for private students each week for about three consecutive months, the local paper just runs my ad automatically (for about two years now) This, combined with an excellent reputation and references, resulted in a long waiting list for private classes.
Now, with the holidays, most people will wait to start classes the second week of January (it's some sort of New Year's resolution). Advertise the last two weeks of December for these students. Albeit a good way to get teaching experience in Mexico, I detest two crooked private language school owners in Tuxtla Gutierrez and vow I will never work for one again. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Another game of language schools in Mexico is to entice foreign teachers is to offer them many hours and then, when they have them on staff and can brag they have profesores extranjeros,, they cut their hours to have Mexican teachers work for less to reduce costs. |
Not in Mexico City. Two things...many Mexican ELTs here earn the same as foreign teachers, or, if students are demanding foreign teachers, they won't accept a Mexican teacher. The latter I see more in business EFL.
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| I detest two crooked private language school owners in Tuxtla Gutierrez and vow I will never work for one again. |
but you'll work for the other?  |
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El Gallo
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HA HA - caught me
What do you call this - a dangling pronoun? 
Cutting back foreigners hours is definite reality in Chiapas. |
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Dragonlady
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El Gallo
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Hi, I am talking about Tuxtla Gutierrez. The owner of the school I worked for told the coordinator to cut back on foreigners hours because he paid them 60 pesos per hour and the Mexican teachers by the amount of students in class (sometimes this averaged as low as 20 pesos per hour).
In regard to laws requiring a certain percentage of Mexicans vs. foreigners, one school here, Interlink, advertises 100% foreign teachers.
I wonder, then, how they can do that. |
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Dragonlady
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pluto25
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I'm sure this isn't a new question... but can anybody tell me how much one should charge for private tutoring, I know in China it often ranges from 100 to 150 per hour.
I am considering going to Guadalajara in the next couple of years, but i am not sure i want to work at a english teaching centers. I am trying to see if only tutoring would support me. |
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TheLongWayHome
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In regard to laws requiring a certain percentage of Mexicans vs. foreigners, one school here, Interlink, advertises 100% foreign teachers.
I wonder, then, how they can do that. |
I think a lot of schools have Mexican 'teachers' that are actually the cleaners, security, drivers, etc. to fulfil the criteria. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| I'm sure this isn't a new question... but can anybody tell me how much one should charge for private tutoring, I know in China it often ranges from 100 to 150 per hour. |
Is that in RMB, pesos, or dollars?
In GDL, you can probably charge between 100 and 150 pesos per hour of your time teaching privately. |
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pluto25
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100 - 150 RMB, Kuai, Yuan...
So, i could support myself on only tutoring, but it would take a while to find all the students i would need. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| pluto25 wrote: |
100 - 150 RMB, Kuai, Yuan...
So, i could support myself on only tutoring, but it would take a while to find all the students i would need. |
You could easily support yourself on tutoring...quite a few make very good money doing it that way, though it take discipline to manage your schedule, network, etc. It does take some time to network, yes. Might be a good idea to start out with a language center then gradually shift away to privates. |
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pluto25
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That makes sense, the only possible problem is that i don't look like a native english speaker. I look like any other mexican you might run into... So i can see where they would hesitate.
(They can tell i didn't grow up in Mexico the moment i start talking) |
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Guy Courchesne
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I've heard that in China, looking non-Chinese is very important.
I don't think it will be a problem in Mexico to look somewhat Mexican (which is quite variable anyway). Language and teaching abilities are more important to people here. |
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