I have a TESOL cert. and I'm planning on doing some one-on-one tutoring at my Uni. for international students to practice their conversational english. I have an idea about most things, but I'm just wondering how much one should charge... I was thinking an hourly rate of $8 (CDN) an hour? This will be my first time doing this, so I don't want to overcharge in case I'm not up to the students expectations!
Also, how do you arrange payments? Should the student pay every time you meet?
Any advice appreciated!
how much to charge?
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Why don't you see if you can find some others who are doing something similar and find out what they are charging? Also, it might be helpful to explain where you are. It sounds very low to me, but it might be just right for your area. I would have the students pay at each lesson. Seems that would work well for both parties.
In Japan, you can get 3000-7000 yen/hour. Some people get more, but the average seems to be 3000-4000.
Don't ask to get paid each time you teach. Get it monthly in advance. Have a sound business plan before you leap into this. How will you account for absences (students' and yours)? Where will you meet? How will you add students to classes? What are the goals of the lessons? What materials will you use to teach? What will you charge for transportation?
Don't ask to get paid each time you teach. Get it monthly in advance. Have a sound business plan before you leap into this. How will you account for absences (students' and yours)? Where will you meet? How will you add students to classes? What are the goals of the lessons? What materials will you use to teach? What will you charge for transportation?
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Sally Olsen
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Vancouver's rate is more around $20. Try to be more confident and don't tell the students that you don't know what you are doing. Just try and find out what they need and provide that as much as possible. If you give them your best, you can't do any better. If your rates are too low, students might doubt your abilities.
What I do is find out at the first lesson what is the student’s needs. If they would like to meet once a week, twice a week for how long, ect. After we establish a schedule I let them know I have a 24hr cancellation policy. I have them pay for 2 sessions on the first day. If they don’t cancel future lessons within 24 hours they loose their “deposit”. If they cancel with 24 hours notice then I just reschedule the session.
I ask the student to let me know at least one week in advance if they want to stop lesson or sooner if they know. I apply their “deposit towards their last session.
I ask the student to let me know at least one week in advance if they want to stop lesson or sooner if they know. I apply their “deposit towards their last session.
How much to charge? France
Hi- don't know if this helps but I'm in France and after a few years of exp. I'm charging 20 euros an hour to private students.
It's important to not undercharge, the students need it to have faith in you (I know this sounds greedy but its true! they respect you more).
And I think its important to keep up the standards for the rest of our colleagues.
I usually get paid at the end of each lesson (because I often need the money). Also makes things easier with lessons cancelled or postponed, you're always up to date.
If you're working legally for a school you shouldn't accept less than 15 euros an hour before tax...it really is the minimum.
If you're doing it independently and paying tax on it you should double that because you're losing half on charges. Most businesses are paying for it out of a budget so they expect this.
It's important to not undercharge, the students need it to have faith in you (I know this sounds greedy but its true! they respect you more).
And I think its important to keep up the standards for the rest of our colleagues.
I usually get paid at the end of each lesson (because I often need the money). Also makes things easier with lessons cancelled or postponed, you're always up to date.
If you're working legally for a school you shouldn't accept less than 15 euros an hour before tax...it really is the minimum.
If you're doing it independently and paying tax on it you should double that because you're losing half on charges. Most businesses are paying for it out of a budget so they expect this.
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celinehoran
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What to charge?
I live in Switzerland and have run a home based ESL 1-2-1 business for over 2 years now and in the beginning I charged too little.
I knew this because some of my students would tell me so! And interestingly enough, not all clients took their learning seriously.
Very quickly I decided to charge new clients coming through a little higher and the caliber of students changed expotentially plus they stayed with me longer!
What did I charge? Sfr 35 then, now I charge Sfr 45 per hour.
You have to ask yourself. What am I worth? And you are worth much more than you think. Plus if you've trained to a high level; a lot of time and money has gone into your expertise. Recoup those losses.
Another way to figure out what to charge is find out what the local language schools are charging for group learning and charge between 3 to 5 times more.
Then you will be in the financial bracket for private teachers.
Our local language school charges on average Sfr 15 per student and the classes run to 10 students if a little more.
My husbands colleague told us that he is paying Sfr 90 per hour to learn German 1-2-1. But this lady has been teaching for many many years.
If you start off on the right foot, your students will respect you and you will feel that you are getting what you are worth.
I hope this helps you.
Regards
Celine Horan
ESL Trainer
Switzerland
I knew this because some of my students would tell me so! And interestingly enough, not all clients took their learning seriously.
Very quickly I decided to charge new clients coming through a little higher and the caliber of students changed expotentially plus they stayed with me longer!
What did I charge? Sfr 35 then, now I charge Sfr 45 per hour.
You have to ask yourself. What am I worth? And you are worth much more than you think. Plus if you've trained to a high level; a lot of time and money has gone into your expertise. Recoup those losses.
Another way to figure out what to charge is find out what the local language schools are charging for group learning and charge between 3 to 5 times more.
Then you will be in the financial bracket for private teachers.
Our local language school charges on average Sfr 15 per student and the classes run to 10 students if a little more.
My husbands colleague told us that he is paying Sfr 90 per hour to learn German 1-2-1. But this lady has been teaching for many many years.
If you start off on the right foot, your students will respect you and you will feel that you are getting what you are worth.
I hope this helps you.
Regards
Celine Horan
ESL Trainer
Switzerland