Dealing with Rejection from Student’s Parents

Tutors will have different rates based on many factors such as experience, qualifications, credentials, and even references. Some tutors may also charge more for the cost of food, transportation, and even their specialist subject areas. While some may charge higher, you also have those home tutors that charge cheaper.

Budget for rate also plays as one of the factors why the parents may reject a tutor. Some parents will refuse a home tutor because of the price range for their services. At times, you have to understand that tutoring is also a very competitive industry, and with that many parents will opt not to hire a tutor with a higher price rate if they are still relatively unknown.

As a home tutor, you should be able to research the current rates of most home tutors in the area you wish to gain clients from. Additionally, you shouldn’t also forget to consider all the extra fees that you may encounter in tutoring such as transportation fare going from your student’s house to another, especially if one student’s house is farther away from your other students. Credentials and experiences also are huge factors in adjusting your rates whether to go higher or lower.

As an example, in FamilyTutor, there are three categories of tutors parents can choose from: part-time, full-time, and NIE-trained.  All of our tutors are familiar with the MOE curriculum and syllabus; however, they are different in experience, flexibility, and rate. Part-timers are mostly consisting of students who are still studying to complete their undergraduate degree or even some professionals from different fields who want to share their expertise with students. Full-timers are those who have made tutoring their career and are committed to developing their skills to better teach students. NIE-trained tutors are those that are or have previously taught in a MOE school. Obviously, part-timers will charge lower than full-time and NIE-trained tutors because of the experience and qualifications the latter can offer more.

Now, it may come off as confusing at times if you should price your services higher or lower. To make things easier for you, consider signing up for a home tuition agency. This way, the agency will be helping you to manage your profile and rates for you. It can also be helpful especially if you’re just starting out in home tuition so you can focus more on developing your skills in tutoring rather than spend more time marketing yourself to get new students.