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How much does it cost to create a listing with Superprof?

Nothing at all! Advertising your private tutoring lessons is completely FREE on Superprof. So what are you waiting for? Start your first tutoring job today! 😃

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I want to become a tutor or private teacher, where do I start?

Asking yourself "How do I find tutoring jobs near me?", "How can I promote my private lessons to a larger number of students?" Well, you've come to the right place. Starting your very own tutoring job is very simple. In fact, by landing on this page you're already halfway there. In just 10 minutes, you can create your first listing on Superprof, advertising lessons locally and via webcam. The only thing we ask is a little inspiration when creating your profile; to give a short description of your past experiences, whether or not you've tutored before, and add a friendly, clear photo of yourself.

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I’m a Student…. Can I become a tutor and give private lessons?

Students are highly sought-after as tutors. Having recently finished or currently studying your chosen discipline, you have an ideal profile to give peer tutoring or mentoring from home, and homework support for school students.

In addition, students at university, TAFE or even some high school students often have versatile skill sets that enable them to offer courses to those who need help across a variety of subjects. Whether you’re a physics tutor, Spanish tutor, ESL teacher or biology tutor, everyone is welcome on Superprof :-).

Tutor jobs are great for students looking for part time teaching jobs or holiday work, summer tutoring jobs, or trying to juggle their studies with active social lives.

Issy, a Psychology student from Monash, has taught VCE English and 1st year Psych classes since 2014. Students contact her and she helps them prepare for their exams, essay writing or uni assignments. She has made university report writing her specialty. Each month, these classes bring in more than $1000.

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What are the legalities of working as a private tutor?

As a tutor working for yourself there are a number of things to think about to protect both yourself and your students.

Report your income to the ATO. It’s important to keep your income and taxes up to date and a legal requirement to declare your income. As Superprof are not involved in the payment process between, it is your responsibility to declare the transaction.

Insure yourself. It’s not a legal requirement to be insured as a tutor, but it’s a standard practice to do so. Consider public liability insurance, business and portable equipment insurance and professional indemnity insurance.

Be aware of health and safety. This means providing a safe environment for students to learn. This is very important if you plan to teach from your home.

Advertise honestly. Every claim you make must be factually correct, and you should be able to provide documentary proof of any qualification you claim to hold.

Working With Children Check. In all Australian states, it is a legal requirement for anyone wishing to work with children to obtain a customary check. Therefore, if you are looking to offer lessons to minors, we require you to get your permit before registering.

As you'll be self-employed, we remind you that you'll need obtain your own Australian Business Number (ABN). It's relatively straightforward and free to apply.

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How can I make my listing more visible?

The more complete and detailed your ad, the more credibility it will have with students and the higher up the lists it will rise.

The title of your listing must be more than 12 words
Write down at least 40 words in the "Teaching" and "Experiences" sections of your ad
Do not forget to validate your phone number and your email address by clicking verify
Add your certification to the site
Add a clear, portrait photo to your ad
Ask your friends, family and former students to leave you a recommendation
Add a video to your ad, it's a real plus!

You also need to be as responsive as possible to the lesson requests you receive. The faster you answer, even if it's to decline the request, the higher your profile will be ranked. 👍

Have your Superprof students leave reviews on your profile. You can leave a review for them too a week after the lesson has been accepted. If you do an automatic email will be sent, inviting them to do the same.

And finally, take a look at our Pro Pass. 🎉

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How do I decide my rate?

Setting your rates too high can scare students off, just as setting rate too low might too. It is therefor important to find just the right rate for your lesson. To find the right price we would recommend:

Looking at how much other tutors ask for in your subject and in your city.
Adjusting the price according to your degree, your skills, your experience ... and the hourly wage you think you deserve.
Adapting your price according to the type of students you wish to find - generally, the older a student is, the more money you can ask for.
Adapting your price according to the time for travel to reach the residence of the pupil and according to the duration of the session.

Finally, if you do not find enough students to your liking, do not hesitate to lower your rates. Doing so, may just allow you to have as many students as you had hoped for. And once you begin to build bit of a reputation, you will perhaps have more freedom to hike it back it up again :)

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How do I delete my account?

To delete your account permanently, just head to the ‘My Account’ tab and scroll down to find ‘Delete My Account’ section and be sure to tick both 'Delete my Account' and 'Delete my Listings' before entering your password.

Alternatively, if you just wanted to take your listings offline temporarily, you could simply deactivate your listing instead. In order to do this, all you have to do is login to your dashboard, select the 'My Listings' tab, and then click on the green button on the right-hand side of your listing. Evidently, you are free to reactivate them whenever you please!

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How do I cancel my Pro Pass?

If you wish to cancel your Pro Pass subscription, please let us know using the text box below:

Please Note: For us to get it canceled in time, try and inform us at least 48 hrs before the next debit is due.

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How do I go about creating my own listing?

Creating your listing could not be simpler, just follow the step by step instructions on Superprof and fill out each section. Here are a few helpful tips to help make it as visible as possible to potential students, allowing them to find you:

Highlight your strengths (your skills, your experience...)

Ask yourself why a potential client may choose you over another peer tutor. Explain what differentiates you and makes your private lessons exceptional. Explain your learning style and teaching methodology.

Tell your story.

Teaching is not just about passing on your knowledge; it is also about building a bond of trust with your students. Showing your human side is very important. Showing that you’re an interesting and thoughtful person, willing and capable of listening to others. Mention your hobbies, groups you’re part of, your travels, your past work experience, and successes in life.

Focus on the Benefits: What are you providing to your future students?

Try to avoid technical terms difficult to comprehend. Also avoid bland or cliché phrases that do not detail what you will provide. For example, do not just say “I teach maths at all levels and for all abilities", mention the exact levels at which you teach (UMAT, VCE, QCE, HSC, Gmat, Uni etc.) as well as the exact topics (algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, etc.)

Include a picture that makes you stand out

Clear frontal photos of your face are an important way for students and teachers to build confidence in each other. You will increase the number of requests you receive 4 fold by adding a high quality & professional picture of yourself.

Review your listing

A listing full of mistakes will not be taken seriously. Re-read your ad with a text editor and make a final review before publishing.

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Why am I being asked to offer my first lesson for free?

For all our students who are yet to achieve SuperStar status, we require you to offer your first lesson for free. Even once you have achieved this status, Superprof recommends that you offer the first class for free as it;

...allows you to establish rapport with the student

The purpose of the first meeting is not to give a class to your pupil, but to get to know and understand what their needs are, set up a lesson plan and a teaching method that will allow your pupil to reach his/her goals.

...is a small investment for a greater reward

Offering one hour of your time for free to a student who may use your services all year and spread the word about your services is an excellent investment.

...It reassures students

Students will contact you more frequently. Just put yourself in their shoes; would you agree to pay someone without having met them, or being assured that they're the type of teacher your looking for?

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Why be responsive to lesson requests?

If your tutor listing interests a potential student, Superprof will automatically send you an email/SMS letting you know that a student wants to take a class with you.

Be reactive!

Some students contact several tutors at once to be sure to find a perfect fit. The longer you wait to answer them, the more likely it is that the will find another teacher in the meantime...

The more responsive you are, the more Superprof will improve the visibility of your ad (reactivity is part of Superprof's selection criteria).

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How to organise online lessons?

Below you will find our advice on how to continue your lessons via webcam:

👨🏻💻 For one-on-one lessons, there are a number of different tools available.

Among the most popular are:

Discord
Google Hangouts
Skype
Facetime
Whatsapp
Zoom
Don’t forget the telephone (particularly for language classes).

Easy to use and completely free, these tools will allow you to carry out your lessons through your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Let’s take the example of a foreign language class. All you'll need to do is follow these three simple steps:

Download your chosen application
Ask your student for their username
Connect with your student at the scheduled time for your class

👨👧👦 If you would like to offer group classes, we would recommend using Discord or Google Hangouts.

Check out this link for more information on how to set up a video conference.

For more general info on how to go about setting up online classes, check out one of our latest blog posts.

Best of luck with your classes!

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How do I attract more students?

Target your ads

If you give classes in several subjects (eg maths & english), create as many ads as you have subject areas. This will allow your classes to be more targeted (only indicate your maths experience in the maths ad ...) and adapt your rates according to the subject taught.

Do some experimenting

If few students contact you, increase or decrease your rates and / or change the title of your ad and / or profile picture and see what happens.

Engage in some shameless self promotion

Share your Superprof ads on social networks, on specialized sites or on classified ad sites. Ask your baker, pharmacist, neighbourhood association or your other students if they know someone who is looking for private lessons ! The more you talk about yourself, the quicker you'll find students.

Our Pro Pass

If this is not enough, subscribe to the professional offer. For a fee of $9 per month (or $69 per year), the score of your ad will increase by 100 points, giving your ad more visibility. If you have friends who are looking for someone, do not hesitate to tell them about Superprof and insert a Superprof link on social networks and your personal website. Increasing awareness of the site will bring more prospects to all.

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How should I prepare for my lessons?

There are as many ways of organising a lesson as there are professors - not to mention that the organisation should also depend on the needs and objectives of the student ! Thus there is no ONE answer to this question. However, here are some tried and tested method/lesson structure for inspiration:

Correct the exercises and review the material from the previous class (5-10 min)

This is a great way to test your students and make sure that they don't forget the material seen before.

Review the current lesson (15-20 min)

To know which points are most crucial for the student, it is a good idea to have them review the class. Ask them to describe what they have learnt, what do they mean, and can they expand on less assimilated points.

Practice exercises (20-30 min)

Understanding a course is good, but knowing how to apply your knowledge as part of a problem, an exercise or in real life is better. Have your student do as many exercises as possible.

Take stock (5-10 minutes)

Ask your pupil to make sure they understand the notions seen during the session.

Allocate homework

So your student does not forget everything from one week to the next, allocate some exercises to allow them to revise the most important notions as well as those in which they still have some difficulties.

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Why be responsive to lesson requests?

If your listing is of interest to a potential student, Superprof will automatically send you an email/SMS to let you know.

So be reactive!

Some students contact several teachers at once to be sure to find a perfect fit. The longer you wait to answer them, the more likely it is that the will find another teacher in the meantime...

The more responsive you are, the more Superprof will improve the visibility of your ad (reactivity is part of Superprof's selection criteria).

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How do I find a suitable teacher/tutor?

It’s simple! Find your teacher or tutor through our search engine.

Choose your subject, your city or suburb, and that’s it! You’ll be able to access thousands of our best tutors & private teachers, who will be available to give lessons near you or via webcam.

Once you have run the initial search, you’ll be able to filter it depending on your level, budget and the distance you're willing to travel

When you have chosen your private teacher, you can contact him or her by clicking on the "Book a lesson" button, found on the top right corner of the listing.

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How can I be sure of the quality of the teacher/tutor I've selected?

Profile transparency

We ask our teachers to be as transparent as possible when creating their listings; carefully outlining their experience, methodology and even including a short CV.

Verification of their qualification and personal details

We verify the identity, personal details (telephone number, e-mail address, photo) and the qualification of all of our teachers.

100% authentic reviews – The strength of the community

We verify all of the reviews and recommendations that our teachers receive to guarantee that they are 100% authentic. Only our members can leave reviews. So you can rest assured knowing that our teachers are excellent, competent and available thanks to our community of millions of students!

Both their ratings (eg. 5/5) and their response time (eg.1 hour) are displayed and refreshed in real time.

You can also see the teacher's last connection on Superprof so that you can check their recent activity on the site.

Recommendations from their former students and students parents

The reviews and recommendations the teachers receive from their former students can give you clear insight into the quality of their lessons and their teaching style.

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How do I leave my teacher a review?

If it has been 7 days since your first lesson, all you need to do is log in and leave them a review.

If it hasn’t been 7 days, you’ll have to wait a little!

✏️ You need to contact us regarding a teacher? Contact us here:

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Will I be charged to contact a tutor?

In order to message teachers on our site, you will need to subscribe to our Student Pass. The subscription costs $29/month and is not related to any individual teacher's rate. The monthly subscription essentially gives you access to the site and our teachers and is renewed on a rolling basis until you deactivate the subscription (through your dashboard). The Student Pass subscription allows you to message as many teachers as you want during the time your subscription is active.

Your subscription is only activated, if and when, a teacher accepts your lesson request. If the teacher has not accepted your request, but you see that the $29 appears to be missing from your account, it is due to the bank holding your payment. You have not been debited, but it is merely being blocked to guarantee payment in case a teacher accepts the request.

If your request is accepted and you later discover that the lesson can not go ahead, you will be able to get a refund as long as you can show through email/SMS that the lesson did not take place.

To optimise the chances of a teacher accepting your request, make sure to put as much information in your message as possible. Also, don't forget you are free to contact as many teachers as you like.

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How do I pay my tutor?

We are not involved in the payments made to your tutor, and this is something you will have to arrange directly with them yourselves. Payments can usually take whatever form (cash, PayPal, bank transfer etc.), but will differ from tutor to tutor, so be sure to discuss payment options as early as possible.

Note: we do not take a commission.

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How do I cancel my Student Pass?

You are free to cancel your Student Pass at any time. To do, just log into your Dashboard and head to the Student Pass tab.

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What is your refund policy?

Refunds are given in certain circumstances. If the tutor accepts your request but turns out to be unavailable or unsuitable, you may be eligible for a refund. Send us an email at gday@superprof.com with proof that the lesson hasn't gone ahead. This evidence (it can be a screenshot of an email/SMS) is necessary in order to receive a refund of the Student Pass.

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How can we help you?

Find an answer among our FAQs

Highlight your strengths (your skills, your experience...)

Tell your story.

Focus on the Benefits: What are you providing to your future students?

Include a picture that makes you stand out

Review your listing

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