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First, here are two important points for you to keep in mind:
Next, there are three things you must complete before you have a telephone interview with us:
You must follow all six of the following six steps (including introductory step 0) before we can accept you as one of our tutors:
Remember, you first finish the six steps and then return to step 5 to complete and submit the application to be a tutor. This page covers the following topics:
Step 0. Do You Qualify For The Job And Would You Like To Work For Us? Top Of PageBefore beginning the six steps leading to becoming a tutor with us, please make certain you fully qualify for the job and would really like to tutor for us. Click on the web page Teacher Requirements to learn what requirements you must fulfill to become one of our tutors. Click on the web page Why Teach With Us for several excellent reasons why you might like to become one of our tutors. Step 1. Learn Our Basic Principles And Techniques Top Of PageThe first step in becoming one of our tutors is to thoroughly learn about the educational, theoretical and practical principles of our tutoring service. Carefully and completely read the following six web pages which cover the basic principles and techniques of our tutoring service:
Once again, please read the above six web pages carefully and thoroughly. During the past decades, every tutor who followed our advice and took these web pages to heart was able to hold on to students for a long time, enjoy many pleasurable tutoring experiences, help students make substantial progress and win the undying loyalty of the parents. Conversely, tutors who skimmed over or ignored these web pages had very few lessons and ended up with dissatisfied students and disappointed parents. These web pages and the philosophy they express are based on 50 years of extensive tutoring experience with actual students at actual lessons. So we hope you'll make full use of the valuable information they contain and have much success in your tutoring efforts. Step 2. How To Become An Effective And Successful Tutor Top Of PageIn Step 1, you learned about our basic principles and techniques. In this step, Step 2, we need to make sure you are able to comfortably and successfully handle tutoring calls and become an effective, successful, professional tutor. How We Give You Student Referrals Top Of Page We usually leave information about a new student on your voice mail or answering machine. We refer students to you only if they live in zip codes and want to learn subjects you've specified on your application. You must let us know when you'll be away or out of town more than one day. If we refer a student to a tutor who's away and is unable to tutor the student, the result is almost always a lost student. So, absolutely make it a point to tell us when you'll be away more than one day; we don't want to be forced to dispense with your services. We always establish the tutoring fee for lessons when we first speak with the parents. When we call you shortly thereafter to refer the new student to you, we'll tell you what rate has been set. Since it has already been set, there is no further discussion about the rate. If, for some reason, the parent decides to ask about a new rate, you must inform them you're not allowed to discuss that with them; they can only discuss it directly with us at (866) 433-0640. The Monthly Tutor Report Top Of Page As long as you're one of our tutors, you MUST send us a Monthly Tutor Report on (or before) the last day of each month. If you had one or more active students who took lessons with you that month, your Monthly Tutor Report MUST contain the following four items:
If you had no active students who took lessons with you that month, your Monthly Tutor Report MUST consist of a simple message stating your name, the month and a statement you had no students that month. Remember, you may, if you wish, submit your Monthly Tutor Report a day or two before the last day of the month; however, it MUST be completed by the last day of the month. In short, we expect to receive Monthly Tutor Report from each of our tutors twelve times a year: Jan 31, Feb 28 or 29, Mar 31, Apr 30, May 31, Jun 30, Jul 31, Aug 31, Sep 30, Oct 31, Nov 30 and Dec 31. If we fail to receive a Monthly Tutor Report from you on any of these dates, we will conclude you no longer wish to be one of our tutors and cease allowing you to tutor any of our students. The Tutor's First Call To A New Student's Parents Top Of Page Whenever we place a new student with you, you agrees to attempt making first contact with the student's parents either during the same day or, at the very latest, during the next day. For this reason, we require you to let us know when you'll be out of town for more than one day so that we refrain from giving you new students until you return home. A number of things must be discussed during your first call to the student's parents as explained in Winning The Parent's Trust. One of your objectives is to set up the date and time for the first lesson with the student. In attempting to set up the first appointment, there are four possible results or outcomes or, as we like to call them, scenarios. Every time we place a new student with you, one (or more) of these scenarios always takes place. Therefore, you must know them thoroughly, including how to handle each one and how to report to us so we always know exactly what is happening.
Once you've called to inform us of the date and time of a planned first appointment, we expect no further calls about the new student (unless you wish to discuss a problem). Every tutor must carry out all the above procedures precisely as stated. Failure to do so is very likely to result in losing your position as a tutor. Termination Of Lessons Top Of Page As is true of everything in life, lessons will eventually stop. As soon as the parents have informed you of the date of the last lesson or you have some indication that lessons will stop, call us up the very same day to let us know the details. Of course, you must, as usual, email or FAX us copies of the report cards on the last day of the month. However, we don't want to wait until the last day of the month to fine out about a student's termination of lessons. We expect you to pick up the phone and call us the same day you find out that lessons will cease (or have ceased). Failure to do so is very likely to result in losing your position as a tutor. Canceling Appointments Top Of Page We have two distinct cancellation rules which must be firmly, but politely, enforced without exception.
These two cancellation rules are clearly explained to the parents on several occasions:
A potential client becomes an active student the moment you either tell us or leave a message on our voice mail informing us there'll be a first appointment and the planned date and time it will take place. A student remains an active student until we receive a Student Report Card indicating you believe this student will cease to have lessons with you the following month. There's no other way for a potential client either to become an active student or to cease being an active student . In Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island and Queens, we charge a client $40.00 to $60.00 per hour and pay the tutor $20.00 to $30.00 per hour. In Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan Counties, we charge a client $50.00 to $70.00 per hour and pay the tutor $25.00 to $35.00 per hour. In Manhattan, we charge a client $60.00 to $90.00 per hour and pay the tutor $30.00 to $45.00 per hour. However, there are occasions in which we must charge the client a higher rate. If this happens, we will always inform the tutor of the higher rate and pay the tutor half of that higher rate. So, no matter what we charge the client, we always pay the tutor half. Only one out of every five people who call us for tutoring actually signs up for lessons. The other four say something like Thanks for the information. I'll call you back after I've had time to discuss it with my spouse. but we never hear from them again because they find our rates too expensive. To make it possible for some of these people to afford lessons, we now offer some potential clients a sliding scale fee. As a result, some students pay from $5.00 to $30.00 less per hour for lessons. The Subjects Most In Demand For Tutoring Top Of Page During the past fifty years, about 90% of all tutoring requests are in one or more of the following areas:
In addition, about half of those who require tutoring in elementary school reading also want lessons in elementary school math, both taught by the same tutor. During our first few years as a tutoring service, we noticed how much lesson time was lost due to lack of advance preparation by the student. Some students weren't able to find writing implements or left their books in school or at a relative’s house. Others didn’t have books because the school had failed to hand them out yet or had already collected them near the end of the year. Many times, parents who promised to purchase needed materials did not get around to it until a few weeks later. To remedy this tremendous source of annoyance and waste of time, we began to require every new student to buy a kit from us at the first lesson. The kit consisted of the following items:
The tutor clearly instructed both the parents and the student to ALWAYS leave the kit at home and use it ONLY for work having to do with our lessons. The parent was presented with a bill to reimburse the tutor for both the cost of the kit and the time spent in getting it. I was paid either at the first lesson or at the second. What was the result of requiring every student to have a kit? All the problems mentioned above immediately vanished and all lessons became more effective and well organized. Scheduling: How To Tutor More With Less Travel Time Top Of Page The following statements are true for most tutors:
These four facts are the bases by which an associate tutor can make effective of travel time and scheduling. Suppose someone who lives 30 miles north of you wants you to be their tutor and you agree to have lessons every Monday. Suppose, a few days later, someone who lives 30 miles south of you wants lessons with you and you agree to set the schedule for Tuesday. Suppose, a few days later, a third person who lives 30 miles east of you agrees to see you every Wednesday. Suppose you get another student a few days later who lives 30 miles west of you and you set the tutoring day for Thursday. At first glance, this seems to be a waste of time and money - you've agreed to a sixty mile round trip every day for just one lesson a day. That's true . . . But, during the subsequent weeks, you get more and more new students and gradually fill up each day of the week. You put those who live north of you on Monday, south of you on Tuesday, etc. By the time six to eight weeks have passed and it's late October, you now spend Mondays seeing several students to the north of you and having them split the travel time among them. Likewise, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are filled up in the same manner. This is really the only sensible way you can build up a satisfactory quantity of students. Of course, you could have turned down those first four students with the statement: No! He's too far! However, this way you might end up with just one or two students (if you're lucky), rather than ten or more as described above. To sign up new students and keep a record of lessons taken, you need Student Information Sheets and Student Report Cards. You'll see an example of a Student Information Sheet in Student Information Sheet and an example of a Student Report Card in Student Report Card. You may print out copies of these forms to use for all your lessons with students we refer to you. In Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island and Queens, we charge a client $50.00 to $60.00 per hour and pay the tutor $25.00 to $30.00 per hour. In Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan Counties, we charge a client $60.00 to $80.00 per hour and pay the tutor $30.00 to $40.00 per hour. In Manhattan, we charge a client $70.00 to $100.00 per hour and pay the tutor $35.00 to $50.00 per hour. However, there are occasions in which we must charge the client a higher rate. If this happens, we will always inform the tutor of the higher rate and pay the tutor half of that higher rate. So, no matter what we charge the client, we always pay the tutor half. Only one out of every five people who call us for tutoring actually signs up for lessons. The other four say something like Thanks for the information. I'll call you back after I've had time to discuss it with my spouse. but we never hear from them again because they find our rates too expensive. To make it possible for some of these people to afford lessons, we now offer some potential clients a sliding scale fee. As a result, some students pay from $5.00 to $20.00 less per hour for lessons. Inform A New Client About The New Student Procedures Top Of Page Be sure you're intimately familiar with all the procedures parents and students are required to follow. These procedures are fully laid out in the New Student Welcome web page. Inform your clients about the New Student Welcome web page when you call them to set up the first appointment. Give them the web page's exact address both during your first call and then again during the first lesson. If the family has no internet access or is computer illiterate, print out a copy of the New Student Welcome web page to give them at the first lesson. If the parent gets a copy of this web page at the first lesson, it will make running all subsequent lessons much easier for you, the student and the parents. Know How To Find The Student's Home Top Of Page Make sure you know exactly where the student lives, including the address, cross streets and apartment number. It's completely unprofessional to be late or not show up because you got lost. To avoid this, buy appropriate zip code/street guide maps of the areas in which you'll tutor. For example, copies of
make locating any house in the greater New York City area a snap. With these maps, getting lost is a thing of the past; they are truly indispensable aids for any tutor. Make Sure You Exchange Correct Contact Information Top Of Page Make sure you give the family your name and phone numbers (home, work and cell) and write them down in a safe readily accessible place. Check to make sure they have your correct contact information at least three or four times, including during your first call and during your first lesson. Also, during your first call, make sure you have their address (including apartment number and cross streets) and phone numbers. The Bosses Top Of PageYou must know two important phone numbers to communicate with us. To contact us about any of our student referrals and to report on your progress setting up the first appointment, call us at (877) 463-7487. If you have any problems with payments or paperwork, call us at (866) 463-7487. Step 3. How To Handle The Monthly Tutor Report Top Of PageNow that you know how to handle the day to day requirements of being one of our tutors, you must make sure you know how to handle the monthly referral report. On the last day of each month you have active students, send us half of the tutoring fees you earned for the month and give us a report of your tutoring activities of the month. However, you must first open up a Paypal account before you can proceed. Opening A New PayPal Account Top Of PageOn the last day of each month you have active students, you have three clerical chores to perform. However, you must first open up a PayPal account before you can proceed. All of our tutors must immediately open a PayPal account before we can allow them to tutor our students. PayPal accounts are free of charge, carry no fees and take just a few minutes to open. So, make sure you open your account; we can't place students with you until the account is up and running. Here's what you do:
Again, there are absolutely no costs nor fees. Remember, however, you can fund your account only with your checking account; you CANNOT fund it with your credit card. Using Your PayPal Account In Your Monthly Tutor Report Top Of Page Now that we have our PayPal account established and verified, let's examine your three clerical chores to be done on the last day of the month. Suppose you had three students in September: Ann Abrahams who spent $200.00 for 4 hours, Bill Brewster who spent $300.00 for 6 hours and Chuck Cochran who spent $250.00 for 5 hours in September. Here's how you'd proceed on September 30:
These three steps should take up no more than 15 to 20 minutes of your time. Once they are done, your clerical duties for September are finished and your attention can then turn to October. Step 4. An Important Word Of Caution Top Of PageEverything stated above is to be taken at face value with absolute seriousness and conviction. In particular, we carefully track the students we give you each month. If you act unprofessionally, if you're careless in your treatment of students and families, if you disregard any of the rules and procedures we've set up, if you fail to apply the comprehensive diagnostic test with every student we give you, if you're not on time with mailings and payments or if you're in any way a black eye for our service, we'll take strong and immediate action. So, it's imperative you always behave in the most professional way; we don't want to be forced to let you go. Step 5. Fill Out And Email Us Your Tutor Application Top Of PageOnce you've carefully and thoughtfully read each of Steps 1, 2 , 3 and 4 above, followed and read all the links contained in each step, feel certain you understand our tutoring philosophy and accept the conditions under which our tutors agree to follow, it's time to fill out and submit the Tutor Application. A careful reading of Application Directives will help you in selecting subjects, grades and zip codes. When you're ready to apply, please click on Tutor Application, fill it out completely, make a copy to keep in your records and send us the original.) After you've submitted your Tutor Application, we'll keep it on file and consider it very carefully In addition, please submit copies of all your teaching credentials. These include: (If you prefer, you may send copies of your official transcripts instead of your degrees). Please email them to lessons@abctutor.info or FAX them to (877) 674-5067. Step 6. Have An Intensive Telephone Interview With Us Top Of PageOnce we've received your Tutor Application, all that remains for you to do is to have an intensive two-hour telephone interview with us. Before you call us to inform us you're ready for the interview, carefully reread Steps 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 above and the web page Winning The Parent's Trust as many times as necessary to fully know and understand them. There, you'll find all the tools you'll need to comfortably, professionally and successfully handle lessons with the students we place with you. Familiarity with and knowledge of the principles and pointers you'll find there can easily convert you from an unsuccessful tutor with a few short-term students into a successful tutor with many students taking lessons with you for several months. As a result, we'll not be able to complete the interview unless you're intimately familiar with all of Steps 1 to 5 above and Winning The Parent's Trust. After you've reread Steps 1 to 5 above and Winning The Parent's Trust several times, call us toll free at (877) 674-5067. If we're out of the office or otherwise busy when you call, please leave a message stating three different days and times when you'll be home and ready for our return call. We'll be glad to return your call during one of the three days and times you specified. It's most essential you call us! If you do not call us as described, there will be no interview, your application will be discarded and you will not be hired as a tutor. In the interview, we'll discuss the following:
If we're completely happy with the interview, we'll welcome you aboard as one of our new associate tutors! Once again, don't call us for the interview until you've thoroughly read and completely familiarized yourself with Steps 1 to 5 above and Winning The Parent's Trust! In addition, make sure all these pages remain readily accessible after the interview so you can consult them whenever necessary. From time to time, we add new material designed to help a tutor maintain a high level of skills and professionalism. Congratulations! Top Of PageWell, we've covered everything. However, please revisit this page from time to time. As ideas and pointers occur to us, we intend to add them to the mix. We wish you much success, satisfaction, profit and enrichment in all your future tutoring efforts with us. Good luck!
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