If you’re a new tutor for In-Home Tutors, welcome. We’ve probably already sent you our Notes for New Tutors infographic, but in case you’ve lost it, click here to see it again! And if you are ready to call your first client, please review these tips for your First Call to a New Client! And […]
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ISDD Service Plan Description
Measuring the Impact of Tutoring ISDD is funded by various grants and needs to report back on the benefits their clients are receiving. Starting in November 2023, In-Home Tutors asks tutors to create Service Plans for each child, to allow us to track their progress over the course of the authorized tutoring period. Description of […]
ISDD Service Plan Instructions
If you are reading this, you have probably agreed to tutor one or more of our ISDD clients. ISDD — Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability — is funded by various grants and needs to report back on the benefits their clients are receiving. Starting in November 2023, In-Home Tutors asks tutors to create Service […]
“Meet and Greet” policy
Parents occasionally ask their new tutor to meet for coffee or have a brief meeting with the child “to see if it’s a good fit.” This is understandable but the problem is that the parent does not expect to pay for this. We do not believe it is fair to ask you, our tutor, make […]
Cancellation policies
Here are our thoughts on cancellations: Make sense? Comments are welcome!
For New Tutors: Our Payment Process
We’ve tried to make our payment process very simple. You’ll report your hours online and we pay by direct deposit twice a month. You’ll receive an email confirming the amount paid and the day you can expect to see the money in your account. We process payments on the 1st and 15th of each month. […]
Subject-Matter Expertise
In-Home Tutors keeps its fees reasonable. But all the same, clients who hire one of our tutors expect a subject matter expert. We need you to present yourselves as a professional tutor and — of course — to actually be one. It’s very embarrassing to us when a tutor tells the client: “I haven’t done geometry […]
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Cancellation Policies Regarding Online Tutoring
We know it’s frustrating when a client cancels at the last minute. In-Home Tutors has always been willing to pay you for a “no show” or very late cancellation, out of respect for your time and the money you spend on gas. We sometimes charge private clients for no shows, but often do not. And the […]
Online Tutoring Guides
With the spread of Covid-19 accelerating in the U.S. online tutoring is increasingly the only way we will be able to help our clients. We do not dictate the platform you should use. We recommend Zoom but Skype, Google Hangouts or Google Meet and Facetime are acceptable if you and the client agree. We STRONGLY […]
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