For those of you with high school students preparing for midterms or finals at the end of the school year, we encourage you to use a science-based “Crush your Finals” process. Start by using this mind map to help your student plan for each final. Once they understand the plan (gather resources, self-test for retrieval, […]

Most tutors report hours promptly, because you want to get paid promptly.  But occasionally tutors fall really far behind in reporting hours.  You may think this only affects you but in fact it also impacts our ability to bill clients and collect the payments our business needs to stay afloat.  Parents typically react negatively to […]

Here’s our policy in a nutshell: Lessons should be a minimum of one hour.  That is our commitment to you, since we do not pay travel time. You should always receive at least one hour of payment.  Let us know if this becomes a problem and we will explain this to the parents. Only report […]

Sometimes a client calls us to end tutoring or request a new tutor — without saying anything to you.  This can be upsetting, especially if you thought you’d established a good rapport with the parent or child. In general, however, we ask you NOT to contact the parent. Just accept that the relationship has ended. […]

When you tutor a student we have assigned to you, you are representing In-Home Tutors.  We’ve chosen you because we think you are good, so it’s no surprise when our clients recommend you to their friends. As an independent contractor to us, you may well be tutoring students independently and may be tempted to take […]

In-Home is in our name and remains one of our key selling points.  Parents weary of driving their child to sports practive, music lessons, bible study, the dentist, etc., love that our tutor shows up at their door while they relax. So, it is a basic requirement of working with In-Home Tutors that you be […]