Part 3: Flexible Online Tutoring Jobs You Can Start Today

January 11, 2019March 31, 2019 Joyce Chidiadi 3 Comments online tutoring jobs, side hustles

There’s no reason you can’t start an online side hustle this year.

When I was in university, I had some friends who loved to teach. They had personal tutorial courses they held for students in the freshman year. They created mini tutor jobs for themselves by making booklets with solutions to the past questions for the courses they taught. After graduation, many of them dropped those skills at their university gates and have never used the teaching skills anymore.

Could you imagine that I ran into one of those university tutorial guys (let’s call him Former Student Tutor (FST) a few months back and here’s how part of our conversation went.

FST: I don’t have a job now and I’m as broke as a “bottle”.
Me: What are you doing with your tutoring/teaching skills?
FST: What teaching skills?
Me: The skills you used to teach Ordinary Differential Equation and Statistics when you were still a student in the university.
FST: I used those tutorials to survive hunger in school. I still love to teach but how will that pay my bills today?
Me: Do you know you can still make money teaching students all over the world online? You don’t have to meet your students in school or their homes. Your computer and internet connection is all you need.
FST: Where? How? Show me, please!
Me: Here is a list of websites where you can register, once you are approved you start teaching to earn an income. At least it can help you patch up the broken bottles in your finances.
FST: I can’t believe I can still tutor online.

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Creating Online Hustle Series Continues

As part of my Online Side Hustle Series, I have written this article on how and where you can make money online as a tutor. Don’t let your skills die when they can still be useful to you and society.
If you haven’t been following my new year blog series on How To Create Online Side Hustles, you need to catch up on the previous articles here:
1. Happy New Year With A New Series!
2. Part 1: Make Money Online As A Writer (Part 1)
3. Part 2: How To Get Your UpWork Profile Approved.

Let’s dive right into the Hows and Wheres of online tutoring.

Where To Find Online Tutoring Jobs

Online English Teaching Jobs As an English as a Second Language teacher.
There are certain requirements and expectations to keep in mind. Most of these are similar across the different companies offering these teaching opportunities. A few of what to keep in mind are:

Your responsibility is to teach English Language to Chinese students through an online platform.
The company will supply the curriculum, lesson plans, and other resources used for teaching students on a one-to-one basis.
Summer is a peak time for this job even though it runs throughout the year.
You have to be tech-savvy (of course, you need it to operate the computer through which you would be using to teach)
Must be comfortable working with children and adults
Should be a licensed teacher or a university graduate eligible to work in the United States or Canada

List of Companies Offering Online English Language Teaching Jobs

Below is a list of companies hiring tutors to teach online, so you can teach from anywhere. It is based on location and subject.

Teach Away Inc –
Payment rate: $22 per hour
VIPKID Teachers
Payment rate: $14 to 22 per hour
Magic Ears
Payment rate: $9 to 13 per 30 minutes and $18 to 26 per hour
QKids
SayABC – Up to $21 per 40 minutes
First Future – $16 to $20 per 45 minutes
GVE Online Education
Apply here for the US and here if you are in Canada
ALO7
LikeSHUO
Gogokid

OnlineTutor Jobs For Other Subjects

1. Superprof – You can provide private lessons to students in over 1000 subjects ranging from Maths, Sciences, the Arts, Languages, Health, to Fitness and lots more in Canada. Students, professional teachers, new graduates are welcome to apply
Pros:
– You set your own pay rate
– Teach students around the world
See more info and Register here:

2. School Solver – All subjects
You solve homework or school questions for students and post your solution. Each time your solution is bought, you get paid. It is easier to make money here than on Chegg.

3. Chegg
Chegg is now overflooded by tutors competing against each other. However, you can still give it a try which is why I still added it to the list.

Become an Independent Online Tutor

If you are not comfortable with teaching kids or don’t have the legal requirements to work in the US or Canada for ESL tutors, go ahead and create your own course. You can teach anything you want as long as you have a good command of the skill and can pass on the knowledge.

Host your course on online education platforms like:

Udemy – Earn money anytime a student buys your course
Skillshare – You earn money by cumulative watched minutes of your course
Teachable – Earn from student subscriptions on the platform
Lynda – Entry barrier here is higher and stricter. Only verified professionals can teach on this platform
Your personal website: Create your course, publish on your website. Keep all the money but be ready to do all the marketing alone. You can also list your course on all the above-mentioned platforms and increase your earning potential.

Tools and Tips For Creating Your Online Course

Tools:

1.Laptop or Desktop computer

2. Computer screen recording software and video editing programs

3. You may invest in a good DSLR camera for shooting your videos if you teach skills like painting, piano, drawing, and so on. Other equipment will include, camera stand and lighting equipment.

Screen Recording Software for PC Users

Camtasia
Snagit
CamStudio
WeeVideo
Microsoft Expression
Screenr
FrontCam
BandiCam

Screen Recording Software For Mac Users

Camtasia
Quicktime
iShowU
BandiCam
Snagit

Tips For Creating Your First Online Course

If you are still not sure that you can make this happen, consider joining the Skillshare’s 30 Day Teaching Challenge here. The good thing is that most of these online education platforms have a lot of helpful resources for their instructors.
You can also take free Udemy courses that will teach you how to structure your course, film your course, and improve your video quality here.

Get started today!

Do you have other genuine places where you teach online? Please share in the comment section to help others struggling to make an income with their skills. Let us know if this article has been helpful to you. See you next week.

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