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Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring
Posted by carol/kr on 8/25/08
Hi Laura, No worry. I'm not offended. Thank you for your note. Carol
> Hi Carol,
>
> I didn't mean to offend you and I know that there are great teachers out
> there working in programs like yours that can be wonderful. My guess is
> that there aren't too many folks like you working programs such as
> Sylvan or Huntington that are as qualified and willing to work for such
> low pay--especially when they know how much the parents are paying.
> Yes, I do evaluate my students, read their Psych.Ed reports and plan
> accordingly. I've also done my fair share of good deeds in the past 18
> years but I have to pay my bills too.
>
> Hope your school year goes well.
> Laura
>
> On 8/25/08, carol/kr wrote:
>> I disagree that you "get what you pay for". I tutored this summer
>> and received low pay when the school paid (mandated by IEP) and
>> MUCH Higher pay if I could charge and parent paid (wasn't mandated
>> in the IEP). The kids got the same teaching/tutoring.
>>
>> I have been teaching for 30 years, am a published children's author,
>> learning disability specialist, but you're right on one part. It
>> was a good deed for me to spend my summer hours tutoring children.
>> Perhaps that what you are trying to say is that the Learning
>> Resource Center, Inc has a fine program which evaluates and meets
>> the needs of the child.
>>
>> But making $15/hour doesn't preclude good teaching/tutoring. It
>> just means that's the socio-economic possibility for that area.
>>
>>
>> On 6/24/08, Laura Rice wrote:
>>> I think it depends on your experience and your location. I run an
>>> independent learning center in Mt. Kisco, NY (Learning Resource
>>> Center, Inc.) that charges $120/session. I have 19 years of
>>> teaching experience and I am a reading specialist with training in
>>> many different programs. I don't want to offend the teachers who
>>> are doing good deeds and working for public programs but you get
>>> what you pay for. My guess is that those teachers doing good
>>> deeds wish they could do more but are limited by many issues.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>> Laura
>>
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Posts on this thread, including this one
- How much do you get paid for tutoring, 5/07/08, by MIch NJ.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 5/19/08, by Leslie.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 5/20/08, by Lesa.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 5/25/08, by Miss Sara.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 6/10/08, by flateach.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 6/24/08, by Laura Rice.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 8/25/08, by carol/kr.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 8/25/08, by Laura Rice.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 8/25/08, by carol/kr.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 9/29/08, by AVID Tutor.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 10/15/08, by Edgar Orellana.
- Re: How much do you get paid for tutoring, 10/15/08, by Edgar Orellana.
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