We, as teachers, have a proud history dating back to ancient times, when gurus (who were much more than teachers) shared experiential knowledge as well as literal knowledge, counselled, and moulded values, becoming an inspirational source that helped in the overall development of a Shishya (student).
The history begins with the Vedas, the Upanishad texts of various schools of Hinduism, and culminates in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji of Sikhism.
The history starts from the Gurukuls, the great Nalanda University, to modern renowned schools & universities & now online tutoring.
Although the distance learning concept was started 170 years ago as correspondence courses, and reached in the year 2009 with 5.5 million students taking at least one course online.
So, you've been a successful investment banker all your life, but find yourself out of a job?
Or an accountant of an apparently successful firm who's just been handed the pink slip?
Now, poring over your chequebooks and online accounts, you are groaning inwardly about how you are going to pay off your bills, mortgage, and escalating school fees.
With no job in sight and a staggering mountain-load of bills and debts, have you considered teaching as a possible career option?
The ongoing recession has forced many career paths to change as more and more professionals are going about re-designing their careers.
Teaching is considered relatively recession-proof compared to other professions.
And yet, everybody may not like to be a teacher.
Not everybody will likely find the transition from the boardroom to the classroom sans hassles.
Not every investment banker who thrives on preparing analysis in collaborative teams and assisting in financial due diligence, recording, and the integration of strategic investments and acquisitions is likely to be excited by the prospect of addressing the elementary queries of a band of eager-looking novices.
A professional degree in management and finance does not necessarily qualify its possessor to become an expert conventional teacher of Mathematics, Economics or related subjects.
So, if you don't wish to teach in the traditional 'talk and chalk' manner, there are still some options open to you.
You can still become a really effective teacher without having to deliver vociferous instructions to a group of teens, wondering if they are falling asleep halfway through your lecture.
You can go online and find students who are actually interested in the depth and extent of your knowledge.
You just need a laptop or a desktop with a good quality camera, mike and a good internet connection.
After lockdown 2020, the figure has drastically increased, thereby creating the need for an online tutor.
Qualifications to do online tutoring?
To do online tutoring, no specific degree is required; it's mandatory, but if you have a certified bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in education, it's an additional advantage.
You can also gain a degree by distance learning from IGNOU, Sikkim Manipal University in India.
Harvard University, the University of Florida-Online, and the University of Southern California are renowned universities worldwide for offering a bachelor's degree.
You may pursue a certificate from the National Tutoring Association, American Tutoring Association or other certifying authorities.
You can do certain online courses from Amity, Udemy...
Where to do Online Tutoring?
1 Market place
Lots of Online sites have been developed as a marketplace to find teachers and students, respectively. A few top site names I'm providing for your ready reference. You can do this by following common procedures.
TUTOR.COM
1 Sign up for free
2 Set up your tutoring profile
Your profile is the advertisement of you, and your calibre to attract the students, keep a smiling image of yourself, and write your qualifications, experience and which subject you love to teach. You can share your profile on social media to get tutoring requests directly.
3 Get tutoring request
After your profile is set up, you will start getting request that matches the preferences you have mentioned in your profile.
4 Introduce yourself
The first impression is the best. Treat your first call or message as a professional by asking them a few questions about their need or concerns. Remember, the student wants the best tutor for them.
5 Start getting students
Tutors are more likely to be hired if they clearly mention their prices and availability. Normally, the tutor charges $30/hour may increase up to $60 for advanced courses.
Similarly, you can join other online tutoring sites like Skooli, Chegg Tutors, Wyzant, Vedantu, Byju's, MyPrivateTutor.com, and tutorindia.net...
2 Create your own website
Creating your own website might seem to you like building a school for just doing teaching, but believe me, it is very easy to develop and costs nothing as compared to building a school; on the contrary, you not only earn from coaching your students but by many other ways.
These are the benefits of creating your own website.
a) You can develop your own brand of tutoring online.
b) You are free to charge any fees for your coaching without paying commissions to the marketplaces.
c) You can earn the earnings of other teachers who utilise your site for online tutoring.
d) You can advertise other brands of books, stationery, and bags on your website and earn commission as an affiliate marketer or get paid by advertising networks like Google Adsense.
You are only required to pay for website hosting and a domain(address of your website). You get a free software installation and 24/7 support for running your website on the internet without hassles. I recommend the best, fastest hosting site, Miles Web.
3 Create a YouTube channel.
It's free to create a YouTube channel. Create some primary educational tutorial attractive videos and post them on your channel with a brief description of the courses you can provide and a call to action link, like your contact information, so that students can directly approach you and pay for your courses.
You can also earn through advertising networks on your channel, provided you achieve 1000 subscribers and 4000 valid public watch hours.
You can also earn by diverting to purchase certain books or reading material by placing your affiliate links in the description and indicating them on your videos.
4 Facebook Page
Wondering!!!
The Facebook page works as your online website with a facility to promote yourself on the world's largest active user's social media platform.
a) Create your page; it's easy and free of cost.
b) Write a brief, attractive description of yourself and how you can help the students.
c) Add already built call to action buttons like call us, contact us, send a message, send a WhatsApp message, send an email... to facilitate your students to take necessary action.
d) Post some attractive and learning articles and videos to attract students, parents, and increase your followers.
e) Post regularly to gain more followers and prospects.
f) You can also promote your post or page by sharing on related Facebook groups or by placing an advertisement on Facebook.
You can also promote it on your website and YouTube channel, and other social media accounts.
Facebook pages are self-promoting tools to gain students for your online tutoring.
5 Contact nearby institutions
Although every educational institute has its permanent teaching staff and they are also giving online tutoring still there are still chances that the institutes might be facing difficulties with some of the staff who don't have proper devices for online tutoring, or the staff are not good at online tutoring since it requires making it somewhat interesting.
Contact nearby institutions, or you can also contact faraway institutions online or through telephonic contacts, which you can easily get on their websites or by searching Google.
6 Find on the job requirements site.
Indeed, Naukri.com and Monster are a few of the sites where you can enrol yourself and search the jobs in online tutoring.
A Final Thought
Keep in mind that students will always need tutoring with their classwork, and helping them online can be a very effective means of doing this, even after the pandemic.
Online tutoring jobs also give you flexibility and control over your working life, and be your own boss if you want to work from home and earn money online.
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