You enjoy conveying knowledge in a playful, personalized manner tailored to each child? Become a private tutor! As a private tutor, you take on the educational success of entrusted children, providing individualized support to stimulate their intellectual awakening.
Some families choose to hire private tutors to provide quality education tailored to their children’s needs, surpassing traditional education. These discerning clients seek this concrete solution to ensure their children’s professional future, providing them with the necessary keys and a level of culture to prepare them for a promising future.
- Primary missions:
- Personalized academic assistance
- Subject-specific tutoring
- Enhancing learning outcomes
- Average salary: $25,000 – $70,000 per year
- Type of job: Private child care
- Associated professions:
Definition of the private tutor profession
Throughout the centuries, the idea of personalized learning has evolved, adapting to the changing needs of society. Private tutors have thrived as learning facilitators, filling educational gaps, and providing valuable supplements to traditional teaching. Today, this profession has evolved to meet modern requirements, extending beyond mere academic support to encompass a range of disciplines and skills. The private tutor helps children understand academic subjects, plans and organizes tutoring sessions, develops exams, and designs tailored study programs. They enhance learning techniques, prepare educational resources, and establish personalized study schedules. They also manage time effectively and prepare lessons to promote successful learning.
Description of the private teacher/tutor position
A tutor provides personalized educational support for a child or adolescent, aiming to help them succeed academically. This role requires qualified individuals to teach students on an individual basis, in one or more subjects, usually outside of regular school hours and facilities.
In many cases, tutors must be proficient in teaching foreign languages, although parents may request other specializations such as mathematics, sciences, music, art, computer science, and more.
The tutor must design and implement unique personalized lesson plans, assist with mandatory school assignments, and prepare students for exams.
Their role is to assist, encourage, and guide the child(ren) until they achieve a good level of understanding and improve their knowledge in the chosen study area(s).
Private tutor’s missions
- Individualized Teaching: The central aspect of the role is to provide lessons tailored to each student’s pace and learning style, ensuring a thorough understanding of the subjects covered.
- Personalized Evaluation: Private tutors often start with a comprehensive assessment of their students’ skills and gaps, creating a foundation for a customized teaching program.
- Exam Preparation: Private tutors often specialize in exam preparation, offering proven strategies and advice to maximize students’ performance during crucial assessments.
- Liaison with Household Staff: Liaising with nannies and household managers or family assistants is also part of a private tutor’s work. Therefore, they must be good team players and able to communicate effectively at all levels.
Roles and responsibilities of a private tutor
- Coach and motivate the student(s) to improve or acquire new skills.
- Evaluate the student(s) and provide feedback on their progress and challenges.
- Assist the student(s) in overcoming educational challenges.
- Propose a holistic approach to education and development.
Requirements and desired expertise
By hiring a private tutor, you are investing in personalized educational expertise that can transform your children’s academic journey. From academic support to language courses and exam preparation, these professionals offer an invaluable advantage.
It is essential to remember that the role of a tutor in an affluent family is very different from that in other families. Affluent and ultra-wealthy families demand a high level of discretion, flexibility, adaptability, and patience. A private tutor will always tailor the program to the abilities and needs of your child and ensure that the student has a perfect understanding of each subject, achieving the best results. Additionally, a talented tutor will be able to captivate your children with their subject and help them develop a natural interest, making the learning process enjoyable and effortless.
Beyond an evident passion for teaching and the ability to convey knowledge in an accessible manner, the position of a private tutor requires a solid academic background and excellent interpersonal skills.
To be a private tutor, you must have degrees such as:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Master’s degree
- Doctorate
In addition to academic qualifications, the tutor must have broad general knowledge to respond to all requests.
The private tutor must carefully create and organize their pedagogical program. Creative teaching methods, practical examples, and the use of modern educational technologies can enrich the learning experience they provide.
Key skills and qualities to have
- Interpersonal communication
- Pedagogical adaptability
- Excellent mastery of the subjects taught
- Creativity in teaching
All these qualities are carefully verified by our professional consultants through detailed interviews, modeling of challenging situations, and reference checks.
Remuneration of a private tutor
Average salary for the private tutor profession
When it comes to the remuneration of a Private Tutor, several factors influence the rates applied. On average, rates can vary considerably depending on teaching time, level of education, and subjects taught. In Europe, price ranges for this type of mission generally vary between 2000€ and 4000€ per month. They also vary based on the reputation of the private tutor and the complexity of the subject taught.
Working conditions of the private tutor profession
The schedules of a Private Tutor are often flexible and tailored to the needs of students and families. In general, lessons are delivered during the day at home, but for academic reinforcement, classes can take place on weekdays after regular class hours or on weekends.
Often, a tutor may be required to travel with the family worldwide and provide lessons as needed. Moreover, it is quite common to combine the roles of tutor and governess. In addition to delivering quality lessons, the tutor will be responsible for organizing fun and educational activities for the children, researching activities and places of interest available in each travel destination, spending time with the children, and ensuring they are busy and entertained throughout the day.
Similar job
Home Tutor
Just like the home tutor, the Private tutor provides quality and personalized teaching. As mentioned, the difference lies mainly in the location of the teaching. The home tutor will come to the student’s home to provide lessons. In the case of a private tutor, teaching can take place anywhere since they may need to accompany the child’s travels in the event of the family relocating to another country for business or during vacation to ensure continuous teaching over several days or weeks.
Governess
A governess can take on the role of a private tutor; however, her role is most often to teach children the rules to follow within the household, to demonstrate proper manners according to the protocols of high society and the environments they frequent. These tasks are varied but not as in-depth as those of a private tutor.
Where to practice the private tutor profession
This type of position is highly sought after by affluent families, and many private tutors work within wealthy families as personal tutors. This setup provides an intimate environment, allowing maximum individual attention for each student. These tutors can work at the family’s home, providing high-quality academic support.
Personal tutors may have the opportunity to work on private yachts to follow the educational curriculum of children traveling with their parents. This approach is favored by VIPs who travel frequently and seek continuous education for their children wherever they are in the world.
Cities where the profession is most practiced
The Private Tutor profession is widely practiced in cosmopolitan cities where there is high demand for individual education. Metropolises like Paris, London, New York, and Monaco are hubs where private tutors can find numerous opportunities.
How to present yourself as a private tutor?
The advantage of hiring a private tutor is to have personalized attention and target specific gaps in the student’s knowledge. Tailored lessons promote faster progress, thus reinforcing the student’s confidence. Moreover, flexible schedules allow adapting learning sessions to busy timetables, offering a customized educational solution.
How to promote yourself as a private Tutor
At Morgan & Mallet International, we place and recruit private tutors for temporary, seasonal, or permanent contracts. Our recruitment consultants are always available to answer your questions. Summer tutor requests are particularly popular among our clients. If you have significant experience in teaching your subject to private students and wish to work for VIPs or royalty this summer, please send your application to contact@householdstaff.agency.
Similarly, if you want to hire a private tutor for your children and ensure they receive the best possible education, please contact the experts at Morgan & Mallet International, and we will be happy to find you a perfect tutor for either temporary or permanent roles.
How Morgan & Mallet chooses future candidates?
We ask each candidate to provide the following:
- Have a clean criminal record in their employment country and country of origin.
- Present all certificates and qualifications from training centers and/or schools they attended.
- Pass two interview stages.
- Provide at least three positive references from previous employers.
- Complete professional records containing: CV, cover letter, proof of identity (copy or scan), proof of address, proof of the right to work in the employment country (if applicable), driver’s license, and salary sheets from previous internships.
- Candidates should be aware that additional documents may also be required.
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