When you have one of the online tutoring jobs at Tutor.com, you can schedule as many hours as you want--as few as five hours to as many as thirty hours per week. According to this online tutoring service, the best times to tutor are from Sunday to Thursday, from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. from September to May--when students are most likely working on homework. If you are hired by Tutor.com to become an online tutor, you have to commit to the times that you signed up for and show up on time. Online tutoring jobs are serious commitments, just like working at a regular teaching job Monday through Friday.
As an online tutor, you have several responsibilities. You have to provide tutoring, be familiar with online tutoring services' policies and procedures, respond to your mentor communication, read the monthly newsletter, and check your email on a regular basis for updates and messages from your management team.
For most online tutoring jobs, you are paid once a month for the number of hours you tutor. As an online tutor, you are paid as an independent contractor. This means no taxes are taken out of your pay checks. At the end of the year, you will receive a 1099 to file with your taxes during tax season.
You have to become a certified tutor when you work for Tutor.com. Once your application is processed and you are hired, you have a 30 to 60 day probationary period. Once you pass this period, you are a certified online tutor.
