OT: What is the going rate to tutor beginning level Latin?

[Lizzie in Ma]

I start tomorrow and have not told them yet.

[LisaNY]

How cool that you have been hired to teach Latin. I don't have any advice, but I'd love to hear how it goes.

Lucky you! I just noticed you live on Cape Cod. My MIL lives in Orleans, and lived in Brewster before that.

[Lizzie in Ma]

Come visit!

[Brigitte]

The going rate at the N.E. boarding schools when we left in 2004 was $40-$50 and probably more heavily weighted to the $50 end. Of course, those parents could afford any price. Down here it's $20-$30.

[abbeyej]

The classes I teach work out to $10/hour, but I have a minimum of 6 kids per class. (I've occasionally taught fewer than that at a time, and have regretted it.) I do occasionally tutor students who need extra help outside of class, and so far I haven't charged for this in addition to the class.

Will you be tutoring so a student can keep up in another class (using materials from that class as your base), or are you *teaching* the students and preparing materials, etc? Do you have multiple students or is this one-on-one? Will you have to travel, or will they come to you? Those things would change how I would charge... I wouldn't consider it worth my while for less than $25/hour (but I might do it out of the goodness of my heart in some cases, lol), and more if I had to travel more than about 10 minutes or if I were doing significant prep work.

[Plaid Dad]

I charge $40/hr., and I have been told by several parents that I am undercharging. I would bet that, given where you live, you could ask $50/hr. and no one would bat an eyelash.

[WTMindy]

I charged $40/hour to people I didn't know and $30/hour for people I did, because I felt so bad charging more that that. And, actually, I asked even less for some families I knew were struggling.

[LisaNY]

Come visit!

Actually, we will be there in the summer. Friends of ours have a house in Harwich, and they let us stay there during the last week of August. I'd *love* to meet a fellow WTM boards member! I will keep in touch with you about that. Cool! :)

[LisaNY]

I charge $40/hr., and I have been told by several parents that I am undercharging. I would bet that, given where you live, you could ask $50/hr. and no one would bat an eyelash.

Plaid Dad, is this $40/hr in the classroom setting, or is this private tutoring?
Also, how many days per week do you meet with your class?

In a little over two years, I will be a retired hs'er, and teaching Latin is one of the things I think I'd really like to do on a regular basis.

[LisaNY]

I charged $40/hour to people I didn't know and $30/hour for people I did, because I felt so bad charging more that that. And, actually, I asked even less for some families I knew were struggling.

Mindy - I have always been curious about this. (When I study at the library, I see tutors working with kids all of the time.) How, exactly, do you tutor math? Do you just work from the child's textbook, or do you bring your own materials? What does a typical tutoring session look like?

[Pencil Pusher]

Are the rates you guys are quoting because of where you live or because it's Latin? Just curious (& thinking maybe THAT'S what I should do, lol).

Btw, those of you who are tutoring Latin, what is your level of experience? (Other than Plaid Dad--I know you've got a PhD, right?)

[WTMindy]

Mindy - I have always been curious about this. (When I study at the library, I see tutors working with kids all of the time.) How, exactly, do you tutor math? Do you just work from the child's textbook, or do you bring your own materials? What does a typical tutoring session look like?
Usually I have helped them with the homework that they have. They bring their assignments (or old assignments or tests that they didn't understand) and I help them. I watch them do their work and have them explain it to me so that I can see where they are making their mistakes. I'll give them a bit more practice on things that they need to better understand. Every once in a while a kid will come and not have any homework, so I have a book of challenge math problems that I will work from.

[LisaNY]

Usually I have helped them with the homework that they have. They bring their assignments (or old assignments or tests that they didn't understand) and I help them. I watch them do their work and have them explain it to me so that I can see where they are making their mistakes. I'll give them a bit more practice on things that they need to better understand. Every once in a while a kid will come and not have any homework, so I have a book of challenge math problems that I will work from.

Thank you for explaining the process to me. :)

[Brigitte]

Are the rates you guys are quoting because of where you live or because it's Latin? Just curious (& thinking maybe THAT'S what I should do, lol).

Btw, those of you who are tutoring Latin, what is your level of experience? (Other than Plaid Dad--I know you've got a PhD, right?)

I am not tutoring (only 1 year of Latin in 7th grade doesn't cut it). My dh teaches Latin at a boarding school in the South and did so for 5 years in CT. The rates I quoted were based on location and the fact that it is Latin. Both location and subject have a bearing on the rate you can charge for tutoring. There just aren't many people who are capable of tutoring Latin, so Latin tutors can charge more. Supply and demand, you know...

[Lizzie in Ma]

She is a high school (charter school) student so I will be helping her with her homework and teaching her.
She is bright and we had a long chat last night. She says mostly she doesn't understand the endings. I KNOW I can help with that. I am really hoping to show her it can be fun, that she knows more than she thinks she does, and boost her confidence level. I think I may go with $30 an hour because I do know them and they are not rolling in it but were considering Sylvan which as I hear it, is really pricey!
You are all invited to visit anytime you are in the Cape area!