Chapters
- 01. The Factors Affecting the Cost of Private Group Tutorials
- 02. What should you consider before you start pricing?
- 03. How Much Should You Charge for Group Academic Support?
- 04. Fill your group sessions through Tutoring Directories
- 05. How to Work Out Your Rates for Group Classes
- 06. Why not list your tutorials on Superporf?
“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” - Aristotle
With academic support tutorials, homework help, school holiday tutorials, and private tutorials, the private tutoring market is expanding. The market is valued at around €2bn per year.
When it comes to academic success, you can't beat one on one tutoring. However, it can be difficult for working-class families to pay for private tutorials for their children if they start struggling at school. That said, they can always find a tutor who's offering group classes and workshops.
As you'll see throughout this article, hosting group tutorials are a great way to earn more per hour while offering discounted rates to students.
This is basically a win-win scenario for both the students and the teacher. However, the students won't get as much one-on-one time with their tutor and the teacher won't be able to tailor their lessons as much as they would in a normal private tutorial.
So, how can you give your students the best learning experience while still earning enough to make a decent living?
- Find out what local pricing for Private group tutorials is in your respective subject or skill and set your prices accordingly.
- Offer extras: maybe you could hold free workshops or seminars at your local community centre or library in order to attract prospective students.
- Study the market and adapt: if indeed you do live in a small town where there is very little second language instruction going on, you can promote your skills as a teacher to bring about more opportunities – for yourself and for students.
You may also teach host your Private group tutorials online.
So how can you choose fair rates for private group tutorials? How much are tutoring services worth?
take a look at this article on teaching tutorials to groups, we're looking at how you can work out what to charge for group tutorials, what's a fair price for both the tutor and the students, how to make your tutoring business successful.
The Factors Affecting the Cost of Private Group Tutorials
Private group tutorials usually include less than 10 students who’ll be taught in a classroom. According to the law of supply and demand, the equilibrium price is at the intersection of supply and demand. When it comes to private tutorials, this seems to oscillate somewhere within the region of €15 and €25 per hour across Ireland.
What should you consider before you start pricing?
When you are trying to calculate the right price for your group lessons it is important that you aren’t thrown off simply because you haven’t found enough students to tutor. It might be the case that you might have arrived at a fair price for your tutoring, but you haven’t managed to put yourself in front of the right students.
Many tutors panic when students don’t immediately flock towards the teaching services such as the one-to-one or Private group tutorials that they offer. It is important to note that this isn’t necessarily because the price isn’t right, but rather the students not being made aware of the service that you are offering.
Before you go about changing your prices in response to the demand for your group sessions, make sure that you have firstly, given it enough time and secondly, marketed your tutorials to students of all ages and abilities. This is achieved most effectively through listing your services on two-sided education platforms such as Superprof or finding students through the different Irish tutoring directories.
That said, Here's a list of factors that affect the price you charge for your tutorials:
- The tutor’s experience
- Their qualifications (a qualified teacher can charge more than an undergraduate student who's tutoring for some extra cash)
- Travel costs
- The student’s level
- Whether the tutor offers home tutoring or online tutoring (tutoring online costs less than being a home tutor so the rates can be lower)
- The subjects taught by the tutor (advanced calculus, algebra, and other complex mathematics usually cost more than learning how to sew, for example)
- What the tutor thinks their lessons are worth
A beginner’s lesson will be less profitable than leaving cert or college level tutorials since those being tutored won't put as much value on tutoring jobs at a lower level as they would for someone who's applying to university, for example.
Of course, we need to consider tutors’ expenses for their lessons: for an hour tutorial, a tutor could spend hours planning tutorials, their transport costs, and the costs of printing resources.
A lot of tutors offer bundles to their students throughout the school year. Of course, this only works if you're offering the kind of subjects they teach at schools like chemistry, biology, physics, maths, and any other subjects on the national curriculum.
The more attractive the rates, the more you can potentially earn.
How Much Should You Charge for Group Academic Support?
How much should maths, physics, English, or foreign language tutorials be?
Prices will vary depending on where you teach and the cost of living in the area. As you’re probably aware, the cost of living in Dublin is higher than in other cities across the island of Ireland so you have to diversify your offering to potential customers.
In theory, as demand increases and the supply doesn’t, the rates will go up. On the other hand, if the demand goes down, the rates will need to go down. The average hourly rate in larger cities is somewhere around €20 per hour.
Fill your group sessions through Tutoring Directories
Many students have their information across a multitude of different teaching directories across the country. This is a good fallback after you have tried the other methods first as it is not as effective in practice. But who knows, it might just help you get some more students!
There are countless directories online where tutors can list their services. It is actually quite similar to posting free classified ads, with the only difference being that it is more focused on teaching and tutoring.
If you decide to give it a try then you should also be aware that there are many old or outdated websites promising to put you in contact with students. It is always helpful if you can first find other people talking about their experience with the site before you proceed.
If you are providing Private group tutorials in your respective subject, then you will have the ability and time to take on a great number of students each day.
With more students being thought with each session, you will be able to provide value for your students at a faster rate than would otherwise be possible through the more conventional one-to-one tutoring sessions.
While this might seem like a blessing, it also means that you will need to fill your schedule with more students if you want to provide your services even on a part-time basis!
How to Work Out Your Rates for Group Classes
Let’s take a maths tutor on Superprof as an example. Imagine they teach a group of 5 students leaving cert maths from September to June (40 sessions across 10 months). If this package is priced at €250 then, for a group, they’ll get €1,250 for the year, €125 a month, €31.25 an hour.
If they work 18 hours a week, that is 18 groups paying the same rates, they’ll bring in €2,250 per month. A first glance, this is a pretty decent salary.
Why not list your tutorials on Superporf?
Superprof is a one-stop shop for students who are interested in learning new skills. This is a great place to advertise and conduct your Private group tutorials for both in-person and online options. This is one of the best options out there for teachers that are looking to provide their services to students learning their subject of interest.
Superprof’s extensive pool of community members will not only give you a great way of advertising your tutoring, but it will also allow you to have a look at some of the platform’s existing teachers and the prices that they charge for their one-to-one and group tutorials sessions.
While this hourly rate is likely to fluctuate depending on the respective experience of the teacher, it will provide you with a great benchmark to arrive at a fair price. Just a short browse through the tutors operating across the island of Ireland and you’ll find out what you can charge in your area!
The platform makes this tall task particularly easy for students, giving them the opportunity to refine their search according to their own personal needs. This means that you’ll have an easier time getting students who are more suited to what you are offering!
The best way to get more students is to register as a tutor with Superprof. The platform hosts a two-sided community of teachers and students, comprising of millions of tutors around the world. There is certainly no shortage of students eager to learn from you and maximise their grades. Why not get the ball rolling today?
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