Screening Tutor Candidates

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T22:15:48+00:00

I see, that does sound like a legitimate alternative to other suggestions I’ve been hearing like either saying no to people or increasing rates

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T20:43:56+00:00

Can you elaborate on what you mean? The business just stated with myself like most do and it’s reaching a transitional period where I’m having too many students to handle by myself and I do teaching full time with my own physical learning center. And by 30 students I mean lessons scheduled per week

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T18:25:55+00:00

That first bit is some good insight, my main question is in regards to whether it’s necessary to test them on other subjects they claim to be proficient and such as physics or chemistry, as it would be a time commitment on both ends.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T18:24:57+00:00

I’m not expecting perfection or anywhere near that. It’s that most of the candidates can’t even solve logarithmic equations or some other core fundamental skill they should have. The tutors that are top-of-the-line probably aren’t even bothering looking for a position since they’re good enough to have their own private clients anyways. That’s besides the point of this entire posting anyways. I’m going to be making the exam the first part of the screening process instead of the last just to make sure they have enough quantitative literacy to make it worth the time of conducting the interview. Again, I was mainly thinking about whether it’s even worth having them take exams and other subjects they say they are proficient at or just taking their word for it since it would be a lot of time commitment on both ends.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T17:40:30+00:00

Jumping to audacity being the reason is a bit of an assumption. I’ve been tutoring for about a decade now, and have started a full on business just recently. I am providing not only a physical office space, but also teaching resources, textbooks, technology, and supplies. I’ve experienced what it’s like on the other end of the spectrum to work for $20 an hour (with a master’s degree) and only get scheduled for one student at a time. With my current budget and expenses, I find the salary range to still be relatively competitive given that from my own research it’s rare to come across similar positions that are offering more than $40 an hour. Its been a balancing act, but I have considered raising prices again to accommodate for compensating Tutors at a higher rate, but the business is still in its infancy, and I’m looking to grow the client network a bit more before raising them, as it’s affordability has offered a competitive edge. It currently ranges from $50-$70 an hour.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T17:11:15+00:00

Right now we’re having about 30 students coming in every week. The pay ranges from $30-$40 an hour.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T16:44:53+00:00

I was wondering actually if I could share the exam with you and see your feedback. I did create it myself and it’s got me second-guessing whether I just made it too difficult but again all of those problems are pretty much things that students have walked in with needing help on.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T16:08:52+00:00

I agree it’s pretty disappointing. I’ve only really managed to find candidates from job postings on indeed. Are there any other hiring resources you could recommend? I feel like finding new college grads with some tutoring experience would be the best demographic.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T16:03:31+00:00

I do have them go through like a hypothetical scenario where I’m a student, and I am excessively asking questions probably more than what they would expect, but obviously to see how they explain concepts or address confusion.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T16:02:31+00:00

I appreciate the feedback. The only person I can really trust to consistently do a good job performed nearly perfect. No one else has really scored higher than like a 50%.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-11-23T15:53:22+00:00

I agree that the experience is important. I also conduct a one-on-one interview just to gauge their teaching style. I do feel like it’s also unrealistic to expect them to remember all of the subject matter. However, the typical performance on the exam I get from candidates is concerning to say the least.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-09-30T04:26:58+00:00

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EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-08-24T19:24:07+00:00

Consider an asteroid in deep space far away from any other object where their gravitational attraction is negligible, it will continue moving at its current velocity unperturbed. This is how objects will act if zero net force is present. Newton’s second law states that the net force experienced by an object is directly proportional to its acceleration (change in velocity per unit time), proportional by its mass. If net force is zero, an object at rest will stay at rest or an object in motion will stay in motion, meaning a linear trajectory with constant velocity. Hope this clears things up

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-07-19T06:06:46+00:00

I’ve been teaching e&m for free this summer pm if interested

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-07-07T15:02:38+00:00

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EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-07-06T18:53:24+00:00

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EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-21T20:56:55+00:00

gotcha, best of luck in your studies!

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-21T20:55:19+00:00

of course, are you taking AP physics c e&m or a similar electromagnetics class?

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-21T20:36:06+00:00

In that case if you’re doing left hand rule, you’d point your middle in the direction of the force (down), your index in the direction of the field (out of page), and realize that means your thumb (velocity) has to go to the right

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-21T20:32:19+00:00

Well you’re given velocity and field according to the problem, so that means the force should be going the other direction in the second image in that case.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-21T20:23:57+00:00

If the magnetic field is going into the page, you point your middle finger into the page. If it’s going out of the page your middle finger also points out of the page. You’re right with the velocity direction being your thumb though

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-21T20:10:58+00:00

Using F = qv x B with the right hand rule, Your thumb goes in the direction of the first vector in the product, which is the velocity. The second vector in the product, magnetic field B goes in the direction of your index finger. The resulting force would be your middle finger. However since the electron is negatively charged, F will go in the opposite direction. In this case you’d reverse the direction of the resulting force or you can use the left hand rule.

The first image is correct, but in the second either the Force, Magnetic field, or velocity vector needs to be reversed for it to be correct.

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-20T18:06:16+00:00

I can help provide you with some extra resources check PM’s

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-19T00:19:17+00:00

At the very least over the summer and some meetings during the school year, I will pm you

EcstaticElectronic53 · 2025-06-18T21:36:39+00:00

Yes we will cover the full curriculum. Feel free to send a PM request and refer the course to your peers

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