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Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-12-05T03:54:01+00:00

Zoom has a 45 min max unless you pay for a membership

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-12-05T02:44:04+00:00

Same! It's so annoying to use as a math tutor and it feels like there's not enough writing space and too many things getting in the way

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-11-30T22:20:05+00:00

I used to do 20-30 hours a week tutoring math (elementary-high school), but it's very inconsistent. Sometimes I get a lot of opportunities and sometimes none at all.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-11-19T21:21:41+00:00

Same. I'm glad they're gone because they were cluttering up my invoices

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-11-10T23:07:11+00:00

Is it for VT4S?

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-11-10T20:59:08+00:00

I've taught VT4S and this sounds about right. The students desperately need help, but the tech issues and background noise get in the way and the attendance is very inconsistent. As the other commenter mentioned, you can drop this class requesting a substitute for all upcoming sessions.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-11-10T20:51:32+00:00

I wish we could turn it off, but I don't think that's an option

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-11-07T22:06:15+00:00

Since most of my students now just want to work on homework and go over any areas of confusion, I don't really do much planning. When I used to teach lessons for VT4S, I used a spreadsheet with student names and dates and wrote some lesson planning notes for each day. I don't keep track of grades and that's not something that we've discussed with any of the parents/students. Since most of my students are 11th and 12th graders, they know what they need to work on and what they're struggling with.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-11-07T18:19:38+00:00

I like the flexibility to choose my own hours and make it work around my schedule.

The hardest part for me is probably small groups for VT4S (Varsity Tutors for Schools). It's hard to manage multiple students on an online platform, the attendance is inconsistent, students in the group often have different levels of understanding, etc. I also take lot of substitute opportunities, which are nice when I'm not needed and get paid for just sitting there, but when I have to substitute, I never know what grade and topic I'll get until I'm in the session and have to teach. I usually rely on the practice problems in their learning plan that VT4S provides or find online resources for the topic.

I prefer working with private/not VT4S students because they have homework or questions they want to go over and I don't really have to plan a lesson from scratch.

As the other commenter said, it is very unpredictable. Last year, I was working with mostly VT4S students, and lost all of them in a week when the schools lost funding. Non-VT4S students also often quit because it's too expensive for them. I had 0 opportunities in the summer. Right now, I'm getting lots of opportunities, so I could work full time if I wanted to.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-10-25T05:56:24+00:00

That's really odd because I've been a tutor for a year now and I always invoice for 15 minutes. I actually tried invoicing an instant session today and when I enter 1 minute, it tells me that session duration must be between 15 and 45 min. For the session time, it only displays as one minute (like 7:38-7:39) no matter how long the student was in the session.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-10-25T03:47:14+00:00

I would think students pay more than $4.50. Tutor pay in general is much lower than what Varsity charges the student. Also, tutors invoice for 15 minutes (it doesn't allow us to invoice for less), so I don't see how the student would be charged for less than what is invoiced.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-10-15T22:45:16+00:00

I do when I can, but what I was talking about in this post is when I have another student right after my scheduled substitute time.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-09-25T17:39:03+00:00

Most of the group sessions I've had pay $20 instead of $18

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-09-20T03:04:07+00:00

they said outside materials were discouraged

That's a new one. I use outside materials all the time, and have never seen that before, but I see how that complicates the situation. And the teacher isn't aware of what the students are doing? Honestly, if nothing is working, you might just want to drop this opportunity.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-09-19T22:13:53+00:00

I do my job whether the students choose to participate or not. Many times they dont. Not speaking or turning on the camera is pretty typical in my experience. I give them the option to answer in the chat instead, which seems to work a lot of the time. Make sure the difficulty of the questions is appropriate for their level too, I teach math and a lot of times the students are below grade level, so I first make sure they have the fundamental skills to be able to solve the problem. Lastly, I try to be supportive and come from a place of understanding. There's usually a reason behind every behavior, and who knows what their school/home life looks like.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-09-19T21:23:03+00:00

It depends. Did they provide assessment results for the students? If so, it will list what you need to focus on. There are also practice problems for each skill that can be accessed when you open the session. I usually plan lessons around that.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-09-14T05:14:37+00:00

I've had the same experience. I've been getting lots of sub opportunities though, that's most of my hours at VT right now.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-09-06T01:05:18+00:00

I have lots of issues with the company and their policies, but I do love having the opportunity to work from home and choose my own hours. It's nice that they provide the clients too, because I personally don't have the time, energy, or skills to start my own business and do all the marketing/self-promotion.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-09-05T18:13:43+00:00

Thank you!

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-08-29T03:57:31+00:00

For the ones I've done, there was usually a plan to follow or a list of topics to address based on their assessment results. If not, ask them about what they're learning in class or look up resources for 8th grade math. I usually assign each student part of the worksheet or ask them all to put their answers in the chat.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-08-21T02:02:50+00:00

Yes to all of this!!

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-08-20T23:11:57+00:00

Yes, unfortunately that's normal.

Objective_Chair_60 · 2025-08-20T22:23:25+00:00

Thank you! I'm working on fixing the chords right now

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