How can I let homeschooling families know I am avaiable to tutor math?

Question

I have a BS in mathematics, an MEd in education and I am almost finished with a master's in math. I am sure there are a number of homeschooling parents who do not remember high school geometry or who never learned calculus, but would like their children to learn it. How would I get my name out? Are there get-togethers or anything I could go to to pass out business cards? How could I find out about them?

Answer 1

Most homeschoolers are part of a network, so I'd start by contacting local homeschool groups. State homeschool organizations often have a list of groups and some of those groups may exist online as well.

Answer 2

Put your information on home-shcooling sites. Advertise where it will do good. Maybe even take a newspaper ad out.  The important thing is to get your name and credentials out where people who need tutors can see it.

Answer 3

Contact the local homeschool groups and ask if they can tell the parents in the group about your information?

Most homeschool groups I know of are very happy to do things like this and do it often.

Answer 4

Contact local homeschool groups... you can offer to tutor, or some teachers in our area offer classes and get small groups together and charge like $5 per student per class.

Another good idea is to put up a notice at local libraries, or ask the librarians if they know any HSers or leave your card or a flyer by the children's and teen's sections.

Answer 5

1,SMALL ADD IN NEWS PAPER.

2.WRITE LETTER FOR FIXING MATHS TEACHING.

3.SPREAD WORD TO STUDENTS.KEEP A GUY TO HELP

4.PASS OUT BUSINESS CARDS

Answer 6

If I were you I would not focus on the homeschooling families.  I would focus on the public schools.

You may post your tutoring posters on the bulletin boards of your local schools.   I work in the schools and there is a dire need for tutoring there because many students have problems learning in the classroom setting.   Most homeschool parents are tutoring their children.  That is homeschooling.

Answer 7

Put your name out in some message boards on the internet. There are a variety of websites for homeschoolers as it is more and more popular.

Answer 8

In most cities and towns, there are homeschool support groups made up of anywhere from 10-300 homeschool families.  Most of the larger groups also offer co op classes.

I would google the name of your city or county and "homeschool group", and then contact the leaders to let them know that you are available.  These groups often need teachers and tutors - I know good tutors in our area often have a lot of customers.

I teach Latin at our homeschool co op, last year I taught at two co ops.  As my son gets older (now middle school), I've actually had to say "no" to teaching jobs in order to make sure that I've got enough time to spend teaching him.

Homeschool group leaders are your best shot - after that, most state and regional homeschool groups have monthly or quarterly publications that you can put a small ad in.

Good luck - I know I'll either be getting my son a math tutor or enrolling him in concurrent enrollment when he gets older.  It's just not my strong point.  Thankfully, our support group and nearby co ops have some great math instructors :-)

Hope that helps - good luck!

Answer 9

Most states have curriculum fairs and convention starting now in the spring. If you check out www.hslda.org, you can locate the main organizations in your state. Then start networking locally. Many homeschoolers look for help with Algebra and Geometry, but there are now several excellent video instruction courses that are available to homeschoolers. You may want to make yourself familiar with those programs so that you can complement what may be happening between your tutoring sessions.