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Private tutors provide students with extra assistance outside the classroom. 46,000, but most tutors earn less because they can only meet with students after school or on weekends. Tutors provide instruction to students of all ages and in a variety of subject areas. Instruction can be for small groups or individuals. At the elementary level, tutors may help young students who struggle with reading or basic math concepts. Tutors of older students may provide instruction and support in a single content area, such as English or algebra. They may also help students prepare for admissions tests such as the SAT or GRE. Tutors teach students how to be organized and how to manage the time they devote to their school work.


Tutors may assist students in the writing of essays, research papers and personal statements. As a self-employed private tutor, there are no formal education requirements. However, credentials are important when people look for a tutor. A bachelor's degree in the subject taught is usually the minimum. A master's or Ph.D. In some cases, formal credentials may be deemed unnecessary. A native speaker of Spanish or Chinese, for example, may be desirable, if instruction in those languages is sought. Working musicians often give music instruction because they have the knowledge and experience, even without a degree. There are tutoring jobs for teens as well as for experienced teachers. High school and college students who excel at certain subjects may be highly sought after.


Young students may have an easier time relating to tutors not much older than themselves. For the tutors, it can mean extra money, work experience and an introduction to a career in education. Tutoring companies, including those who hire online tutors, usually require a minimum of a bachelor's degree and current certification in the subject to be taught. Teachers earn certification by graduating from an accredited teacher training program at a college or university and submitting a portfolio to a state licensing board. A passing score on a proficiency exam may also be required by some states. Private tutors meet with students in many different venues, from public libraries to coffee shops to the homes of either student or teacher.


If you tutor students online, you can log in from just about anywhere. Tutors work with students outside the classroom, meaning they must be available during non-school hours. Tutoring online may mean you are teaching across time zones to accommodate a student's schedule. Private tutors who are self-employed must devote some of their time to developing clientele. Consider getting business cards, having brochures printed and developing a website. You can post flyers in the community and advertise in the local newspaper. Let word-of-mouth help you build your business. Satisfied parents are a terrific asset. There are advantages to working as a tutor for a tutoring company. The company does the marketing, sets you up with students and provides a place for you to work.


If you're just starting out, working for someone else can be a good way to build your reputation as a tutor. 17.53. Median means that half the people in the job earn more while half earn less. A private tutor salary can vary depending on a number of factors, including geographic location. In regions with a high per capita income, parents are typically well-educated and successful. They want the same for their children and they are willing to pay for tutors. Look at ads for tutors in your area and find out what they are earning. Depending on your experience and credentials, you can adjust your own tutoring rates accordingly. Tutors for mathematics, chemistry, physics and test prep are in usually in highest demand. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not make employment projections for private tutors. However, as the population continues to grow, competition for places in top colleges and lucrative career fields will only increase. That should create an increased demand for qualified tutors.


Apart from the obvious holidays like Cinco de Mayo, Greek Easter, and St. Patricks Day, you might be surprised how extensively and festively foreign holidays are celebrated across our eclectic country. On the same weekend you are celebrating Bastille Day, my family will be celebrating our own holiday. That would be my mothers 100th birthday party with a large number of sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren present. Given the due date of a new arrival, my mothers next great-grandchild may be exactly 100 years (to the day) younger than my mother. As long as I am bragging anyway, Mom still looks like a movie star. Mom plays Bridge regularly with top-notch Bridge players (one of them 108 years old). Mom gives private Bridge lessons. Among her many other assets (e.g., talented artist), Mom is alert, amusing, clever and fun. My brothers and I continue to quote her famous lines. In the interest of full disclosure, Mom has one flaw. She refuses to identify which son is her favorite. Jerrry Romansky is a syndicated columnist. Questions of popular interest are answered in the column. Unpublished letters cannot be answered individually.


Irma Maciel, a former School and Tutors on Wheels student who now works as a teaching assistant at Eisenhower Jr. High School and is completing a master's degree in education. Local residents who answered the call for volunteers included retired teachers, managers, construction workers, psychologists, empty nesters, and parents. They meet every Monday between 5:00pm to 8:00pm for weekly one hour tutoring sessions with their adult students. An adult learner may be a beginner learning basic vocabulary or an intermediate-level student trying to improve his or her pronunciation and writing skills. Most of the students are residents of Darien and Westmont and range between 25 to 62 years of age. Most are native Spanish-speakers and Polish-language speakers.


LODI — Unbeknownst to longtime educator Sylvia Ulmer, decades of stories from growing up in El Salvador to having silly conversations with one of her 10 grandchildren would serve as inspiration for a book meant for children around the globe. From humble beginnings as a bilingual aide for migrant kids to Director of Educational Services at the Stockton Unified School District, Ulmer has embarked on her latest adventure as a self-published children’s author. "Treasures in the Prairie/Tesoros en la Pradera," is a collection of 46 poems translated in both English and Spanish that takes readers on a vast safari through African savannas, ocean depths and the jungles of Central America.


Ulmer wrote each poem with special attention on rhymes and having fun with wordplay, she said. The book is for children in grades K-6. "The more children read, the more vocabulary they pick up and the better prepared they are to go to college," the 72-year-old said from her home in rural south Lodi. "But if they don’t learn to read, then they are already behind. It is up to the teachers and parents to put a lot of literature and books in front of them. The power that language and reading can have on a child’s life was engraved in Ulmer at an early age by her father, who himself turned everyday conversations and random thoughts about life into beautiful poetry. By 1962, the family immigrated to Glendale, Arizona, and Ulmer entered high school as a junior with hardly a grasp on English.


"My first report card I had a lot of D’s and F’s because I didn’t know the language," she said. Her parents were firm believers that an education was the key to a successful life. To master English, Ulmer credits many hours spent short-hand typing and reading. "It wasn’t a question whether I was going to college or not, it was where I was going to college," said Ulmer. While Carlos Castro worked as a minister, he, too, never stopped writing. At one point, he was hired by Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican nominee for President, to translate speeches into Spanish. The family also was not done moving. After relocating around several Southern California churches, Ulmer was 19 when her father accepted a post in Stockton. Ulmer enrolled at San Joaquin Delta College and received both her bachelors and masters from the University of the Pacific.


She earned her doctorate degree at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. It was at Pacific where she met her future husband, Roger Ulmer, a contractor. The couple has been married for 53 years and have three adult children; Sherri Ulmer, Roger Ulmer Jr. and Christie Ulmer LaPierre. Ulmer remembers fondly of volunteering with her father as he took her to meet migrant workers across San Joaquin County to drive the message home on how hard it was to earn a living. "We went to the fields to sit and read to the children in Spanish; they were delighted," Ulmer said. She also began teaching migrant children English, and from there it sparked the idea of having a career in education.


Ulmer has dedicated more than 35 years of her life to education, with a majority spent working in administration at SUSD. "The teachers in Stockton Unified are fantastic; they are hard workers, dedicated," she said. Ulmer believes her father stored an additional 300 poems away, all written in Spanish, that focused on life, ecology and romance. Others were influenced by daily life of raising a family. "If our family goes camping … he would sit down and be inspired by the moment," Ulmer said. "He would write it and it was up to us to add the next line. Ulmer found that she would follow in her father’s footsteps, taking notes and trying to find rhymes or make up a song while raising her own children.