tutoring your students outside class

[oenophilia]

so i want to find some students to tutor to fill all this free time/help pad my bank account. but i'm wondering, is it appropriate to offer to tutor my students for a charge outside of class? i don't want to present the idea to my students if it's inappropriate... thoughts?

[reste_encore]

I would suggest talking to the teachers first. See what they say.

[ziambe]

One of my teachers proposed 20E an hour to tutor a student. But I am curious as to what other people have been offered?

[eriquita0115]

One of my teachers proposed 20E an hour to tutor a student. But I am curious as to what other people have been offered?

20€ is really the going rate... at least in my (limited) experience.

[Gwan]

Regarding this - the other week a student asked a teacher after class, in front of me, what options there were for her to better her English in her spare time - the teacher replied "why don't you ask Jo" (which personally I think was not cool, since it completely put me on the spot and I don't necessarily want to tutor or whatever). Anyway, she just sent me an email which basically says:

" je vous avais demandé votre adresse parce que je souhaitais, si cela est possible pour vous, discuter de temps en temps avec vous pour améliorer mon anglais."

So, no mention of money or anything, kind of sounds like she thinks I would do it for free, which I'm sorry, but given our limited salaries etc., and the fact that I don't even enjoy teaching all that much, I'm not willing to do. Has anyone been in a similar situation? Is it appropriate to write back to a teenager and say, "yeah, if you can pony up 20 euros an hour" or should I just make some polite excuse? I really wish the teacher hadn't said anything without clearing it with me first, it's kinda unprofessional in my view, but there you go.

Thanks in advance for what I'm sure will be helpful advice

[AmericanInParis42]

I don’t necessarily think the teacher was out of line…she might have thought you would have better suggestions for the student on techniques to learn English as oppose to offering you up for tutoring. Tell your student she can improve her English in a variety of ways on her own, such as watching films in English, reading books, etc. If you want to tutor, tell her your price upfront. If you want to keep your spare time, tell her you are not accepting students but you wish her the best in her independent studies.

[Gwan]

Okay, that's a fair call on the teacher. To be honest, I kind of tuned out when they were talking French to each other (I was waiting to talk to the teacher about something else) and then suddenly heard my name and the student was asking me for my email, so not sure what the exact discussion they had together, but yeah, I did feel put on the spot, but maybe that's unfair.

Thanks for the sensible suggestions. I just have issues a) saying no and b) discussing money, especially asking a kid for money... it just feels wrong to me, but I guess those are the sorts of things you have to get over (or go back to being a librarian where these sorts of issues don't usually arise )

[MBien]

Second what American in Paris said as far as the situation with the student's e-mail.

I tutor two 4emes outside of class and ask for 15E/half hour and 20E/hour. I don't think it's an unfair price if you're really giving them a thorough lesson!