How to hire tutors
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Job description template
Copy it, fill in the brackets, and remove anything that does not fit your job. Keep only must-haves you would really turn someone away for.
[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions. • Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress. • Monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers. • Participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques. • Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students. • Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests. • Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments. • Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Some college, no degree] • Strong reading comprehension, active listening, learning strategies, speaking, critical thinking and active learning skills • Working knowledge of customer and personal service, English Language, education and training and mathematics • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $20.84 an hour ($43,350 a year). [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for tutors
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
- Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
- How do you teach yourself a new process, and how would you teach it to someone else?
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What tutors do
- Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.
- Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress.
- Monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers.
- Participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques.
- Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
- Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests.
- Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments.
- Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for tutors
- Typical education to start: Some college, no degree (BLS)
- Related work experience most have: 3 to 6 months (O*NET)
- Job outlook: -0.2% over ten years, little or no change · about 34,200 openings a year (BLS)
What to pay tutors
Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:
| State | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $60,900 |
| New Hampshire | $53,790 |
| Maryland | $52,810 |
| Connecticut | $50,350 |
| Tennessee | $50,280 |
| Missouri | $32,270 |
| Arkansas | $30,830 |
| Nevada | $30,420 |
Related hiring guides
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
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- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
- Self-Enrichment Teachers
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
- Teachers and Instructors, All Other
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Post a job freePay by areaJob duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.