Become an online tutor

Tutoring will be in highest demand during school term dates. However, there may be some schools who request tutoring sessions during school holidays. You will have the choice to accept or reject tutoring sessions to fit with your availability. The role will last at least for the academic year 2020-21.

No, you do not need to have taught online before as we will provide training. However, you should be reasonably comfortable using online technology.

Yes, as long as your role as an AA does not require access to live papers for the subject or qualification (any awarding body) for which you are delivering tutoring.

We will provide you with resources we recommend you use to deliver each tutoring session, and you will be responsible for familiarising yourself with these materials before each session. This will allow for a level of consistent, high quality provision across our tutoring offer.

However, we will also encourage you to use your professional judgement where necessary to cater for the needs of each student within the framework of these resources.

Tutoring will take place in blocks of 15 sessions. Our plan is that, prior to starting each block, you would meet with the students’ teacher to discuss the required focus of the tutoring, any specific needs the students may have and how you might be able to support these as their tutor.

Ongoing communication of this type between the tutor and teacher will be highly beneficial to learning outcomes.

Yes. As long as the past live papers have subsequently been marked and results published then this is not a barrier to providing tutoring.

Yes. The training will be up to a maximum of a day’s time.

Yes. This will be part of the paid-for tutoring work.