How To Become a Tutor

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How Long Does It Take, What Degree Do You Need, and More

Tutors

Tutors provide non-classroom, academic instruction to students on an individual or small-group basis for proactive or remedial purposes.

Salary
$50390
Becoming One
Hard
Education
Bachelor's degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



What degree do you need

Recommended degree level

Bachelor’s Degree

We did a survey to ask other Tutors what degree they had when they became a Tutor. Here are the results.
Bachelor’s Degree
42.31%


College Certificate
26.92%


Master’s Degree
19.23%


One of the most common questions that we always get is what major or degree do I need to become Tutors or what courses do I need to take.

We also asked Tutors what did they major in college or university and here are the top 5 most popular majors that came up.

Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Multicultural Education
Indian or Native American Education
Montessori Teacher Education
Waldorf or Steiner Teacher Education

The majority of Tutors typically enter the occupation with a Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching education or a related education field.



How hard is it

Difficulty
Hard

You will need a considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge or experience to be a Tutor. For example, an accountant must complete 4 years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Careers in this difficulty category will usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training. These careers usually involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Similar careers include sales managers, database administrators, chemists, and art directors.


Related work experience required
None

None
28%


2 to 4 years
28%


1 to 2 years
24%


Job training
Up to 1 month

Up to 1 month
56%


1 to 3 months
16%


6 months to 1 year
16%



License and certifications

Do you need any license or certification


Skills required

We asked other Tutors if they could only have 5 skills, what would they be. Here is what they said.

1. Instructing what does this mean
2. Active Listening what does this mean
3. Learning Strategies what does this mean
4. Reading Comprehension what does this mean
5. Speaking what does this mean

= Hot in-demand that most employers are looking for


Knowledge required

Just like any other job, you will need certain know-hows to excel at your job. Tutors are generally very knowledgeable in these 5 key areas.

1. English Language what does this mean
2. Education and Training what does this mean
3. Customer and Personal Service what does this mean
4. Mathematics what does this mean
5. Psychology what does this mean


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