Online Tutoring

Many tutors are interested in virtual tutoring because it gives you more flexibility and allows more of a digital nomad lifestyle. How can you succeed as an online tutor? Eric gives some tips on how to make your students feel like you’re there, looking over their shoulder. He also reveals a $8 solution to the common problem online tutors face. And he shows how to use a digital whiteboard during video calls so you can put up your feet and relax.

Show Notes

One of the best practices for online tutoring is to get a gooseneck and instruct your clients to purchase a gooseneck as well on Amazon. They are like $8. That gets some compliance out of them and makes them feel more invested in doing tutoring with you. It's also just a good thing to have. It clips onto your desk and holds your smartphone, so you can easily record the surface of your desk. When your clients use these, you're able to see their desk. You can have them print out a worksheet and work on it. And you can watch what they're doing. It’s like you’re looking over their shoulder.

It's more as if you're there in person, standing beside them and seeing the work as they do it. And you can say, “That's not how it's done. This is what we need to do.” 

I also really like the iPad and the Apple Pencil. I think it's probably worth purchasing at some point if you do online tutoring. You could write that off as business expense if you're using it primarily for work too. However, you can also set up your own gooseneck and record yourself working out solutions. That's about a $8 solution. But the Apple Pencil and iPad are nice. Then you can do a Zoom call and share your screen and you don't even have to be on video. You can watch them writing and solving problems and screen share a whiteboard. That way you can be a little more relaxed, kick your feet up on the desk, and hang back sipping coffee, watching Netflix on the other screen. 

I've also seen one of our excellent math tutors use a Doc Cam. Remember your eighth grade teacher using one of those? It takes a video from above while you write on documents. Of course, you can also do that with a gooseneck. Again, the $8 solution is nice just to get going, and then you can upgrade things later as you start to make money.

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Eric Earle is a tutor, entrepreneur, and investor. After science and math tutoring changed the course of his life, Eric saw the potential of tutoring to make a significant positive impact. He grew his tutoring business in Portland, Oregon, and soon needed to hire a staff of other tutors to meet all of the demand. He is also the founder of mathtutoraustin.com and the national tutoring platform zoomtutor.com as well.

It was at a neurology clinic high in the Himalayas that Eric had an epiphany: he realized he wanted to go to medical school. The problem was, he’d already graduated from college and hadn’t taken any of the math and science classes required for admittance. He went back to school to work his way through calculus, physics, organic chemistry, and biochemistry but the topics were unbearably difficult. Eric hired a tutor and, with diligent work, was able to turn himself into a top science student.

This experience with tutoring showed Eric that there is no limit to what we can become with the right teachers. He now supports tutoring and education through his businesses. He is here to share what he has learned about business, investing, tutoring, and life though this podcast. Hopefully you find some of his teachings valuable.