berlininvest
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Because of a lack of opportunities in my work field where I am in the west of Ireland, I am thinking of starting to do grinds as a source of revenue.
I would like to describe some ideas about how I would do this, and would love to get some feedback, especially from anyone who has done grinds or is a teacher or both, and any tips on how to do it better.
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[As background, this is something I did before in Northern Ireland, about 15 years ago. I have never been a teacher in a school.]
I would be teaching maths / science in my own home in a dedicated office space.
I would be targeting second level students.
The plan would be to build up slowly, give a quality service, and eventually get enough business to justify not being in full time employment, bearing in mind that I would be parenting during the daytime, and as such saving money on daycare.
I would be doing this on a legitimate basis and paying tax through my limited company.
In addition I was thinking of offering my services to teach people how to use their home computers.
I believe there are lots of people who have computers who do not know how to really get what they want out of them, e.g. practical stuff like managing your digital photos, e-mail, booking the cheapest flights etc.
Also wordprocessing and spreadsheets if anyone wanted.
I know this is literally child's play in most homes, but there are other people for whom this is a closed book, and who might be willing to pay someone to get them going.
I would offer this in my home office or at their home, likewise for any other tuition.
I have a degree but not a HDip.
I would need to buy the relevant text books, past papers, and also possibly the teachers book as well, if that is possible?
My plan would be to have an initial consultation with the student and parents, identify weaknesses, set goals in terms of learning, and keep a file of progress to date.
I would like to focus on teaching the actual subject in the areas of weakness, to bring the student up to scratch in that area.
Realistically I would have to give quite a bit of focus to exam papers, although I would not be trying to second guess which questions will come up - I would plan to leave that to the teachers.
I would plan to offer 50 minute sessions, so that I can start on the hour and allow for a bit of overspill / handover without impacting the next student.
I would advertise in local shop windows and maybe in a local freesheet, but would be hoping that word-of-mouth would be the best advert after a while.
I have been told that people are charging between 20 and 35 euro per hour for grinds, this is in a small town in the west. I was thinking in terms of 25 to 30 euro per hour.
I am not looking to build this up into becoming a crammers business with employees etc - just a one-man-band that can eventually provide roughly the equivalent of a 40 hour week at the minimum wage, based on me working a few hours in the evenings and maybe saturdays.
I would hugely appreciate any help that anyone can give.
Many thanks.
I would like to describe some ideas about how I would do this, and would love to get some feedback, especially from anyone who has done grinds or is a teacher or both, and any tips on how to do it better.
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[As background, this is something I did before in Northern Ireland, about 15 years ago. I have never been a teacher in a school.]
I would be teaching maths / science in my own home in a dedicated office space.
I would be targeting second level students.
The plan would be to build up slowly, give a quality service, and eventually get enough business to justify not being in full time employment, bearing in mind that I would be parenting during the daytime, and as such saving money on daycare.
I would be doing this on a legitimate basis and paying tax through my limited company.
In addition I was thinking of offering my services to teach people how to use their home computers.
I believe there are lots of people who have computers who do not know how to really get what they want out of them, e.g. practical stuff like managing your digital photos, e-mail, booking the cheapest flights etc.
Also wordprocessing and spreadsheets if anyone wanted.
I know this is literally child's play in most homes, but there are other people for whom this is a closed book, and who might be willing to pay someone to get them going.
I would offer this in my home office or at their home, likewise for any other tuition.
I have a degree but not a HDip.
I would need to buy the relevant text books, past papers, and also possibly the teachers book as well, if that is possible?
My plan would be to have an initial consultation with the student and parents, identify weaknesses, set goals in terms of learning, and keep a file of progress to date.
I would like to focus on teaching the actual subject in the areas of weakness, to bring the student up to scratch in that area.
Realistically I would have to give quite a bit of focus to exam papers, although I would not be trying to second guess which questions will come up - I would plan to leave that to the teachers.
I would plan to offer 50 minute sessions, so that I can start on the hour and allow for a bit of overspill / handover without impacting the next student.
I would advertise in local shop windows and maybe in a local freesheet, but would be hoping that word-of-mouth would be the best advert after a while.
I have been told that people are charging between 20 and 35 euro per hour for grinds, this is in a small town in the west. I was thinking in terms of 25 to 30 euro per hour.
I am not looking to build this up into becoming a crammers business with employees etc - just a one-man-band that can eventually provide roughly the equivalent of a 40 hour week at the minimum wage, based on me working a few hours in the evenings and maybe saturdays.
I would hugely appreciate any help that anyone can give.
Many thanks.
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