Help Center for Teachers

We are a tutoring marketplace and a community that helps to connect learners with great tutors and trainers. We generate tuition leads (both online and home tutoring) from various internet sources and show you the matching ones based on your skills and location. You can get in touch with those leads and discuss their tuition requirements and mention fees, duration, method of teaching etc.

Please find below the following steps to delete Member account.

• "Sign In" with your login details. 
• Click on the ‘Delete Account’ tab at the bottom of the list of options on the left-hand side. 
• Choose the reason from the dropdown menu.
• Write the reason in brief. 
• Type “DELETE’. Click on the Delete Account green button.

Yes. Students are one of the most sought-after tutors on our platform. If you have recently finished your studies or currently studying, you can provide peer tutoring or mentor them from home. You can even provide support to school students with their homework. Additionally, students of a business school or university have versatile skills which let them offer courses to those students who need help with different subjects. Whether you are a physics, biology, ESL, or Spanish teacher, everyone is welcome on our platform. Students who are looking for part-time or summer tutoring jobs, holiday work, or trying to juggle their studies with their active social life can benefit a lot.

Here's what you can do:

• If you wish to provide online tuition only, you can select the online option while filling up the registration form.
• If you would like to opt for offline or home tuition, select the respective field during the registration procedure.
• If you are comfortable with both online as well as offline tuition, then select “I can manage both” in the registration form.
• The option you select will be displayed on your profile.

Here's what you can do:

• If you wish to provide online tuition only, you can select the online option while filling up the registration form.
• If you would like to opt for offline or home tuition, select the respective field during the registration procedure.
• If you are comfortable with both online as well as offline tuition, then select “I can manage both” in the registration form.
• The option you select will be displayed on your profile.

Every day thousands of students visit our platform to look for great tutors like you. Their requirements are posted on our website and app as ’Jobs’. You can apply to the jobs that you are interested in, contact students and get hired. Students can also contact you directly and request you to be their tutor. So register ASAP! It's FREE!

No. The decision rests upon the student or parent who has posted the job. We take no part in the decision making. We act as a platform for facilitating the interaction between tutors and students.

No, it is not! Once you are hired by a student, you can fix your fees with your student at your convenience.

A tuition job has 60 days of validity on your dashboard. If the application button is green, you can easily apply to the job and after application, students will instantly get a notification of your tutoring request via mail and SMS.

No. MyPrivateTutor doesn’t provide any online platform to teach. You can teach students online via. Skype, Whiteboard or other tools.

Tuition fees will depend on the exact tuition requirement and efforts to be applied. You can discuss costs directly with the student, and we have zero intervention in your payment. Most of our tutors have an hourly charge displayed on our platform that they have entered themselves at the time of registration. Depending on that. you can directly negotiate fees with your student. 

Please collect payment from your student DIRECTLY by cash or through other modes, as per your convenience. We don't intervene in any monetary transaction between the tutor and the student.

No, MyPrivateTutor doesn’t charge any commission in any monetary transaction between the tutor and the student.

A sample study note can help students get a proper idea about the tutoring approach that you follow and the kind of study materials you provide.

The benefits are many:

• If students find your notes helpful, they may connect with you instantly. The more lucid your notes are, the greater your chances will be of getting students.
• The more the number of students reading your notes and connecting with you, the greater will be your profile visibility.
• Uploading notes will earn you credit points which, in turn, can boost the visibility of your profile on our platform.
• Study notes can also help in improving your tutoring credibility.

Note: Never mention any contact details in the heading, body or any part of the note.

In this particular column, you should list your detailed experience in tutoring. This section serves as one of the tutor shortlisting criteria for students. You should try to be absolutely specific while providing all the details.

We recommend you to mention the following in brief:

• Subjects you have taught
• Teaching grades
• Total tutoring experience
• A few lines about yourself as a tutor

Here is an example for your reference:           

“I have more than 10 years of experience in the academic profession. I’ve been teaching Math to students of standards VII-XII of all boards. I conduct preparatory classes for competitive examinations as well. I coach and mentor students in Math as well as conduct weekly assessments.”

You can accept a student learning request directly from your account dashboard.

1. Sign into your profile.

2. In the “Requests” tab, you will see a list of requests.

3. Click on the one of your choice.

4. Click on “Accept” or “Reject” accordingly.

Yes, they are depending on what you’ve got.

A badge can boost your profile visibility by giving it greater prominence in listing. The higher the visibility, the greater the student response.

• Gold – Topmost visibility.
• Silver – In the middle.
• Bronze – Down the pile but don’t worry it is just the start. Complete your profile, upgrade to silver, and see how the magic happen.

The more attractive and unique your profile is, the higher the chances of your profile visibility. Consequently, your chances for receiving tuition enquiries will increase.

Here's how you can increase the visibility of your profile:

• Upload a fully updated and professional-looking profile picture.
• Add a relevant introductory video to introduce yourself to your prospective students.
• Keep all information regarding your qualifications and tutoring experiences up-to-date.
• Upload your authentic educational certificates.
• Contribute to the community by uploading presentations and video lessons.
• An interesting and attractive tutoring approach attracts students and makes your profile even more popular.
• Reviews and ratings play a major role in boosting your profile. Profiles with positive reviews get up to 150% more student enquiries.
• A complete and authentic profile always stands out from among the rest.

Here’s how you can upload a sample study note:

1. Sign in to your “tutor” profile.

2. Go to the “Uploads” tab.

3. Scroll down and you will come across the notes section. Click on the “Upload” button and upload your study note.

Note: The study note should always be in the .doc, .docx, or PDF format.

Signing up as a tutor on our platform is absolutely free of cost. You can either sign up through Gmail or Facebook, or through the conventional method.

The entire process is explained in detail in the video below:

A PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) is capable of giving your prospective students an idea of your teaching. This helps them select the right tutor. Your unique PPT can enhance and highlight your profile, making you a standout among the crowd. A PowerPoint PPT combines text and images to make the lesson interesting. This makes your tutoring approach unique and noteworthy. For every approved PPT, you will be awarded credit points that can help to upgrade the badge of your profile, thus, widening your reach among students.

Note: Do not mention any contact details in the PowerPoint presentation you are sharing.

Here's how you can improve your tutor profile:

• Upload a recent, professional-looking profile photograph. It gives your profile a face, authenticity, and reliability.
  Note- If you log in via Facebook or Gmail, your profile photo will be automatically appended. You can change it whenever you want. 
• Upload an introductory video. Introducing yourself to students in a smart video increases your chances of getting students.
• Update your educational qualifications and experience. Make sure to upload your educational certificates to prove the authenticity of your profile.
• Write an attractive tutoring approach. Your tutoring approach says a lot about you as a tutor. An effective, well-written and detailed tutoring approach will make your profile unique.
• Reviews play a major role in boosting your profile. Reviews from your previous employer/s or students will help your prospective students to get an idea about your tutoring methods and their effectiveness.
• Adding PPT Slides, Sample Study Notes and contributing Articles help in improving your chances immensely as well.
• Your profile must be complete. Leaving any section blank automatically reduces your Profile Score and consequently, your profile's visibility.

The profile badge is a pre-determined parameter measuring the completeness, relevance, and authenticity of your profile.

There are three types of profile badge: Gold,  Silver, and Bronze.

Here's an example: The primary objective of a tutor profile on our platform is to display your qualifications, qualities, and skills. Your profile details should include: Qualifications Tutoring Experience Tutoring Options Tutoring Approach Fees Expected Tuition Schedule It should conclude with a section displaying the subjects you teach. The authenticity, details, completeness, updated status and volume of these factors determine your Profile Score. The clear, point-by-point, attractive information that you provide in all the sections plays a key role in getting your employment. The more detailed and distinct this information, the higher your Profile Score. As a result, your chances of getting a job increase. In addition to the sections mentioned above, the badge also depends on the following: A proper, professional-looking, recent profile picture A relevant introductory video, Educational certificates, Reviews and ratings, PPTs, Video lessons, etc. Once you cover each of these sections well, your badge is also going to change from bronze to silver to gold.

Please find below the following steps to create another subject profile for yourself.

•  "Sign In" with your login details. 
• Click on the "Profile" tab.
• Click on “Tutor Profiles” from the options on the left-hand side to see all your subject profiles. 
• Click on the "Create new profile" button at the bottom and fill up the required details to finish up the new profile.

Please find below the following steps to create another subject profile for yourself.

• "Sign In" with your login details. 
• Click on the "Profile" tab.
• Click on “Tutor Profiles” from the options on the left-hand side to see all your subject profiles. 
• Click on the “Edit” (Pencil) button. 
• Upload your recent image and click on the Save button.

Please find below the following steps to request review(s) from your student:

• "Sign In" with your login details. 
• Click on the "Reviews" tab.
• Choose the profile you want to be reviewed.
• Enter student/parent name.
• Enter the student/parent email.

We will mail them up and request for reviews. Once the procedure is completed, the reviews will be displayed along with your profile.

Please find below the steps to delete your tutor profile.

• "Sign In" with your login details. 
• Click on the "Profile" tab.
• Click on “Bin Box” at the corner of the right-hand side. 
• Click on “Yes”.

No, we don’t show your personal details [e.g. - email id, mobile number, ID card etc.] on our website. Your privacy is our utmost priority.

The objective of the Profile Verification Process is to avoid any misuse, fraud or misrepresentation activities while using our services. Without doing this verification, your profile will not be live on our Platform.

To complete the Profile Verification Process formalities, you are required to do the following steps:

• Enter your email id, after that, click on the send code button,  you will receive a 6 -digit verification code in your email box.  Enter the code in the given box of our platform. A verified badge will appear.
• Our system will ask you a mobile number, after entering your number, click on the send code button, you will receive a 6 -digit verification code as an SMS. Enter the code.

You are signed in to your account if the verification is successful.

Here’s how you can upload a video lesson on our platform:

• Sign in to your “tutor” profile.
• Go to the “Uploads” tab.
• Scroll down and you will come across the "Video Lessons" section. Click on the “Upload” button and upload your study note.
• Paste your Youtube Video URL in the following box.

Mistakes are an integral part of the teaching profession. But there are some mistakes that can be eliminated from the beginning of the school year with little consideration. Here, let’s take a quick look at some of the most common, but avoidable mistakes.

1. Getting too friendly with students

Students need to feel safe in class. Your job is to create such an environment:
With the intention of obtaining this, new teachers make the most common mistake: they overdo it. They forget the line that they need to maintain between friendliness and overfriendliness.
It is always important to maintain professional distance both inside and outside the classroom. It can be obtained by:

• Establishing a respectable relationship with the students.
• Dressing in a professional costume.
• Maintaining a professional distance at all times.

2. Becoming too strict

There’s no definite demarcation between being friendly and very strict. It is something that you have to balance and that is precisely where the problem crops up.
Being fair and authoritative should be what you are aiming for here. Having said that, too much strictness is never the right approach for instilling discipline in your students. What holds more importance is defining boundaries and enforcing them in the right way.

3. No Rules

We understand your intentions.

You wanted to become a teacher who students can reach out to. You want your students to like you. But this is not just a one-day work. Since you are starting, this is a common area that can be wrong.

It is equally important for them to behave as much as possible. Once your students get the easy-going nature of you, you are ruined. Even the most unnatural behaviors cannot save you from the rattles that can occur after it.

4. Taking everything on an individual level

There will be times when you may be bogged down as a result of:

• Inappropriate behavior of your students.
• Students refusing to do their homework.
• Students disobeying your rules and regulations during the class.

You need to remember that teaching is not easy. You have signed up for it knowing you have taken the hard path. So don’t take everything on a personal level and you will be able to reduce your stress and anxiety significantly.