Anyone work as a tutor?

[kittycat37]

I want to increase my income and I'm wondering about this.

I have 15yrs experience teaching music as a classroom subject and violin in schools. I don't have a PGCE as my schools have never required it.

I have a 2:1 in history from Cambridge and am about to get a 1st in psychology from the OU.

I'd like to use these subjects, perhaps as a tutor but all the sites I've seen seem to want a PGCE.

Does anyone do tutoring and do you need a PGCE if you have teaching experience?

Thanks.

you can run your own tutoring business, it is up to parents whether they want to employ you.

I tutor A-level French, but I do have a PGCE. If you're intending to tutor school age kids, I would have thought the parents would be more interested in your teaching experience than in whether you have a PGCE.
However, tutoring history or psychology might be pretty tricky if you have no experience actually teaching those subjects - you'd have to be very familiar with the requirements of the syllabus. Potential tutees or their parents would presumably want a tutor who had plenty of experience teaching those specific subjects. HTH.

But generally do you think parents would not want to use someone without a PGCE?

thanks

x post Goldberry

That's what I was wondering.

Hmmmmmm I'll have to think about it.

I'd like to get to grips with the various syllabuses because I'd find it interesting.

I see what you mean about the syllabuses, kittycat but I think I'd find it pretty hard tutoring an A-level French student who needed an A grade to get into her first choice university if I hadn't had years of experience teaching A-level French, marking mock exam papers, conducting oral exams etc.

Yes Goldberry, I take your point. I certainly wouldn't want to tutor unless I felt I was doing a really good job. So I see what you're saying about all the facets involved.

Why don't you just tutor in music if that's what you've been teaching?

I know a couple of people who tutor without any teaching experience. That's science and maths though - and the demand is relatively high. I used to tutor - but that was about 20 years ago and I definitely didn't need teaching experience.

Xenia I have done so much of that and I know I can start again (have just moved to a new area).

I'm seeking a bit of variety as well as increased income. Also I'm about to get this first in psychology and I want to use it somehow. (Did it to stop me going mad whilst doing the SAHM thing with tiny babies).

Acinonyx - that's interesting. My experience of teaching in schools (large and small groups) is that so much is about group management - one to one is entirely different and although some of the teaching skills overlap, many are actually quite different, which is why the tutoring appeals.