Work Online In Education

1. Revolution Prep

Headquartered in Santa Monica, Revolution Prep has emerged as one of the top leaders of online tutoring. They use their own proprietary whiteboard.

Revolution Prep is proud of its fast-paced entrepreneurial culture, where employees are encouraged to come up with innovative solutions to problems.

2. Course Hero

The work from home jobs that they offer are broken into two categories – tutoring to explain concepts as well as getting paid on a per question basis.

You could, of course, do it full time for as many hours as you want and earn much more.

Application is followed by an admission test of subject knowledge and training. You have to be a resident of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom to work here.

3. Skooli

You need to create a profile and fill in the usual details about your address, educational qualifications, and also about your teaching license and criminal record. All of the data will be verified. The most qualified tutors are approved and can start building a student base.

Skooli uses its own whiteboard known as the Classroom.

4. Aim4A

Aim4A provides school and college tutoring as well as test prep for SAT, ACT, GED, GMAT, and other standardized exams.

All tutors have to be able to work at times suitable to students located in the US. A tutor also needs to have a graduation degree in the subject they wish to tutor.

The screening process consists of a test of subject knowledge, followed by training on the use of Skype and whiteboard software.

If you like working for Aim4A, you could also opt to tutor in their tutoring centres located throughout the USA.

5. TutorMe

TutorMe allows tutors anywhere in the world to connect to students in the US.

The platform allows you to tutor over 300 subjects, including music. The sessions happen through an interactive lesson that can accommodate video chat or conferencing.

You have to be a graduate or be enrolled as a graduate student in a recognized university.

6. Tutor.com

Tutor.com was one of the pioneers of e-tutoring. They have a high quality control process and only provide students with the best possible tutors.

A tutor is allowed to work no less than 5 hours and no more than 29 hours every week.

Pay varies widely depending on the subject, grade taught, and your acumen.

Like almost all other companies, they use a proprietary whiteboard, but the use of video is not common.

7. Elevate K-12

Elevate K-12 provides supplementary help to students during school hours. Thus it is not tutoring but a teaching job.

Unlike other companies where you may encounter four different students you have never met before in four consecutive sessions, in Elevate K-12, you tutor and mentor the same group of students at the same time weekly.

You need to have a teaching license and a bachelor’s degree in your subject. Very soon, Elevate K-12 will also introduce new optional subjects such as computer coding and robotics.

8. Chegg Tutors

Chegg has become a quite well-known brand over the past few years, primarily because their extensive knowledge base turns up in Google searches often.

Though Chegg tutors all subjects, it is STEM that is mostly in demand.

9. VIPKid

VIPKid aims to overcome the lack of English learning in China.

Its process is simple – you answer a few questions and get started. You have the task of making the student enjoy learning English through the use of stories, books, materials as you deem fit. Though a whiteboard is provided, the work is mostly visual through webcam.

You need to be patient and possibly have some experience with previous online English teaching jobs.

10. Magic Ears

Magic Ears No formal qualification is required, but a degree in English or humanities is considered a plus. Experience in teaching children is also an advantage.

After a primary evaluation of the application, if you are suitable, you would be trained. This is followed by 1-2 trial sessions.

Sessions are a half-hour long and usually during Beijing evening time. Magic Ears encourages native English speakers to join though all nationalities are welcome to apply.

11. Yup

Yup is the only app-based service among all teaching online jobs. The student takes a photo using the smart device and sends it to an available tutor. The tutor who is available works with the student.

The entrance test at Yup is not extraordinary, and the app allows university students to work as well as retired folk.

12. PrepNow

PrepNow provides 1:1 lessons for SAT and ACT. It is a subsidiary of StudyPoint, which ventured into this business in 1999 and thus is the oldest brand.
Until now, PrepNow has tutored 40,000 students.

Applications at PrepNow are stricter compared to most other e-tutoring companies. The applicant has to be a graduate of the top 50 US universities and have an impressive SAT score. They must also have at least two years of tutoring or teaching experience.

13. QKids

QKids is a flourishing Chinese ESL language tutoring app.

The company does not have a very strict barrier to entry, and anyone who is fluent in English and clears written exams can work for them.

14. Eduwizards

Eduwizards is an entirely different concept from other tutoring companies. It is like the eBay of tutoring.

You create a profile, quote a price range, write a splendid bio, and wait. If students want, they take a trial session.

The session can be an hour or double that. It is a free session, and it is up to the tutor how long they wish to make it last.

If the tutor is impressive, the student will book future paid sessions.

The concept is simple, and for those tutors who are patient, it is effective. The sole drawback being it can take you 2-4 years to build a reputation.

15. Tutorhub

All of the online tutoring businesses we have cited until now have been from the US and a few Chinese ESL sites.

Though anyone can apply with Tutorhub, they must know that the UK has several different modes of study and an exceptionally high standard of school education. Thus intellectual rigor is a must when tutoring schoolchildren in the UK since many questions are application-based.

16. Learn4Life

Learn4Life provides an opportunity for those students who are from more deprived sections of society.

The teacher has to be accredited to teach in California and must be able to grade assignments within 12-24 hours. They have the responsibility of mentoring the student and providing them and their parents with updates by phone, email, and messaging services.

17. ACCEL Schools

The teacher would need to have a graduate degree in education and a California teacher’s license. They must also be a resident of California and be able to pass background checks flawlessly to get into ACCEL Schools.

Not only would they have to teach and grade the students, but be actively involved with parents and provide feedback about performance.

18. Method Schools

This is a full-time job and you’re meant to mentor students during the holidays for the coming year or help those who are weak get additional help.

The teacher would have to implement the curriculum and pedagogical style of Method Schools and make sure that the student is fully prepared before the new school year starts after Labor Day.

19. Edmentum

Edmentum has been providing education solutions since 2012. This means that they handle education on behalf of a school district from curricula to school management and everything that has to be achieved in the education sphere.

Although it is a work from home job, the teacher would have to maintain regular office hours and interact as usual with students and parents.

20. Barnard College – New York

Located in Manhattan, Barnard College in New York, is a private women’s college that teaches liberal arts. Online college teaching jobs are valuable experiences to a doctoral student.

The TA would be present in every online lecture and help the Professor grade the assignments. He/She must have a good understanding of the US political system and be able to devote at least 20 hours a week.