![]() Private companies and schools pay more than a nonprofit program such as AmeriCorps. The average hourly pay for a tutor in the U.S. Rates for tutoring vary depending on the age of the student and subject, ranging from $10 per hour to $100 per hour or more. It’s more important to be consistent and show up when you say you will. It’s not a 9 to 5 job, says Jennifer Boller, director of quality assurance for ., an online tutoring company that lets tutors set their own availability. “Most of them are desperate for help and they need people who are available during the day.” “There are so many roles you can play to support a school and community,” says Eunice Lin Nichols, co-chief executive officer of, a nonprofit organization that brings together change-makers of all ages. Other tutoring programs can be found through the AmeriCorps initiatives for reading, math and early learning Reading Partners Volunteer Match and the AmeriCorps retired senior and volunteer program. The program has an 80% return rate for volunteers. All tutors attend at least 25 hours of annual training covering technology, literacy basics, and social-emotional learning markers. “We help students succeed, we help older adults thrive, and in doing so we help communities grow stronger,” says Mioshi Moses, vice president of Experience Corps at the AARP Foundation. AARP’s Experience Corps, for example, runs tutoring programs in 22 locations around the U.S., with more than 700 volunteers serving 2,100 students over the past year. Many of these organizations not only place tutors but also train and support them, experts say. Or you could apply for a job with a private tutoring program such as Kumon, which accepts students as young as three, or Kaplan and Princeton Review, which are best known for helping high school students prepare for their SATs.īut think more broadly because many nonprofit organizations work with communities that have tutoring programs outside of schools for students and adults of all ages and backgrounds. ![]() If you have trouble finding the studs on plaster walls, when in doubt, it's never a bad idea to hire a professional to hang heavier items.Finding a tutoring role can be as easy as calling up your neighborhood school and asking if they need tutors for reading or math, the subjects generally most in demand. A tip for using stud finders on plaster walls is to scan the baseboards instead of the wall to find nail heads that connect to the studs, and once you've found a magnetic point on the baseboards, you've likely found the stud above. For hanging heavier items like TVs or ceiling-mounted lights on plaster, you will need to find the studs. If you do have plaster walls, the good news is plaster is stronger than drywall, so lighter wall art or wall hangings weighing less than 20 pounds can hang on plaster securely even if you're not able to find the studs. “If you look closely, our walls really look like Swiss cheese,” they said. ![]() For example, The Crafty Lumberjacks live in a prewar building in Queens, New York and haven’t found a stud finder that's easy to use since, in addition to the vertical studs, plaster walls have narrow pieces of horizontal wood slats or sometimes metal mesh the plaster is applied to, making it difficult for a stud finder to distinguish where the studs are. from the 1700s to early 1900s may still have thick, plaster walls. “Properly locating studs can help securely hang items ranging from artwork to electronics.” Most homes today have drywall for all interior walls, and it's best to find the studs when hanging items on drywall. ![]() “A stud finder is a handheld tool created to scan drywall for wood studs,” said Andre Thompson, senior merchant of hand tools at The Home Depot. ![]()
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