How to conduct online classes (lectures)

The extended lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic has forced teachers and educators to go online. Many of them have no option but to take online classes. However, if you have never taken an online class before, fret not. Here, we cover everything to help you conduct your first online class/lecture.

Introduction

With technology making it easier and cheaper to connect to remote countries and places, it is easier today to avail the services of good teachers right from your home, at a fraction of the cost that your local teacher would charge.

With both parents working full time nowadays, and to add to that a scarcity of good tutors means there is always a demand for good tutors who will also take care of their children homework.

Until now it was only the students and parents who were actively looking for good tutors online.

But now, even teachers are actively exploring this medium as most schools and colleges still remain closed (due to the lockdown)

There are many online tutoring services/entrepreneurs who have sensed a business opportunity here and have sites where people looking for online tutoring jobs can register, and parents looking for tutors can avail of their services.

They are also providing online platforms to schools that will help them better coordinate the lectures and also allow them to interact better with students/parents.

What Infrastructure is Needed?

Plan to teach Math, Science, foreign language, or any other subject from homw, then you will need to ensure that you have the requisite infrastructure to be able to conduct online tutoring classes.

You will need the following:

• Personal Computer and Broadband connection for Internet
• Microphone and Headset
• Pen Tablet – An important tool in online tutoring, its important for free hand writing and making diagrams

Advantages of Online Tutoring

• Tutoring possible at your own flexible time, or you can choose to work any time of the day or night
• Online tutoring opportunities set to grow in the future
• Good hourly pay compared to other work from home online jobs

How to Find Online Tutoring Jobs?

There are a couple of ways you can approach this.

Having prior experience in teaching definitely helps, especially if you are going to register on a big site that has several tutoring jobs listed. They will check your resume and based on your experience, offer you suitable online jobs.

Another way is to build your own website, and offer your tutoring services online.

How Much Do You Get Paid?

Online tutors are usually paid on an hourly basis. According to several job market experts, the hourly salaries for online teachers can be anything in the range of USD 15 to USD 60 per hour (depending on the topic/subject).

On a yearly basis, the salaries for online teachers can be in the range of USD 45,000 to USD 53,000 per year (subject to you getting a long-term assignment). At many places, the salaries for online jobs can be half of those working full-time.

Summary

Online classes are going to increase in the future and you can definitely take advantage of that, in case you wish to expand your student list. You may also consider picking up part-time jobs online; a lot of companies recruiting for online jobs require that you have a college degree, teaching experience, and knowledge of the subject area that you will be tutoring, so it is important that you start brushing up on your knowledge of the subjects. An online tutoring job can also be very satisfying, as you help the students improve their grades.

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