Prospective tutors complete the following application and send it to us via e-mail along with a brief introduction that includes the city you are applying for - also include this in the subject line - and the specific subjects you can tutor (i.e. French II, Pre-calculus, English, etc.).

Send your application (as a Word attachment) to: jobs@steppingstonetutors.com

Job Information

Please only apply if you are a college graduate with tutoring or teaching experience. We will contact you by email if we have an opening for your subject area and location to schedule an interview. Math and science are our most requested subjects but we do have a lot of customers looking for elementary tutoring and some English and foreign language tutoring.

Internet access and reliable transportation are required. Tutors must be available for an entire school year (September - June). Tutoring takes place in students homes or at a mutually agreed upon location such as a library, coffee shop, or office. Tutors must be willing to drive up to 20 minutes (from their home address) to work with students.

Most tutors work 5-10 hours per week (depending on the subjects you can tutor - more subjects usually means more hours). Other factors include your availability, and our demand which more or less follows the school calendar. It is your responsibility to call the customer to schedule a time that will work for both you and the student within 24 hours.

For current employment opportunities see our ads in your local craigslist.org (jobs:education/teaching jobs). We offer competitive pay and flexible hours. Tutors work part-time as independent contractors. As an independent contractor, we will not withhold taxes and will not report your income to the IRS unless you earn more than $600 in a calendar year. Because you are not compensated separately for gas you can use your mileage as a year-end tax deduction.

After you start working with your first student, we will send you a login/password for our online reporting site where you will need to log your hours, due on the 14th and last day of each month. For more information about working for Stepping Stone Tutors, download our employee handbook.

About Stepping Stone Tutors

Stepping Stone Tutors started in San Diego in 2004 and currently employs more than 200 tutors nationwide. We are accredited members of the Better Business Bureau and have helped thousands of students. We believe that any student can improve academically with one-on-one help using our tutoring service.

We seek tutors who are professional, on-time, and go above and beyond to help students meet their goals by keeping parents informed and involved and corresponding with teachers when necessary.

We offer competitive pay and are always open to discussing increased compensation if you believe you have proved yourself.

Stepping Stone Tutors
2379 NW 2nd Street
Bend, OR 97701

Phone: (541) 383-8088 Toll Free: (888) 303-8088 Fax: (877) 269-5563

If a customer cancels or is a "no-show" within this time period include it as a 1 hour session on your time sheet and note the circumstances. You will still get paid for 1 hour of tutoring unless the customer had a legitimate emergency.

Payroll

Pay checks will go out on the 1st day of each month unless otherwise indicated. Any hours not reported by the last day of the previous month will be paid during the next pay period. You should receive an email reminder 2-3 days before your time sheets are due.

Time Reporting

These need to be completed online twice a month: on the 14th day and the last day, e.g. 30th, 31st of each month. Make sure to include any relevant comments regarding your sessions including cancellations or "no-shows" which get billed as 1 hour sessions.

Click here for more information on the online time sheet

Click here to download more information about working for us (PDF).