Academic Tutor (Private Tuition)
What the work is
Provides tuition to students in academic subjects and prepares students for formal assessment tasks.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Assists students with homework, projects, exam preparation, research and other academic tasks
- Revises various curricula of one or more subject areas, and plans programs of study for individual students and groups
- Prepares and presents learning material that explains the principles, conventions and theories of one or more subject areas
- Instructs and demonstrates practical aspects of one or more subject areas
- Prepares students for examinations and other formal assessments
- Customises learning to students' needs and strengths
- Assesses students and offers advice, criticism and encouragement
- Revises course content, materials and methods of instruction
- Undertakes regular professional learning in effective teaching of one or more subject areas
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a small tutoring room in a suburban shopping strip, plus kitchen tables at students' homes. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A student says I actually get it now, and you can tell they mean it
- A nervous Year 11 walks out of an exam feeling ready instead of dreading it
- A parent notices their child opening the books without being asked
Hard days
- A parent wants quick marks when the student needs slower, steadier work
- A student has already decided they are bad at the subject before you begin
- Cancelled sessions and a timetable that changes every week
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 259131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.