Categories of Tutors

Categories of Tutors

We have three categories of Tutors

1. Prime Tutors
2. General Tutors
3. Backup Tutors

Who are Backup Tutors?

When a tutor fills out the Tutor Registration form (without paying any charges) with all fields correctly filled out and uploads all relevant documents supporting his/her information, he/she will be automatically registered as a Backup tutor. He/she will receive a confirmation email regarding this.

As we have been in this profession for a long time, we have reliable and the best professional prime tutors in almost every field/class/subject.

But sometimes there are situations when they can not go there or we don’t have prime tutors according to clients’ requirements.

In this case, we call/message Backup Tutors, check their availability, and assign them the demo session after their approval for the tutoring assignment.

But this process is certainly slow, Sometimes, a backup category registered tutor has to wait for a whole session, lasting months, to get tuition. If the tutor is not in a hurry and wants only one or two assignments from us whenever available, then this option is best suited to him/her.

But if a tutor needs tuition urgently, he/she has to pay the registration fee. For Paid Registration, there are two categories PRIME TUTORS and General Tutors.

Who are General Tutors?

First, we search our database for prime tutors for a particular tutor requirement, If we do not find any suitable Prime Tutor, then we search in the General Tutors category and if the same happens and a matching General category tutor is not found then we look for the Backup Tutors category database.

General Tutors will get tuition when no Prime Tutor is available or is not interested due to some reason such as location, rates and other conditions not met in the prospective tuition. Tutors who are not in a hurry and have time to take only one or two tuitions may join as General Tutors.

Who are Prime Tutors?

Most of the tutors who work through us are Prime Tutors. Prime tutors, as the name suggests, are tutors who are our First Preference.

Prime tutors are like our permanent employees who work on a commission basis but get a healthy amount every month from our assigned tuitions, like a fixed salary.

We always try to keep them occupied and try to give classes in the same or nearby locations to save their time.

Only those tutors are selected for Prime Tutors who are honest, reliable and do not hide anything from us.

We (the Bureau and the Tutor) both think for the benefit of each other it is necessary for a long and strong business relationship.

Usually, a tutor does not know how to promote himself/herself on Google/Online, as he/she lacks resources for the same. We do promotion for Prime Tutors via. a full-page convincing and impressive profile of them on our website and attach their student reviews given on Google Reviews. All this helps the prime tutor to be popular in a particular location.

 

How may I get benefits if I join as a prime tutor?

How are you (VTTS) different from others?

What are the real benefits of paying 10% every month?

Before asking these above questions.
Ask yourself, why do I need a tutor bureau?
What are my expectations from a tutor bureau?

Probable thoughts that may come to your mind would be

  • I can not fulfill all my time slots using the resources, currently I have.
  • I can earn more if my free time is utilized appropriately.
  • I have already told all my friends and known people but I am still unable to utilize my unoccupied time.
  • I can get pamphlets published and distributed but I am not sure if it is still effective these days to get me the tuition leads that I need.
  • I don’t know how to promote myself on Google or Online.

Should I contact a tuition agency (bureau)?

Oh…a Tuition agency?..……
What am I thinking?……….

  • Bureaus are cheaters,
  • they exploit tutors,
  • they don’t give money on time,
  • always keep some amount with them by giving lame excuses,
  • also give fake inquiries, and send the same inquiry typically to 5-7 tutors, to earn maximum money themselves and give the wrong impression to tutors that they are getting leads from them.

No….No…..No……

Many such negative thoughts may come to you.

Yes, you are right, most of the tutor bureaus are like that.

But we (VTTS) provide genuine leads, care for tutors, and always have top priority to support the Prime category of Tutors when they are in need.

How VTTS is different from other tutor bureaus?

1. Genuine Leads:

We have been in this field since 1995.

We have goodwill in our area (Currently West Delhi). Due to our honesty and professionalism, we get genuine and reliable leads from our past clients.

We have clients who have hired teachers for themselves, they are now hiring teachers for their children. Indeed unbelievable but true!

 
2. Organized System:

We are always in touch with our clients.

We take their feedback every month, if they have any issue with the teacher we sort it out cordially as soon as possible.

We issue digital receipts of fees collected every month.

We help students by giving notes, assignments, and question papers from other schools when they have such requirements.

All these points of paying attention and sorting out issues if our help is needed, build a strong relationship between our clients and us.

That’s why most of our leads are almost 100% genuine and long-lasting.

 
3. Supports Tutors:

We always support our tutors in all circumstances like when they need any kind of guidance, need study material, or have any misunderstanding/dispute with clients.

 
4. Allows tutors to collect most of their fees.
 
5. Rewards Tutors:

We reward you by giving the needed tuitions, those which you want and can handle as per your schedule, tuition from our reliable clients, and long-lasting tuition (many months to years), when you perform better compared to other tutors.

We have an automatic points system to maintain all this.

 
6. Career Growth System:

Hardworking, ethical, passionate, ambitious, energetic and deep subject knowledge tutors grow much more compared to others in our system.

  • We give creamy tuitions to them,
  • based on what tutors need from us, we give the best matching tuition,
  • engage them in coaching institutes,
  • help them to start their institutes,
  • and help them to start their online coaching system to teach students from other states/countries.

10 Advantages of Prime Tutors Compared to Other Tutor Bureaus and General Tutors Category

 
1. Fill out vacant tutoring slots of Prime Tutors in almost no time.

General Tutors are not under this obligation from us. Getting paid registration as a prime tutor shows your seriousness towards tuition leads, and VTTS appreciates and handles this as a priority.

 
2. Higher Tutoring Fees compared to other Tutor Bureau rates.

The average tuition amount that Prime Tutors get from us is higher than the market rate. If you provide the best tutoring service, then the client is also ready to pay for it. It is a give-and-take relationship, which is not on the agenda of other tutor bureaus.

 
3. Most of the Tuitions given to Prime Tutors is from good (known, Stable and well-paying) clients.

We provide tuitions of clients who are known or referred by someone to Prime Tutors. Hence, these classes run for a long duration, even for 4-5 years. The clients who are new and have the habit of changing the tutor for petty reasons may be given to General tutors. Other Tutor Bureaus replace their tutors for these small and unjustified reasons just to earn 50% commission again from the new tutor. The clever and money-hungry tutor bureaus even sometimes replace their tutor after every exam. i.e 3-4 times in a year. All this is intentionally done to make them earn 100-150%  money on average from every tuition. We don’t cheat any of our tutors or clients, our purpose is to provide the best tutors to the students who need them. Our 30+ years in this business are proof of it!

 
4. We always Support Prime Tutors.

We always try to support Prime tutors in all circumstances. To do this we provide guidance, study material, notes, and tips and clear misunderstandings/disputes with clients if there. There is no such obligation for General Tutors.

 
5. Try to save Prime Tutors tuition(s) in case of eventuality.

When the Prime Tutor needs a few days’ breaks (due to their exams/illness/any reason) we try to arrange a temporary replacement tutor on their behalf if asked, to help them have their tuition back after the needed time break or some unavoidable circumstances that they couldn’t control.

 
6. Never let Prime Tutors feel that they are alone.

As human beings, we all need companionship, and VTTS always tries its best in this business relationship to assist its prime tutors professionally and personally.

 

7. Save Prime Tutors precious time by providing tuitions in the same/nearby locality.

Time is money, and we all must try not to let it go to waste. So, we try to provide prime tutors with the needed tuition in their preferred closeby areas where they already have tuition clients. We don’t provide such a service for General Tutors. Other tutor bureaus also don’t take the pain to do so. They always want a chance to get new tutors and new commissions (more compared to the already registered tutor) from them.

 
8. Promote Prime Tutors on Google and Online.

We promote our Prime tutors on Google/Online (after their consent) through our website and other means.

When anyone searches for them with their name or their teaching subjects in their locality, Google will list their details with their student references and feedback due to our efforts. We have expertise and resources for this work, which you will find extremely difficult to do independently

 
9. Allows Prime Tutors to collect most of their fees.

Other Tutors Bureaus usually do not do so because they want to control both the tutors and the clients. General category tutors from VTTS are also not allowed to collect the first month’s fees from the clients.

 
10. Engaging Prime Tutors in coaching institutes and helping them to start their institutes.

 

To maintain all the listed tasks, we have to do extra hard work, which also consumes more resources (time, money, knowledge etc.).

These are the reasons, why we charge 10% every month from prime tutors from the second month onwards till the tuition last.

Don’t worry you don’t have to pay this amount from your pocket.

We already charge monthly fees 10% higher compared to other bureaus. We can do this because more than 60% of our tuition leads are from past clients or reference tuitions.

We already have surplus Prime Tutors, backed by General Tutors and Backup Tutors.

Thus we never force you to take a particular tutoring lead.

We drop a WhatsApp message to you by giving the student details, his or her exact location, the fee the parent is willing to pay, class and subject/s, the time and the number of days the students need classes, etc.

You have to think,

OK…. this is the prospective tutoring rate.

From this, I have to pay 10% every month to VTTS. Reduce 10% of that fee amount.

Now think, does this amount suit me?

It’s your decision to accept or reject that tuition without any pressure from us. We never force you to take a tutoring assignment from us, for which even you are 99% interested.

You may take our services to fill your vacant time slots or not take it. If you are sure you will get tuition from your resources. Reply “Sorry I am not interested”. We don’t have any problem with this type of answer.

You should take our 10% service charges positively as they are justified and deserved which is explained above. Even if you have taken just one or two tuitions from us (less business relation), we will be in touch, as we surely communicate with tutors almost every month regarding the tuition progress.

Regular interaction helps us, to build a long relationship, build trust and to understand each other more effectively.

 

Now a question arises how does VTTS allot tuition to prime tutors?

 
On what criteria does VTTS select a tutor for particular tuition?

Let us take an example to explain our system. Let us assume VTTS gets 2-3 calls for a particular subject say Maths, in a month, or we can say around 30 calls in a year at a particular locality.

Clients put many conditions on us to choose a tutor, like

  • based on Gender,
  • Qualifications,
  • age group,
  • school teacher,
  • timings,
  • Language fluency,
  • married,
  • unmarried,
  • college-going,
  • experience
  • result achieved etc.

We need at least 8 to 10 maths tutors based on varieties of client demands in a year for these 30 calls, which means around 20 maths tutors in a year for 60 to 70 calls and so on for other cases also.

At the start of the session, we have plenty of result-oriented, honest, reliable tutors available.

In which order to occupy them is a challenging task for us.

To solve this problem VTTS has developed software that awards points (positive as well as negative) to tutors based on,

  • feedback from clients,
  • their behaviour,
  • timings punctuality,
  • subject knowledge,
  • bonding with students,
  • feedback given by tutors to VTTS on time,
  • punctuality of classes reports sent to us,
  • timely commissions were given by you to us,
  • The number of classes fixed by you, etc.

Based on all these points/criteria software suggests tutors to us at a particular location/ subject/ class.

So, as explained above, there is undoubtedly tough competition among tutors to maintain their points and get tuition promptly.

I hope you are now clear about how we (VTTS) treat different categories of tutors registered with us professionally.

If you need more clarity regarding this, feel free to call us.

We look forward to working with you to change the students’ lives through the best home tutoring we and you can provide as a team.