TeachRequest tutors are the best in the field
Why become a TeachRequest tutor?
Empowerment
You are fully empowered to determine the best way to teach based on the Ontario curriculum. You can test new technologies, methods, and materials to find the most effective way to help your individual students learn.
Flexibility
Tutoring with TeachRequest gives you the flexibility to tutor around your work, study, and family commitments. Enjoy a great work life balance and only tutor when you want to, all while earning a respectable supplemental income.
Focus
We specialize in 1-on-1 tutoring. This dedicated, undivided time provides the opportunity to hone your teaching skills more effectively. You will also see your direct impact as your students flourish academically under your guidance!
Simplicity
We simplify the operational tasks of being a tutor, so you can focus on what you do best! Our tools are designed to minimize manual work, and we provide guidance on how to manage your tutoring work effectively.
Support
We aspire to build a community for our tutors to exchange ideas and learn from each others' experiences, and thus improve education and student learning as a whole.
Empowerment
You are fully empowered to determine the best way to teach based on the Ontario curriculum. You can test new technologies, methods, and materials to find the most effective way to help your individual students learn.
How do I become a TeachRequest tutor?
Sign up
Sign up for free by clicking on the button below. We will collect your general and professional information, including your OCT registration number.
Get verified
Once you're signed up, you will go through a simple credential verification process and background check.
Complete profile
After you are approved, complete your profile by providing your availability, the subjects you teach, and any other information you'd like parents and students to know about you!
How do parents and students find me?
Match
When a parent makes a tutoring request for their child, TeachRequest uses our matching algorithms to match the student with an appropriate tutor based on a number of criteria, and set up the first tutoring session.
Teach
Once matched, you will assess the student's learning needs and recommend a tutoring roadmap to the parent during your first session. Then a recurring appointment is set up based on availability, pace, and timeline, and all that is left is for you to teach and help your student succeed!
Frequently asked questions
TeachRequest genuinely believes in our mission of improving education for the next generation of leaders, through providing teachers support who in turn can make learning experience more effective and enjoyable for students. Thus, we tend to think less about profits and more about the prosperity of teachers and students.
For tutors, we strive to ensure that they are compensated fairly for the tremendous value they provide students after making a significant investment in their teaching career. Tutors are empowered to teach in their own styles and use their own methods tailored to each of their students’ needs.
For students and parents, we strive to ensure that our tutoring services are accessible to all students in need. We believe that the dedicated one-on-one nature of our service allows students to learn much more effectively.
Our hope is to help foster long-term tutoring relationships, which makes the journey much more engaging and rewarding for passionate educators and hard-working students and parents.
TeachRequest applies a matchmaking algorithm to identify potential tutors who are a good fit for an individual student based on numerous attributes including:
- Grade qualifications
- Subject qualifications
- Location
- Schedule
- Special needs and requirements, if any
- The school(s) where you regularly teach, to avoid tutoring students who might attend your teaching school