Wyzant reviews by tutors
Reviews of Wyzant by tutors in your community
I really like using your business. There are couple of reasons why. First of all, I like how your website handles the money. Second, I like the way you protect my future students and I from not revealing too much information. When I used to use my personal email to exchange information with my students, it was a hassle! They wanted to have personal information from me, and I was not comfortable with meeting anybody online. Wyzant helped me to solve all the problems, I really do not have to worry about anything, but what to teach. I am glad I found your business so that I can just concentrate on teaching and not marketing and finance! Thank you so much for your help.
WyzAnt – the wise way of tutoring.
WyzAnt proved itself to be the best tutoring website in the country! I am from Europe and have a pretty wide perspective on tutoring markets. I have had profiles at other tutoring sites, but none of them has worked as well as WyzAnt. That’s why I love working with them and feel comfortable recommending them to (literally) everybody who is willing to listen! I have sent many invitations to people interested in tutoring and to my outside students because I fully believe in what I am recommending! I feel proud to be a tutor at WyzAnt. They give me the great opportunity to dedicate my time to the profession I love. The site is user friendly; It provides a huge tutor/student market; Organizes payments in a very reliable manner. And one thing that often could be a deal breaker with any other sites, no matter in what business: WyzAnt representatives always answer the phone! Users can always rely on human connection and it helps both tutors and students tremendously! These are my main reasons why WyzAnt has deserved my trust from the very beginning.
I am very impressed with the professionalism that WyzAnt provides to not only their tutors, but also to their students. WyzAnt offers a first class tutoring service that is recognized in our community.
I was apprehensive the first time I went to tutor for a WyzAnt student. Would it be a good experience? Would the student want to learn? Would the parents be clear with their expectations? It was a GREAT experience. Through email and phone calls everything was set up before I went for the first session. I have had a lot of fun watching my student improve her reading and phonics skills. When parents and students contact WyzAnt, they want the student to learn. The students are not looking for the easy way out. They actively participate in the learning process. This has been an easy and effective way to find students to help. I am trying to get the word out for parents/students to contact WyzAnt since there are many excellent tutors listed on the site. I would also like for other tutors to realize this company is easy to work with and have taken the money detail out of tutoring. You just show up and tutor. WyzAnt makes sure the clients have paid, and therefore you will get paid. Thanks WyzAnt for a good experience and I hope to work with more students found through WyzAnt.
I have greatly enjoyed my experience and learned while tutoring with WyzAnt. The students have been tremendous and my range of subjects has increased over time, thus improving my marketability. Some of the students have been located very close to my house (< four miles) improving my daily productivity. The customer service/technical service people at WyzAnt do a tremendous job of addressing specific issues in a timely fashion. The flexibility of the system has been very helpful.
Very happy with this service
I have tried other tutoring companies before, as well as, have used a tutoring company in the past once to prepare for a final exam. After using a tutor myself and paying for two hours of absolutely no help at all, I always make sure that my clients will never feel that way. This company is the most user friendly tutoring service I have found yet. I am surprised how many students I was able to find, and how many actually contacted me. Great work!
Great Two Years as a WyzAnt Tutor
I signed up to be a WyzAnt tutor in 2009 and have tutored 400+ hours since then. I have found the WyzAnt team in Chicago to be both professional and innovative. Half of the students that I tutor, mostly for high school math, physics, SAT and ACT come to me through WyzAnt. I do not hesitate to tell parents to submit their billing information so we can begin our lessons since WyzAnt is an honest and legitimate business. Even though I tutor most of my students in my home office, WyzAnt has never given me trouble for not tutoring them in their own homes (I give my students a choice). Several months ago I was contacted by WyzAnt's VP of Marketing who asked me not to include my personal email and Web site in my correspondence to my students. I understand why WyzAnt would request this I think it makes good business sense. This issue resolved quickly and professionally. I would highly recommend using WyzAnt to parents, students and tutors.
Great service
Working with WyzAnt has been an overwhelmingly positive experience for me. I tried making it on my own as a tutor for a while, but was never able to build up a stable clientele. WyzAnt takes care of all the behind the scenes work, allowing me to focus on what I do best. They really earn their keep. I just recently passed the 400+ hour mark with them and couldn't be happier. Whenever I have had issues or questions, they have always been quick to respond and quick to resolve them to my satisfaction. Their staff is friendly and helpful, and I know the students I work with are really happy with the service as well. Thanks guys!
I can't even begin to describe how elated I am to be a part of the Wyzant Community. To be honest with you, I simply stumbled onto the website one day, and I thought, "Hey, I'm a good teacher and I just want to help others." Wyzant provides the perfect vehicle for exactly that. I've wanted to be a tutor for a long time, but I didn't know how to get involved. Wyzant is perfect for those who want to help others without having to do the legwork to find students. The process was simple, just fill out the information that you should know by heart anyways. Within a few days you're set to go. The certifiable tests are great as well, they test your overall knowledge of the subject without requiring you to be perfect. I'm so happy with this website that I've told all my friends and family about it. I highly recommend you join this site if you love to help people and make money in the process. Wyzant takes all the politics, potential conflicts, and work out of the way, so that you as the tutor can just concentrate on teaching your students. It doesn't get any easier than this! I wish I knew about Wyzant when I was in school. Thank You Wyzant for this amazing opportunity. Regards, Deepak K
I believe that WyzAnt does a terrific job of connecting people that need tutoring with the appropriate tutors. The tutors' self-descriptions create a level of comfort for the student or student's family. This is essential in this day and age. I have taught corporate level classes in creating a harassment-free work environment and I know that people need to be cautious about who they allow into their homes, around their children, and around themselves. I have gotten the most wonderful students, and am thankful for the opportunity to help them become the star students they were born to be!
Great lead generation system
Since I joined WyzAnt over 2 months ago, the number of qualified leads increase every day. I really enjoyed tutoring my students and witness their improvement. One on one tutoring indeed pays off for students looking a way to really understand concepts, specially with subjects such as Math.
Finding Students
This has, for the most part, been a positive experience. I like working for this company. Listing are prompt and useful. Sometimes a little disappointing finding more students. But all in all a great company to work for. Looking forward to working here for quite a while.
I found this website is very useful to find students. I am enjoying working with WYZANT very much. Md
Great Service
Wyzant works great because the scheduling is set by me. However, initially the pay percent is very low unless we set a high price for tutoring in which case the number of students approacing us is minimized.
All potential so far
I have only been aboard about a week and have only found potential jobs. I've emailed close to ten opportunities, 3 have replied and of those, one seems interested when the semester begins in September. In the last half of August, there are virtually no current classes in session, so I can't expect as much. I'm anxious to see how things pick up once school is back in session. I'm very comfortable with the layout and functioning of the site. I can easily find opportunities and respond to them.
It was very easy to sign up as a new tutor. My Profile page is very attractive. The Marketing Materials that you offer are excellent. It was less than a week before I received my first client. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING A WYZANT TUTOR!
Great Opportunities to render Service
I have had the opportunity to utilize my skills as a means providing a needed service, with the overall intent of giving back to others, because knowledge gained is something that one will take with himself or herself, and no one can take it away. WyzAnt has provided me with an excellent platform, with modern day technology, to do this and I encourage others to utilize WyzAnt's features with the ultimate intent providing a real service by enhancing our society.
WyzAnt has live people to talk to, should you call in about an issue! That's been very helpful to me as a fairly new tutor, when I had a few topics in dealing with students that seemed to fall outside the the FAQ set of answers, or frankly I thought the topic wouldn't be covered and so I didn't look there. The several reps answering the phone are very easy to talk to, easily understand the issues I've raised, and come up with practical solutions.
Absolutely Enriching
I like helping others to learn and develop. In the process I learn and grow myself. We all teach each other. So, WyzAnt has given me an enriching opportunity to reach out to others in a field that I love. As a result, I have found that I can see and find new perspectives in teaching and an insight on how I project to others. I have stretched my capacities and I have helped others to stretch their capacities. That is an absolutely cool enriching experience that I wouldn't trade. Thank you WyzAnt for the great educational experience.
My tutoring experience with Wyzant has been seamless and better organized than I could have accomplish without the organization's help. Despite having run a language school myself for nearly 5 years, I have found that working freelance has many pitfalls including enforcing cancellation policies, keeping track of billing, and payment information for taxes at end of year. Working with Wyzant allows me to accept credit cards, basically, and be assured that payment will be forthcoming on a regular schedule. In addition, the communication between student and tutor is greatly enhanced by the online session reports which also help me to keep track of what my student and I have done together. Finally, the staff at Wyzant is intelligent, helpful and responsive. I have recommended other teachers to Wyzant with the knowledge that their experience will undoubtedly be as consistently good quality as my own has been. Many thanks!
The website is good
The website is easy to use. The payments are made in a timely fashion. The two tutoring jobs I've had so far have been quality clients and we have worked well together. I think the payment plans deter many potential tutoring jobs.
Excellent for Tutors and Students
I started with WyzAnt 13 months ago and they have provided me with many tutoring opportunities. Based on over 600 hours of tutoring through WyzAnt, I strongly recommend WyzAnt to anyone interested in tutoring and to anyone in need of a tutor. For tutors, they have excellent marketing and administrative skills. They handle all the billing and allow you to focus more on tutoring. For students, they certify tutors, provide student feedback on the tutors, display background information on tutors and courses, safely and reliably handle billing, etc. WyzAnt is an excellent alternative for both tutors and students.
How to Make Uploading Videos Easy For Your Tutors
You've done a good jobs mapping out most of the information tutors need. But when it comes to uploading videos the site needs to be improved. This is what you need to tell your tutors: -The video file formats accepted: (i.e. .AVI,.MPEG4,.WMV .FLV ) -The size it must be under: 100MB (BEFORE THEY LOAD THE VIDEO- not at the moment they load the video) - How to compress their videos if needed: Open and resave in Windows Live Movie Maker, use http://www.youconvertit.com , etc. Telling your tutors that the rules for YouTube apply is not helpful. Especially since YouTube accepts a larger file size than Wyzant.
Easy To Use - No Billing Hassles
One of my favorite features of using WyzAnt is the fact that they take caring of all the billing. I no longer have to worry about preparing invoices, collecting pass due amounts or making adjustments to accounts. WyzAnt takes care of it all and all I have to do is just enter the time and date of the tutor sessions. I have more time to focus on my student lessons plans. Customer service has been great. Representatives have been polite and helpful.
Review of Wyzant
Wyzant has been an excellent resource to reach more students. I have been able to help students in both a short-term capacity, and on a longer term basis. The ease of using Wyzant to reach potential students is incredible. I get 4 or 5 inquiries a week.
More than Tutoring
WyzAnt has helped me continue my passion of Chinese-English bi-lingual teaching! It does not only bring me extra income and flexibility of my schedules, but also brings one of the most wonderful things to my life. That is the precious friendship with my students, as well as their parents.
I am grateful to WyzAnt for the opportunity to tutor. The service is everything I thought it would be. Tutoring with WyzAnt has allowed me to refine my tutoring skills and the clients are extremely supportive. Thanks WyzAnt!
I am really enjoying my experience as a tutor for WyzAnt. They have a very easy-to-navigate website, and a straight-forward payment system (for both tutors and clients). Any time that I have needed to contact the company (which has not been much!), I have gotten a REAL response email, not one of those automated impersonal unhelpful responses. My students appreciate the flexibility of my schedule, and that the tutoring can happen right in their own home where they are most comfortable.
Easy to Use!
I love how the entire process is so easy. From signing up, to finding students, even to receiving payment of services. I'm now receiving so many student inquiries that I have to lengthen my work day to have time for everybody. What a great problem to have! Thanks, WyzAnt.
Positive Experience
I have been with Wyzant for a few weeks, and it has been a very positive experience. Getting my first students took about three weeks, but I found with determination and continued responses to e-mails I was able to pick up four students in one week. The fourth student declined after the first session because he was unwilling to do the work required to get the wanted grade. This was much to the consternation of the parents; but you can't force someone to learn. Since then I have picked up one more student, which is about all I can handle right now. I have seen the students, and especially parents, really appreciate the effort to help their children improve and once a student/teacher rapport is developed it turns out to be a lot of fun for both parties. The important things are be flexible in your teaching style, be adaptable to the students/parents desires and KNOW YOUR SUBJECTS. Few things will turn off a student faster than trying to talk around a topic the tutor is not thoroughly familiar with. The only recommendation I would have is to make the subject tests longer with more questions from a master question file and put a time limit on the test. This would allow tutors to retake tests later without seeing the same questions again and ensure more thorough topic mastery.
My experience with you has been awesome. The format is totally worry-free. I don't have to worry about handling money with clients. I love the fact that I can choose the areas and tutor in public libraries. I am truly glad I happened upon your web-site when I did.
Simply put, I LOVE WyzAnt! While I have only been a tutor for a couple of months since signing in December 2009, I have already had the wonderful experience tutoring Art to eager, dedicated, and appreciative students with whom I am very proud to share knowledge. I truly feel that WyzAnt is the finest Tutoring Service available anywhere. It is certainly the most professional especially when it comes to how the company treats its students, as well as its instructors. I fully recommend WyzAnt to everyone I know and meet who is interested in learning and honing their skills not just in my discipline but in any other endeavor. Thank you WyzAnt for this great opportunity!
Though I've only been working through WyzAnt Tutoring since Oct. of 2009, I've found it to be very fun and an effective way to enhance my tutoring client base. WyzAnt completes underlying paperwork, and the footwork required to seek out new clients. This frees up more time for me to concentrate on my students and create lesson plans! Another advantage WyzAnt offers both client and tutor is that the credentials and strengths of the educator are identified, verified and researched in order to quickly and effectively streamline the process of finding just the right tutor for the student. Incredible savings on time and simplifying the overall process. I love working through WyzAnt. Thank you!
Best agency on the market
Wyzant is definitely the best agency offering tutoring services in this increasingly competitive market. As a professional private teacher/tutor, I have been working with Wyzant and several other agencies over many years now, and greatly appreciate its system. Wyzant has by far the best customer service, the most helpful and user-friendly technical approach, and the most convenient fee & ratings system, which is sure to attract the most competitive tutors (other agencies tend to set the fees for tutors, while Wyzant allows its tutors the freedom to set their own terms as real independent contractors). Even though I receive offers constantly from other agencies, I give priority only to Wyzant. Moreover, I've sometimes suggested my students to benefit from promotions I offer on Wyzant; and I refer only Wyzant to students who call me about subjects I don't teach, simply because the terms are superior on Wyzant. Students can pay by credit card, which is of great help to private tutors as this allows tutors to focus on teaching rather than accounting matters. I have also referred Wyzant to a couple of foreign friends skilled in languages and teaching who could therefore start their careers in the U.S.A. working as private tutors through Wyzant.
WyzAnt has been very helpful and satisfying thus far and I don't expect them to change unless it is for the best of the best. I receive email alerts when a new student signs up to be tutored on a subject relative to my offering(s). I especially admire how they are open to feedback. They answer my emails efficiently and effectively. I give WyzAnt five stars.
Great website makes finding students easy!
It took a bit of time and effort to build up my profile but once you are established your tutoring will flourish. The new format for applying for tutoring jobs is excellent. I always receive responses to questions via email promptly.
No problems so far.
I have recently started tutoring through WyzAnt. This site has made it easier to attract new students rather than trying to on my own. There have been some students, however, that have found me through Craigslist postings, but this requires constant updating. Can WyzAnt consider allowing tutors to do separate charges for subjects and students once the student has enrolled for tutoring? For example, I may charge more for helping someone with basketball versus someone in math. I also may want to give one student a cheaper rate because of financial difficulties. I haven't had any parents complain about the billing process yet, which is good.
Rewarding experience every time!
Tutoring has brought new meaning to my life. There is nothing in the world nicer than watching your students' "light bulbs" turning on, when you explain a concept that appeared difficult or confusing that all of a sudden starts making sense. Students motivation rises when they think they get it or when they feel successful in any given subject. Tutoring has given me a new purpose and I recommend it to everyone that has the time to commit to help a student of any age.
WyzAnt is a very professional tutoring service and is the most efficient in matching students' needs with tutors in their locality. As a tutor, I find the tracking of students, schedules, and hours worked is excellent. Communication between me and my students is also easy with special alerts to ensure receipt of messages in a timely manner. Excellent company to work with for everyone wins with their professional on-line tutoring system. Thank you, WyzAnt!
I joined Wyzant last October and so far, so good. Their policies are fair; the tutors' percentage is ahead of the industry; our support system is outstanding. While I have been tutoring for many years, this company shows a very effective way to meet and start teaching students with whom I would not otherwise come in contact. I've been recommending my teacher friends to join up and now with the new Wyzant Rewards System, it should be even more fun.
Unbelieveably User Friendly and Efficient Website
I must say I was a bit skeptical about signing up as a tutor with WyzAnt. I saw postings come through looking for tutors for quite a while before I decided to take the plunge. Compared to other on-line experiences, your website is quite easy to figure out. Submitting a lesson and getting paid is incredibly efficient--so much better than other schools for which I have worked. I really like the way emails are sent, letting me know of potential students in my area. Thanks WyzAnt!
Very well run company
I've been a WyzAnt tutor for about six months, and I find dealing with WyzAnt to be a pleasure. The quality of service that I have received from EVERY WyzAnt employee with whom I have had dealings has been first rate. The staff are knowledgeable, they communicate clearly, and they take responsibility for resolving issues and answering questions. The website is easy to use. Whoever is running the place knows what they are doing!
Trustworthy Reputable Resource for Advancing Learning
I find WyzAnt to offer a trustworthy reliable resource for connecting students with specific tutors. Maintain/improve upon this valuable service! I have found that clients get used to "how the system works" quickly. The apparent ease of "how the system works" allows tutors and students to focus on learning. Administration activities manage themselves to a large extent. I look forward to each tutoring session. I have respect for each student's curiosity.
I have found the WyzAnt website very easy to navigate! Being a beginning member, I appreciate the rapid response time from the WyzAnt team. Although this time of year is slow, I have not gained any students yet. However, through utilizing the various marketing ideas, I feel confident that I will soon gain students. Thank you WyzAnt! Keep up the good work!
Really Great Arrangement
I have been tutoring on WyzAnt for nearly a year and am now well over 100 hours into the experience. The website is simple and effective and indeed so much so that I have never actually had occasion to speak to anyone at WyzAnt! Everything works online pretty much perfectly. WyzAnt certainly will give you a stream of interested students (not all of whom ultimately will sign on with you for reasons you may never find out) but you certainly don't have to waste time seeking them out. And, as most tutors here note, WyzAnt deals promptly and accurately with all the payments so that you don't even have to discuss money with the students, much less chase them for payment. The service does feel a little expensive, particularly at the start until you get your percentage raised a bit, but really you get a lot of service for the money. Overall, I am very pleased to be a WyzAnt tutor and would certainly recommend WyzAnt to anyone wanting to get into the tutoring business or who is looking for a tutor.
Finally - A Rewarding Work Experience!
WyzAnt has been a really powerful influence in my life. It has allowed me to follow my passion for tutoring and the system is so easy to use. I think prospective students find it very professional and informative and the process has been very simple and has worked perfectly. WyzAnt's division of subjects makes it easy for both students and tutors to meet their objectives and the guided communication process protects everyone. The reports of statistics and helpful ideas have been great and the system is making me think about quitting the corporate world and doing this full time!
WyzAnt has been a great referral tool for my tutoring business. It is easy to find students and WyzAnt sends me an email and a text message every time that a potential student requests a tutor. Their pay is always accurate and on time and the technical team quickly responds to questions. I highly recommend tutoring through WyzAnt.
Fun First Lesson
I had a lot of fun with my first student. He is getting new skills very fast and wants to study more with me. I am so proud of him.