This is blog post was written by Yvonne Morris. Yvonne shares more on experiences as a Thinkster Math tutor over the last two and a half years!
I was first introduced to Thinkster Math by a Facebook post and loved what I saw on their math tutoring approach.
I have always been interested in technology and being a math tutor. One, because I love seeing the lightbulb turn on in a student’s head when they understand a concept. And two, because I love helping students build their confidence in math and helping them reach their full potential.
I started with Thinkster in November 2017 and had some initial doubts that it was the job for me.
When I first started to take students, I opened my schedule up too freely so that the tutoring sessions were spread out inconveniently. I had opened up as many hours as I could because I thought that this would help gain and keep more students.
This turned out to not be very efficient. In fact, there was one night where I only had one student scheduled! With my schedule so spread out and scattered, I felt overwhelmed.
In March 2018 I had it in my head that I was going to send in my resignation. At the time I felt isolated and didn’t really know anyone in the company (except for our Director of Tutoring Services, Sumi).
When I sent my resignation email, Sumi called me up immediately and we discussed the reasons I wanted to leave.
This was a huge turning point.
I could tell how genuine Sumi was. She deeply cared for her academic team and wanted every math tutor to succeed.
Sumi and I then made an action plan. I paused on receiving new students and reworked my existing students into a regular schedule that was more efficient for me.
After about six weeks, I felt much better and excited to start growing as a math tutor and take more students. Then, in less than three months, my class size quadrupled. This time, I was confident and happy.
