Teacher Turned Tutor

I had the wonderful opportunity to take all of last year off to be with my new baby. It was a year of learning that this teacher hadn’t experienced. I felt much more the student while learning the ins and outs of being a new parent. I wouldn’t trade last year for anything.

Now my little baby isn’t so little anymore! He’ll be 15 months next week and I can’t wrap my mind around how fast the time has flown. Gus continues to teach me new things every day. But there’s been a little bit of my teacher-self that has been missing.

When I saw all the teachers making their “Back to School” posts last month I had a small twinge of desire to be back in the classroom. Not quite enough to give up being a stay-at-home-mom and go full-time into teaching, but I knew I wanted to dip my toes into the pool of teaching this year.

I was introduced to a company called Varsity Tutors. They pair you with students and their parents in grade levels and subjects that match your experience. I immediately got excited seeing the potential that this part time job held for me.

Once July rolled around I expected to have the opportunities for tutoring rolling in and that I would have multiple students to choose from. Little did I know that God would use this, once again, to increase my faith.

Long story short, I had somehow missed some steps in the application process. I thought I wasn’t getting paired with any students and started to worry that this wouldn’t work out at all. Once I finished those missed steps I still didn’t get students right away. I had the hardest time finding students’ availability that matched mine. I also had to say no to every kid above 4th grade who needed math tutoring. Anyone that knows me well knows that math has never been my strong suit! I started to worry again and again that there just never was going to be the perfect student that matched my time availability and my strengths in teaching. I had major doubts about my ability as a teacher and wondered if I had maybe lost my touch over the past year of not teaching at all.

After what seemed like an eternity, I am now paired with 2-3 families. I just had a great first conversation with a 2nd grader’s mom who I have a feeling will be a pretty good fit.

I don’t know what you’re going through that feels as though it’s taking forever. But I encourage you to keep praying. Keep pressing on believing that God’s timing is always best. I’m 33 now and it feels as though the lesson of God’s timing always being best is one I’ll need to be relearning again and again.

I’m so excited about this new journey of being a tutor! Prayers would be appreciated as I strive to reach these new students of mine. Thank you! ❤️