With all the discussion about secular ed for Chassidim...

amother

Seagreen

Mon, Apr 16 2018, 10:50 pm

My DH is a reading specialist who does private tutoring. He is wondering if there would be a demand for his services among Chassidic families who may be concerned about their son not properly learning to read or struggling to learn to read and not getting sufficient remediation. He as wondering how to go about advertising himself among the Chassidic community. Is there a particular place he should advertise? Should he contact a particular menahel? He has no reputation yet among the Brooklyn yeshivos so he would even be willing to start with a 'tzedakah client' or two so he can start to make a name for himself. Any advice is appreciated.

amother

Seagreen

Mon, Apr 16 2018, 11:16 pm

No.
That's funny, I just logged back in because I realized that could be an issue.

amother

Taupe

Mon, Apr 16 2018, 11:24 pm

Not op but I had a similar thought. My dh doesn't have formal training as a tutor but he does speak Yiddish. I was wondering if he could get a job teaching English to chassidim.

amother

Saddlebrown

Mon, Apr 16 2018, 11:25 pm

amother wrote:

No.
That's funny, I just logged back in because I realized that could be an issue.

Not an issue - an added challenge.

Mommyg8

Mon, Apr 16 2018, 11:26 pm

To the OP - I think there would be demand in other communities, too, not just Chassidic. If he is a reading specialist who can work with kids with dyslexia then there is unfortunately plenty of business for him, in any community. I would guess that the non-Chassidic would actually be more interested in such a service as they value reading English more.

amother

Seagreen

Tue, Apr 17 2018, 9:07 pm

Mommyg8 wrote:

Thank you. Any ideas on how he can find clients?

asmileaday

Tue, Apr 17 2018, 9:31 pm

On another note, if he accepts p3 I know that my child's cheder always has a hard time finding male providers. I can tell you who to speak to in the cheder.

amother

Wine

Tue, Apr 17 2018, 9:36 pm

asmileaday wrote:

On another note, if he accepts p3 I know that my child's cheder always has a hard time finding male providers. I can tell you who to speak to in the cheder.

My ex is a male p3 provider. He is very selective about which schools he works at. He claims that many schools keep the money that's earmarked for his pay. (So he doesn't get paid.) That may be why your child's cheder has a hard time finding one.

amother

Aquamarine

Tue, Apr 17 2018, 9:55 pm

I’m planning to hire a tutor for my son. But the lack of Yiddish is an issue since I want him to feel comfortable.

amother

Teal

Tue, Apr 17 2018, 10:02 pm

I am looking for a math tutor for my chassidish, English speaking son and I'm having a hard time finding one. He's approved for P3 but at this point I'm willing to pay private because P3 providers through agencies never worked out for me.

5S5Sr7z3

Wed, Apr 18 2018, 4:32 pm

Can't help much with advertising advice, but I don't think not speaking Yiddish will be a problem. He'll learn the language - it's an easy language to learn.

My son's rebbi walked into his class not knowing a word of English. Within a month he was fluent in English, and the boys that did not know Yiddish picked it up as well.

cnc

Wed, Apr 18 2018, 4:49 pm

amother wrote:

How would that make sense? Unless the school acts as an agency and does the billing which means they can take a cut.

seeker

Wed, Apr 18 2018, 7:13 pm

amother wrote:

That doesn't make sense. P3 is paid from the DOE. The school doesn't have to earmark anything.

The main reason chedarim can't find providers is supply and demand. BH I have seen some recent growth in chassidish/heimish men getting education degrees and working as SEITs. But I'm not sure if that has extended to P3, especially since there aren't supportive agencies like SEITs have.

cnc

Wed, Apr 18 2018, 8:25 pm

seeker wrote:

The ones that do SEIT tell me that it only pays for them to do p3 in a group because the pay isn’t comparable to SEIT.

seeker

Wed, Apr 18 2018, 10:04 pm

cnc wrote:

The ones that do SEIT tell me that it only pays for them to do p3 in a group because the pay isn’t comparable to SEIT.

Yes and no. It is true that individual P3 pays less, but once you have a group it can be significantly more. You only need 2 students in a P3 group to break even with an average SEIT rate, and it goes up from there. If you're a chasidish male provider in a cheder, I highly doubt you're scrounging for individual students.

cnc

Wed, Apr 18 2018, 10:06 pm

seeker wrote:

Chassidish male providers get paid significantly more than the average SEIT rate due to supply and demand. I'm still trying to figure out how because aren't the rates set by the DOE?

seeker

Wed, Apr 18 2018, 10:16 pm

The DOE sets the rate for the agency, and the agency can decide how they want to distribute their funds. I'm not super familiar with the workings on the agency end but it's possible they might be able to negotiate a little more from the DOE if they can take cases that no one else will.