Today’s Episode with Emily O’Connor:
Emily stepped away from working in schools to build a full time tutoring practice and created multiple revenue streams by creating educational cards that are sold online.As a dyslexic herself, Emily says her favorite thing is tutoring elementary and middle school kids with dyslexia.Emily’s practice is currently all online, she mostly tutors kids in math, has a high retention rate and is fully booked.When Emily graduated from her masters program, she really saw herself in the classroom, but the country was in the middle of a recession and teaching jobs were hard to come by. After working for a literacy initiative at the Boys and Girls Club, Emily got a job at a school but eventually after a few years of poor administration and degrading work conditions she was burned out and decided to go off on her own so she could provide more personalized education for kids (especially those with dyslexia).Before going completely on her own, Emily worked for a colleague on her private practice and this was her window into starting her own business.Over the years, Emily has gotten many different offers from various schools and contractors. Educators are asked to do things they don’t want to do every day and Emily really values working for herself and says “My freedom doesn’t have a price tag”.Emily talks about some of the times she fell on her face before getting to the point where she is now where she is able to only do things she really want to do.“I can change any situation at any time for any reason” is something that Emily tries to live by. She constantly evaluates her life and work and is able to adapt. Emily does not keep her rates super high but she makes it very clear to clients that she changes for her time and charges for consults. She keeps her standards high and works with families who are on the same page.You can find Emily on her website www.advantagemathclinic.com!
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