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Tutor Ready: how to become an online tutor
Six lessons: choosing your lane, child-safety checks by country (WWCC, DBS, US background checks), safe online lessons, teaching with AI, pricing and terms, and honest marketing. Australia, UK and US. Self-paced, not an accredited qualification.
About this course
how to become an online tutor.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Students, teachers, career changers and subject experts in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere who want to tutor online.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time.
Sources we rely on
21 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Choose a subject, level and route into online tutoring
- Identify the child-safety check you need in Australia, the UK or the US
- Set up safeguarding and privacy habits for online lessons
- Plan a lesson that uses AI material you have checked
- Set rates and terms, market honestly and spot tutoring scams
Downloads
- Online tutor safety and set-up kit .xlsxLane picker, child-safety checks by country, safety policy template, lesson plan, floor-rate calculator, lesson terms, session log and 30-day plan, with Priya’s example.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
Drafted with AI assistance and run through automated quality and source checks. How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
Education only. We make no earnings or income claims: results depend on your skills, effort, market and many other factors, and most new ventures earn little at first. We don't teach investing, crypto trading, network marketing or dropshipping schemes, and we don't use affiliate links.
- Working with Children Check reform · National Office for Child Safety (Australia)
- Screening (checking) people working with children · Creative Workplaces (Australian Government)
- DBS checks for self-employed people and personal employees · Disclosure and Barring Service (GOV.UK)
- Change to the definition of regulated activity with children from 1 September 2026 · Disclosure and Barring Service (GOV.UK)
- Regulated activity with children · Disclosure and Barring Service (GOV.UK)
- Using after-school clubs, tuition and community activities · Department for Education (GOV.UK)
- Background checks: what employers need to know · Federal Trade Commission and EEOC
- Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website · U.S. Department of Justice
- Children and young people · Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
- Children’s code guidance and resources · Information Commissioner’s Office (UK)
- Children’s privacy · Federal Trade Commission
- eSafety for educators · eSafety Commissioner (Australia)
- Income and deductions for providing services (sharing economy) · Australian Taxation Office
- Applying for an ABN · Australian Business Register (Australian Government)
- Register for Self Assessment if you’re self-employed or a sole trader · HM Revenue & Customs, GOV.UK
- Self-employed individuals tax center · Internal Revenue Service (US)
- False or misleading claims · Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
- FTC announces final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials (14 August 2024) · Federal Trade Commission (US)
- Online reviews for products and services · ACCC (Australia)
- How to spot, avoid, and report fake check scams · Federal Trade Commission
- Report Fraud: the place to report, prevent and learn about cyber crime and fraud · Report Fraud, City of London Police (UK)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published official, regulator and platform guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. The course guide is an AI presenter and is labelled as one. Read how these courses are made.
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