Reporting your Hours

When to Report your Hours We process payments on the 1st and 15th of each month. While it is an excellent practice to enter hours immediately following a session, they must be submitted by midnight on the last day of the month and by midnight on the 14th in order for...
Quick Guide to Online Tutoring using Zoom

Quick Guide to Online Tutoring using Zoom

We believe in-person tutoring is best for ADHD students. However, given the coronavirus concerns, online is in many cases the only option. We recommend tutors use the Zoom platform for online tutoring. It is free for one-on-one tutoring and allows you to view your...

Guidance re: Coronavirus

July 2021 Update: We’d love to say that we could take this page down, because we really want to resume our in-home service as usual. But the coronavirus delta variant continues to spread and mask mandates are reappearing in some parts of the country. So the guidance...

Code of Conduct for Homework Coaches

HomeworkCoach has identified a few practical guidelines which enable coaches to establish caring relationships with their students while ensuring both the safety of minors and protecting you, our contractor, from allegations.  Tutors must be aware of their own...

Fix your Voicemail Greeting!

One in an occasional series on professionalism: Creating voicemail greetings is becoming an ignored art.  Too often, we call a tutor and get, “The user has not set up their voicemail,” or a robot voice will invite you to leave a message for “404-xxx”, a phone number...

Coaching the reluctant student

Do all students want to be coached? Do all students think they need coaching? Do all students have the same goals for coaching as their parents?  The answer to all three questions is, NO. A frustrated parent may apply for a homework coach without the student being...

Help your student’s deal with test-taking anxiety

All students occasionally experience test-taking anxiety, but research presented in the November/December 2011 issue of the journal Teaching Exceptional Children suggests that children with ADHD and other learning disabilities are more likely to consistently...