looking for students

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

I am a math tutor, trying to find high school and college students who need some extra help. When I lived in Arlington, I knew places I could advertise where students (or their parents) would see my flyers and call me. Unfortunately, they're mostly too far away from my Somerville apartment. That great bulletin board in the Belmont library draws in students who live in Belmont...and I would really rather find some in Somerville or Cambridge.

1) Are you, or do you know, somebody who is having trouble preparing for exams? I can help review for finals and prepare for standardized tests in math, chemistry, and physics. (Sometimes I also help social science grad students who are confused or intimidated by statistics--exam prep and editing research papers.)

2) Do you know of good places to post flyers? I want them to be seen by students who are having trouble, are ambitious to do better, and have a bit of money. Or just seen by lots and lots of students. Some places (like the Diesel) get covered over amazingly fast, and others (like outside Magpie, or laundromats) seem to never even get looked at. I feel like I'm missing something.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Libraries are good places to post this kind of flyer.

[freetobeme18.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the bulletin board in the Porter Square Shopping Center? There are also bulletin boards at Lesley University, where I'm a student, that are open to use by the general public and are often used for this sort of advertisement. They're on the third and fourth floors of the Porter Exchange building (the building with I <3 Sushi, etc). Non-students can reach these floors by taking the elevator next to the security desk.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Oh, so that's where Lesley hides their bulletin boards! I've looked all over the first and second floors, and the basement, and was starting to think I'd found a university that didn't have any space to display unofficial paper. Thank you so much.

[freetobeme18.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Yeah, they're a bit sneaky, aren't they?

[enveri.livejournal.com]

There's also the bulletin board outside of Shaw's in porter- I see quite a few notices of this nature there. There's quite alot of Lesley students wandering through that area.

Perhaps contact the Tufts library, as well? Many universities have tutoring groups already established; the one I attended in Illinois (I worked as an English Composition tutor) allowed people to advertise, as well as took their contact information if they found themselves short on tutors for Math and Sciences.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

That bulletin board outside the Shaw's in Porter Square is pretty amazing. After a long frustrating day of trying to find places to hang flyers, and having relatively little success, I stopped off in Porter before going home. I posted a couple of flyers, and went to buy a cookie. Less than ten minutes later, I passed the board on my way back to the station, and 2 potential customers had already taken my name.

Thanks for the pointer to the Tufts library. I hadn't thought of going through that kind of official channel, because I'm not a member of the Tufts community. But there is probably somebody there I can ask.

[enveri.livejournal.com]

It might be worth contacting Bunker Hill too- community colleges are likely in more need of tutors than long-established universities. :)

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

If you are interested in working with an established tutoring company (instead of going it on your own), I can give you a referral. One of my clients owns one and is always looking for good tutors.

[siderea]

Or just seen by lots and lots of students. [...] I feel like I'm missing something.

Have you tried the pizzarias and corner stores closest to the schools you're interested in? There's a variety of such stores across the street from Cambridge Rindge and Latin; I don't know if any allow fliers, but worth checking out.

Are there any community bulletin boards at the local athletic fields? e.g. Conway Park, Russell Athletic Field, Dilboy Field & Stadium, the one by Ball Square whose name is eluding me at the moment. Sports venues attract not just kids, but their parents.

Also, quite aside from fliering, have you considered paying for ads in school publications (e.g. school newspapers, programs for theater events, yearbooks)?

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion about school publications. That hadn't occurred to me at ALL, and it's a great idea.