(Please note that we are a Canadian company and that we operate only in Canada.)

Thank you for your interest in tutoring for my company, Champion Tutors.

My name is Lorne Jones, and I have been providing Canadians with tutors since 1998. I have also been providing high-achieving high school students, post-secondary students, graduates, teachers, and professionals with an avenue to share their knowledge and “top up” their income with convenient and flexible hours and working conditions.

Basically, I find clients and then match them to you based on your skills, availability, and ability to travel (20 minutes or so via car, close to home or a library if you are not mobile or a bus-rider).

I also match them according to your expected wage. Ask for what you feel you are worth and what would motivate you, but try to match what the market will bear. If you are not competitive, I will not be able to send you clients.

You will be called as needed, and are always welcome to decline. However, if I make you an offer and I do not hear from you, it is not likely I will make you another.

Your responses to the following will better help me help you find clients suitable for and close to you.

Please note that the more versatility you possess (i.e. the more subjects you can tutor), the busier you will probably be. This is especially true in the English/Language Arts; in other words, most markets will limit you if this is your only subject.

Your information will remain confidential.

The Canada Revenue Agency has determined that people who tutor for my company do so as independent contractors, so I do not need or want your SIN or banking information, nor do I need to make deductions from your cheques for CPP, EI, and Provincial/Federal Tax. They ask that you report this as “additional income” on your tax return. For most people, this additional income does not change their tax bracket.

The CRA doesn’t care how old you are, and neither do I, but I do prefer high school tutors be 16. There is a chance, then, that you drive, but this age allows me to comply with labour laws in all provinces. Please note that if you are not 18, I will want to speak to your parents the first time I offer you a contract/client.

Because you and I will communicate only via e-mail or telephone, I need to ask the following questions in order to get a sense of who you are. Also, clients occasionally want to know these things before they consent to having you work with their children, especially in their homes.

Forgive me for asking if you are male or female. I have taught many students from many cultures, but I still do not want to hazard a guess on gender based on first names. If your gender is not clear to “English-speaking Canada” via your first name, please say so. It does not matter to me, but it does to some clients, so my knowing can save us all time.

If you have any questions, please call me, toll free, at 1-866-888-8677. I would be pleased to discuss anything related to this document or the position with you.

Also please remember that this is “top-up” income, money to supplement your regular work and studies. I cannot give you enough hours to equal a full-time or even part-time job.

Ask for what you feel you are worth, for what will keep you motivated and happy, and I will add a bit (which might or might not equal 40% of the total I ask of clients).

If you don’t hear from me within three months, consider reapplying and 1) broadening your subjects and 2) reconsidering your rate (other tutors are beating you for jobs because they are more versatile or more competitive).

 
Please complete and return this form to itutor@championtutors.com

If you don’t hear from me immediately, please be patient and know that I will contact you if anything suitable becomes available in the future.   

Champion Tutors Independent Contractor Agreement SAMPLE (Do NOT Complete This Version)

This agreement will guide our business relationship. If you have any questions about its content, please ask for clarification, but please also understand that years of experience have determined what should be in it. When I have a client that you accept, an agreement with particulars will be sent to you. Everything in it is open to negotiation.

Hi :

Thank you for your agreement.

Please follow these directions so that we are successful with the client. And please call the client as soon as possible to discuss their suitability to your skills and to arrange a meeting.

Lorne Jones, B.A., B.Ed., Director,

Champion Tutors

itutor@championtutors.com

Toll Free 1-866-888-8677

The Tutor:

After you have accepted the contract:

1)      call me if you have any questions about this document;

2)      call the Client to ensure that the Client, the Student, and the subject(s) are acceptable to you;

3)      if you are comfortable with the match, make an appointment with the Client and Student;

4)      inform me via e-mail of when this meeting is to take place;

5)      all sessions are to take place at the Client’s home or a suitable Public Location (the Client’s choice);

6)      meet the Client and Student(s);

7)      collect from the Client the Client’s Agreement (which I will have e-mailed to the Client) and our payment from the Client, insuring Client’s name, address, and phone number are on the cheque(s), that it is/they are issued to Lorne Jones, and that the amount(s) and date(s) is/are as follows: (she will probably pay via money transfer)

8)      collect the Client’s agreement and mail immediately, via regular letter unless you desire to pay for another method, with the cheque(s); Please have the clients place their e-mail address on the front of their first cheque;

9)      tutor; all sessions will be, or count as, a minimum of 1.5 hours; denote session times and have the Client or Student initial in the appropriate area;

10)  I encourage you to seek the client’s agreement that sessions be longer, especially for older students in complex subjects. 1.5 hours is ideal;

13)  issue a brief (2 to 4 sentence) report card after every tenth hour, unless the student is in post-secondary;

14)  submit your time sheet according to your wishes: after every hour, every fifth hour, or after every tenth hour; but within ten days of the last hour for which you seek payment; I prefer every tenth hour so that I am not issuing cheques on behalf of our clients every night; please note that I holiday in July, August, and December;

15)  Mail your timesheet to

16)  or you can scan it and e-mail it to itutor@championtutors.com; please do not send photographs;

17)  do not, under any circumstances, accept cash from the Client or cheques made to you: doing so could put you and the Client in contravention of several Canada Revenue Agency and Federal or Provincial Employment Standards regulations, the penalties for which can be severe;

18)   Non-Competition Clause: By having discussed and read this offer of employment, you have received proprietary information about clients, and you are agreeing not to tutor this client or anyone in this client’s immediate family or circle of friends, unless via contract with Champion Tutors/Mr. English, for five years after the date of the last session with this client (or the date of this offer, if you choose to decline it).

Regards,

Lorne Jones ("the Director")

e-mail itutor@championtutors.com

The Client’s Information

Contractor Time Sheet

Complete the following for EACH timesheet or risk delaying payment unnecessarily.

Please start a new timesheet for each set of hours for which you seek payment—do not submit sheets that have both paid and unpaid hours.

Payment will be made via a cheque and snail-mail.

Please complete when ready for payment and mail to

Lorne Jones

#62042, 407 Hawkwood Blvd. NW

Calgary, AB

T3G 5S7

(Scanning and e-mailing to itutor@championtutors.com is also acceptable; please do not send photographs.)

Your Name (as you wish it to read on your cheque)

Address to send cheque to (with Postal Code):

Phone Number (with Area Code)

E-Mail Address

Client’s Name

Student’s Name

Student’s Subject(s)

Your Hourly Contractor Rate of Pay for this Client $_____

Total Number of Hours Client Purchased ___  on (date here please) _______________________

Number of Hours on this Sheet ___

Total Number of Hours on this sheet and previous sheets ___

= Total Number of Hours You Have Remaining with This Client ___

Please allow Canada Post for 7-10 days to deliver your timesheet. Please allow Champion Tutors 7-10 days to process it (this allows the client’s cheque to clear).

 (TUTORS: You will not be paid for unauthorized hours until the client pays for them; CLIENTS: You agree to pay for any “overages” immediately upon notification of them.)        

Client or Student: Please Print Your First and Last Name and City Here

Name __________________________________ City ___________________________