The parents, however, quickly gave the student another one. One tutor said he would take away the student's iPad until he did his homework. He said parents can also sabotage a tutor's efforts to motivate a student. ( Read more: US report card: $115,000 for a C minus? ) "They don't understand that we can't guarantee a certain GPA or college." "Some of these families are used to paying for whatever they want," Knight said. So there's not a whole lot of patience for error."Īndrew Knight, an executive at Tutors International, said wealthy parents sometimes have unrealistic expectations for tutors, especially when it comes to helping their kids get into the best colleges or get top grades. "Clients may need anything at a moment's notice and you have to get it right the first time. "You have to be very flexible all the time, " he said. Hannan, who is currently tutoring in Barcelona, Spain, said he's worked in nine countries over the last seven years and his travel is usually "to great places and great environments."īut being a tutor to the rich has its downsides, Hannan said. ( Read more: Will the Grim Taper be a body blow to the wealthy?)Ĭaller said the job was "quite challenging," but the tutor also received an apartment, a car, dinner every night and first-class travel. The student was having trouble with school and with substance abuse, so the tutor had to home-school the student and coach the student and his family through rehab. "With home schooling and a tutor, they can travel wherever they want and still get to be with their children."Ĭaller said the tutor he placed for $400,000 a year was for a rich family on the West Coast. "They may be based in New York, have a boat in France and a house in Mexico and in South Africa, and they want to use them all," Caller said. Some of these families are also so rich and famous that their children would be mobbed at a regular school.
Many of his clients, however, fall into the third category: rich families that travel between multiple homes around the world and don't want to be tied to one location because of their children's school.
( Read more: A surprising group stands in way of income equality) Second, there are families who have children with special needs, where home schooling is more effective. First, there are rich families who want to supplement their children's schooling with added subjects and help them with homework. Caller said his clients fall into three basic categories.
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