Guides for private tutors

Practical answers to the questions every tutor runs into: who has paid, what to do about no-shows, how to plan a weekly schedule and how much you really earned this month. Each guide works on paper too — and shows how Squool handles it.

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Spreadsheet template

Free tutor spreadsheet template for Excel, Numbers and Google Sheets: students, lessons, payments and self-updating balances. Plus an income calculator.

Choosing an app

Paper notebook, Excel, phone calendar or a tutor app? Compare what matters: prepayments, who owes, missed lessons, income and privacy. Try Squool free.

Tracking payments

A simple way for tutors in Canada to track payments: one balance per student, prepaid lessons, e-Transfers, who owes you. On paper, in a sheet or an app.

Spreadsheet or app

An honest comparison for tutors: when a notebook, Excel or a Google Sheets tracker is enough, which columns it needs, and when a tutoring app saves time.

Missed & cancelled

How to write a fair 24-hour cancellation policy for private lessons, when to charge for a missed lesson, and how to track income lost to cancellations.

Recurring lessons

How to plan a weekly tutoring schedule: students twice a week at different times, moving one lesson, changing time or price for future lessons, ending a series.

Tutoring income

How a private tutor in Canada can see real monthly income: what's earned, what's still due, what's planned and what cancellations cost. A method and an app.

Group lessons

How to price and track small group tutoring: an individual price per student, who paid, who missed, cancelling for one student or the whole group.

Calendar import & sync

How tutors can move students and weekly lessons from Google Calendar or Apple Calendar into a lesson app, and sync the schedule back with colour-coded payments.

Other currencies

Tutor paid in Canadian dollars, U.S. dollars and euros? How to keep each student's balance in their own currency and see total income in CAD.

Vacation & pause

What to do with weekly lessons and prepaid money over March Break, summer or a student's break: a simple policy and how to pause lessons, not delete them.

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