Full-Time

Tutor

Updated on 9/3/2026

HeyTutor

HeyTutor

501-1,000 employees

Online marketplace linking students with tutors

Compensation Overview

$19 - $24/hr

+ Attendance-based pay incentives

No H1B Sponsorship

Los Angeles, CA, USA

In Person

US Top Secret Clearance Required

Associate's

Category
Education (1)

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Requirements
  • Completion of an Associate of Arts degree or higher, or current enrollment in college.
  • Tutoring experience working with children.
  • Ability to tutor elementary school mathematics and English language arts.
  • Comfort working in a classroom setting.
  • Ability to pass a clear Federal Bureau of Investigation–Department of Justice background check.
Responsibilities
  • Work with groups of students without support from a teacher or school site staff.
  • Prepare the area before starting tutoring sessions.
  • Pick up and drop off students from designated areas at the school site when required.
  • Take attendance and run lessons through the HeyTutor Dashboard when applicable.
  • Document student progress with the HeyTutor Dashboard.
  • Facilitate students taking and completing baseline and summative assessments when requested by the manager.
  • Lead groups of students in tutoring sessions using the curriculum and materials provided by the program.
  • Create an engaging environment that fosters a sense of belonging for students.
  • Support students in making positive behavior choices.
  • Engage and interact with students during tutoring lessons.
  • Clock in and out of Deputy daily for scheduled shifts.
  • Perform other duties required by the company, manager, or school site.

HeyTutor is an online tutoring platform that connects students with tutors for personalized learning. It operates as a two-sided marketplace where individuals can find, hire, schedule, and pay for tutoring across K-12, test prep, and professional development, with options for online or in-person sessions, while also providing tools to track progress. The company differentiates itself by combining consumer tutoring with district-level partnerships, enabling tutoring services for individuals as well as school systems, and by offering built-in matching, an interactive learning environment, and progress monitoring. Its goal is to bridge educational gaps by delivering high-quality, individualized instruction at scale, reaching students of all ages through both direct-to-consumer and B2B partnerships.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$3.2M

Headquarters

Beverly Hills, California

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Grossmont Union approved a June 2026 math pilot worth up to $750,000.
  • North Wasco approved February 2026 literacy tutoring with local hires and dashboards.
  • Hacienda La Puente served nearly 3,000 students in 2025-2026, proving renewal traction.

What critics are saying

  • Grossmont's June 2026 pilot has four renewal gates; one weak cycle ends revenue.
  • North Wasco reviews results before renewing, exposing HeyTutor to abrupt contract loss.
  • 2026 Indeed reviews cite weak training and churn, threatening district delivery quality.

What makes HeyTutor unique

  • HeyTutor sells in-person, school-day high-dosage tutoring, not generic after-school homework help.
  • Jennifer Sheffield has led district contracts since November 2023, anchoring execution credibility.
  • By August 2026, HeyTutor served more than a dozen states and 500 schools.

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Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-1%
HeyTutor
Oct 11th, 2024
New HeyTutor High Dosage Tutoring Partnership

HeyTutor is excited to announce its approval as a vendor for high-dosage tutoring with the San Bernardino City Unified School District and its newly launched partnership with Holland Public Schools in Michigan.

01net
Jun 6th, 2024
HeyTutor Honored with 2024 EdTech Breakthrough Award

One of the largest in-person tutoring firms in the U.S., HeyTutor, was named "Educational Support System of the Year" for helping school districts combat learning loss

Westside Current
Apr 19th, 2024
HeyTutor Teams Up with American Heart Association to Elevate Health in LA Schools

LOS ANGELES - In a significant move to foster healthier lifestyles among students in Los Angeles, HeyTutor, a prominent U.S. tutoring company, has teamed up with the American Heart Association (AHA) for a year-long initiative aimed at promoting wellness and academic excellence.

Business Wire
Mar 18th, 2024
New Jersey School Districts Select Heytutor For High-Impact, In-Person Tutoring To Counter Pandemic Learning Loss

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeyTutor, one of the largest in-person tutoring companies in the United States, announces it has been selected by several New Jersey school districts to provide high-impact, in-person tutoring services to counter pandemic learning loss. Beginning this spring, HeyTutor will deploy more than 100 highly qualified tutors to provide in-person tutoring during regular school hours for students in grades 3 to 5 at elementary schools in Palmyra Township School District (Burlington County), Denville Township School District and Morris Township School District (Morris County) and Hillsborough Township School District (Somerset County), Plainfield Public School District (Union County), Upper Township School District (Cape May County), Milltown Public Schools (Middlesex County), Ridgewood Public Schools (Bergen County); and Paul Robeson Charter School (Trenton, Mercer County). HeyTutor is the only national tutoring company specializing in hands-on, in-person tutoring with a pre-designed, scaffolded curriculum consisting of thousands of lessons aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCCS) and state-specific standards for grades k-12, incorporating best practices for social and emotional learning from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional (CASEL) framework. “We are delighted to begin working with New Jersey school teachers and administrators to get student learning back on track,” said HeyTutor CEO Jennifer Sheffield. “At HeyTutor, we believe that students are best served by face-to-face, in-person tutoring alongside teacher-led classroom instruction. We use a unique combination of traditional, hands-on strategies and technology to ensure students are progressing, teachers can track that progress, and administrators can easily measure return on investment

Business Wire
Feb 12th, 2024
Heytutor Approved To Deliver High-Impact, In-Person Tutoring To Michigan School Districts

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeyTutor, one of the largest in-person tutoring companies in the United States, announces its selection as an approved provider of in-person, high-impact tutoring services by the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Advisors (MAISA) for school districts pursuing grant funding through the “MI Kids Back on Track” program. HeyTutor, founded in 2014, currently serves thousands of students in states including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, Missouri, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. “Pandemic-induced learning loss continues to impact student achievement and test scores across the country, and states like Michigan are embracing high-dosage tutoring as an effective and necessary intervention to get students back on track,” said HeyTutor CEO Jennifer Sheffield. “We applaud Governor Whitmer’s commitment to investing in Michigan’s youth and look forward to offering HeyTutor’s research-backed, customized, and effective in-person tutoring platform to school districts across the state.”