Teachers Turn to Tutoring to Help Families During COVID-19 Quarantine
April 06 2020 - 8:32AM
With more than 100,000 U.S. public and private schools closed or
providing e-learning classes during the COVID-19 health crisis,
families across the country are seeking new ways to support and
continue their children’s K-12 learning process. In recognition of
this need, Kelly Education, a leading provider of teaching talent,
has stepped in to help families by connecting them to a talented
pool of teachers serving as virtual tutors. Kelly is making this
possible through a unique partnership with Moonlighting, a leading
freelance platform focused on helping independent workers.
While helping parents find much-needed instructional support,
the partnership will also help Kelly Education teachers earn income
while schools remain closed. As part of its commitment to helping
people find work during challenging times, Moonlighting is waiving
all fees for teachers using its services.
“Families are turning to alternative resources on how to
navigate what has quickly become the new normal in their homes,”
said Nicola Soares, senior vice president of Kelly Education. “With
our vast experience in substitute teaching, Kelly is uniquely able
to offer parents access to experienced and passionate tutors in
subjects spanning language arts, math, and social studies.” “The
goal of our partnership is to quickly connect parents with quality
teachers,” said Moonlighting CEO & co-founder, Jeff Tennery.
“We also want to help teachers earn money to lessen the impact of
income lost as schools remain closed. What we’re doing with Kelly
is consistent with our philanthropic mission of helping Americans
impacted by Coronavirus-related closures and suspensions find
work.”
Teacher and tutor matches happen on the Moonlighting platform.
The process is quick and easy:
- Families create and post a tutor request, specifying criteria
such as topics, grade level, and hourly rates.
- Based on criteria entered, Moonlighting shows teacher profiles
relevant to the parent’s needs.
- Parents review the results, identify who they would like to
hire, and pay online after the tutoring assignment is
complete.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, demand for tutors is high across the
nation. Currently, there are more than 20,000 tutoring requests on
Moonlighting’s platform, with many new profiles from Kelly
substitutes in place to fulfill these requests.
About Kelly Education
Kelly Education is moving education forward. As a specialty
service of Kelly®, a global talent company that’s always asking
what’s next in the world of work, we’re passionate about connecting
talent to opportunity at every level from pre-K to college. Each
year, more than four million classrooms across 39 states are filled
by a Kelly Education teacher or professor. Visit
www.kellyeducation.com for more information.
About Moonlighting
Moonlighting’s “Freelance as a Solution” (FaaS) platform
empowers people to create and build their own personal business,
earn extra money and hire talented professionals quickly and
affordably. Freelancers, consultants, contractors, and small
businesses can hire or be hired directly from mobile devices and
access a suite of banking, investment, tax, accounting, insurance,
and legal tools to power their own personal business. With a
blockchain supported foundation for security and credentialing,
Moonlighting provides a full turnkey solution with a suite of tools
to empower millions of independent workers and recruiters
worldwide. For more information, please visit
https://www.moonlighting.com.
Media ContactAnna SchryverKelly
Education608.225.5476anna.schryver@kellyservices.com
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