Pricing
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Hourly Tutoring Services
Our dynamic pricing model offers multiple ways to save on writing tutoring and academic interventions for students. Hourly rates are divided by payment style (pay as you go, packages, or retainers) and rate tier (Foundations, Standard, and “Plus”). There are three basic ways to pay for meeting time with a Gilliam Writers Group faculty member:
payment style 1
Pay as You Go
Many first-time clients want to try out our services before committing to multiple hours up front. Others simply prefer to schedule sparingly, without the obligation to plan ahead month by month. Pay-as-you-go purchasing affords touch-and-go students the flexibility to dip into—and out of—tutoring as needed. It’s a great way to start, and remember: you can switch to packages or retainers at any time.
Pay-as-you-go, session-by-session purchasing is the most expensive way to buy. You'll receive an email invoice from Square after every meeting with your tutor. Invoices are due within 24 hours of receipt, after which they are charged to your card on file (stored securely with Square).payment style 2
Package Purchasing
Save by buying in bundles of either 4 or 8 hours at once. Maybe you have a time-bound project, a finite goal, or a set amount of money to spend. Maybe you want to work with your writing tutor for a few weeks or months at a time, taking hiatuses in between. Package purchasing is ideal for these situations, and you can always buy another bundle or switch to a monthly retainer fee if you decide to continue on.
We bill for packages similarly to how we bill for pay-as-you-go purchases. Just tell your tutor you'd like to buy a package of 4 or 8 hours, and they'll send you an electronic invoice via Square. Payment is required in advance; it is not possible to pay for your tutoring package in installments.payment style 3
Monthly Retainer
Opt into a retainer-style subscription plan entitling you to either 2 or 4 hours of meeting time with your writing tutor every month, according to your preference. Most retainer clients distribute these hours as weekly sessions (for 4-hour/month subscribers) or bi-weekly sessions (for 2-hour/month subscribers). Retainers are the most cost-effective way to work with your Gilliam Writers Group faculty member.
We'll send you a link to sign up through Square, our payment platform. After that, your subscription will renew automatically every 30 days on an ongoing basis. Though retainers are non-refundable month by month, you can log onto Square any time to pause, de-activate, or resume your plan.Master Pricing Table for Hourly Services:
Foundations Rate:
$120/hr
Standard Rate:
$165/hr
Plus Rate:
$200/hr
Our Pricing Philosophy
The Gilliam Writers Group offers a variety of purchasing and pricing options for our tutoring services, allowing you the flexibility to determine which option best suits you or your student’s needs. In essence, the more sessions you book, the less expensive the rate. We have structured our services this way for several reasons.
Incentivizing for Clients
Studies repeatedly show that the educational benefits of tutoring are best achieved through frequent, intensive meetings that allow students and instructors to forge a strong working relationship and build on their successes over time. The idea here is simple: if you want to see results in your reading, writing, and thinking, you need to put in the hours.
That’s one reason why the Gilliam Writers Group incentivizes real-time, individualized tutoring sessions that occur on a regular, pre-determined schedule. It’s simply what’s best for our students.
Incentivizing for Faculty
But meeting regularly is also what’s best for our faculty. Our firm prides itself on offering the highest-quality online and in-person writing tutoring services in the field. To achieve this, we hire the best instructors, and pay them what their experience and credentials deserve. This approach generates effective working conditions in an industry riddled with unfair labor practices, guaranteeing an income that allows Gilliam tutors to invest serious time and energy into creating impactful learning for our students.
Tutors at GWG also benefit in another way from building long-term teaching relationships: our dynamic compensation model means that the longer they work with a given student or client, the higher the percentage of their fee they take home.
Ultimately, instructors and students alike benefit from regular, tailored tutoring sessions, and our pricing structure works to promote this.
Have questions about our pricing model, or unsure of which pricing option works best for you and your student? Schedule a free, 15-minute consultation call with a GWG Enrollment Manager to find out.