Jumat, 22 April 2011

Sewing clothes

Making clothes is a good business, because people always need good clothes in any occassion. But how, if you can't sew? Take a class first!

Some questions can be submitted to yourself, once you decide to be in this business. Such as  when I would make a profit from this new skill? How many opportunities I would  have to earn or save money? Can I expect a large return on my investment?

One of the first things you can do, when you learn how to sew is save on alteration and repair costs. But, there is a bigger picture here. You can also open a business and earn money when you learn how to sew. Take a look at the short list of opportunities below for starters. There are many opportunities  once we master how to sew.

Being Seamstress, Tailor, or Dressmaker who sew fashionable clothes. Sew wedding dresses or novelty and special as in Specialty shops or you can be a Fashion Designer or Costume Designer in Boutiques.

You can also sew baby clothes or blankets. Or if you like pet or many friends or neighbours have pets, you can make money to sew dog clothes, sew doll clothes, or make stuffed animals
No other skill that opens the door to so many specialized and profitable career opportunities than the sewing industry.

Jumat, 01 April 2011

Being Tutor

Well, because my education background is from pedagogy,  no wonder is my working experience in my career and my working at home is as teacher or tutor. If you want to be a tutor, first you decide, which subject you want to teach. In order to be a good teacher you must first have a good understanding of the subject you are teaching. 

These are some steps to develop yourself as a tutor :

  1. Develop some expertise in the subject area you wish to teach/tutor.I myself is from a reputable pedagogy higher education. Some parents would like to know my education background. But, if you don't have, don't worry, there are some other ways to prove your capability.
  2. Try to attain some kind of recognized qualification in that subject. I myself finish my education, so I have some certificates for that. If you did not enter the higher education like I did. Try to look for other qualification.
  3. If you want to tutor school children there may be rules and laws concerning this in your country/area.
  4. Make sure you know and understand the curriculum or syllabus you are going to teach.Sure, you need not to create your own curriculum. First it's a bit difficult. Second, it's useless, because we have to follow the curriculum our students.
  5. Prepare your lessons and practice them. Be very well organized at first. It is better to be over prepared than to run dry half way through a session. In this step, you have to know, in which level is your students, otherwise you waste your time to prepare the teaching materials, and find out that your students have already learned about that.
  6. Make your lessons interesting and interactive. In a good lesson the students will do much of the work.
  7. Listen to your students; respond to what they know or don't understand. You are there to help them.