How to tutor on ATARMAxxing — every step, in order.

1.Apply

Fill in the form at atarmaxxing.com.au/tutors/apply — your subjects, your results, your WWCC/Blue Card details, your hourly rate and a short bio. Five minutes, one form, done.

2.Get verified

We check your results evidence and verify your Working With Children Check (VIC/NSW) or Blue Card (QLD) with the issuing body. You cannot take a session until this clears — it's the one rule with no exceptions. You'll also need an ABN before your first payout (free and instant at abr.gov.au).

3.Your profile goes live

Once verified, your profile appears in the tutor directory with your photo initials, results badge, subjects, bio and rate. Students filter by subject, so list every subject you genuinely aced.

4.Learn the platform before your first booking

Spend 30 minutes inside the subject hub you'll teach. Open your subject from the subjects page and click through every tab — the practice exams, the notes, the flashcards and Past papers by topic. You're about to teach with these; know where everything lives so you never fumble mid-session.

5.A student books you

Students book from your profile and pay by card up front (Stripe). You'll get an email with the session time, the subject, and a link to your private session room. If the student booked from a past-paper question, that exact question is attached to the session — you can see what they're stuck on before you ever say hello.

6.Prepare in 15 minutes flat

• Read the attached question (if there is one) and work it yourself first.
• Open Past papers by topic for their subject and pick 2–3 similar questions at increasing difficulty — that's your session ladder.
• Skim the examiner report for that topic — it tells you the exact mistakes markers see, which are almost certainly the mistakes your student makes.
• Have the topic notes open in another tab for any theory you need to point at.

7.Drop your video link into the session room

Open the session room before the start time and paste your Zoom or Google Meet link into the meeting-link field — the student sees it instantly. Create the meeting yourself (free Zoom or Meet account is fine). The call runs on Zoom/Meet; the teaching happens in the room.

8.Understand the live workspace

The session room has two panes that sync live. The student's pane: they type their working and you watch it appear character by character — like leaning over their shoulder. Your tutor notes pane: everything you type lands on their screen instantly — worked steps, hints, corrections. The attached past-paper question and the official paper are one click away inside the room.

9.Run the session with a simple loop

• Diagnose (5 min): have them attempt the attached question in their pane while you watch. Say nothing yet — where they stop typing is the real gap.
• Model (10 min): work a full solution in your notes pane, narrating on the call. Show the setter's logic, not just the steps.
• Guided practice (20 min): give them your first prepared similar question. They type, you nudge. Resist grabbing the pen — typing in their pane should be rare.
• Independent practice (15 min): the harder prepared question, minimal help. This is where the mark improvement actually happens.
• Wrap (10 min): summarise the fix in your notes pane and set homework (next step).

10.Teach from the platform's resources — that's the edge

• Past papers by topic: ~10 years of official papers and examiner reports, organised by topic. Never hunt for questions again — filter to the weak topic and climb.
• Practice exams (20 per subject): set one section under timed conditions as homework, then open their attempt together next session.
• Notes (~120 pages per subject): point at the exact section instead of re-explaining theory from scratch — link it in your notes pane.
• Flashcards (60 per subject, spaced repetition): prescribe the deck for their weak topic between sessions; the platform schedules the reviews for them.
• Exam timer & planner: show them once — students who use them stop running out of time in exams and stop cramming.

11.Follow the ground rules

• Online sessions only, booked and paid through the platform — never take a session or payment off-platform.
• Keep all communication in the platform; parents may sit in on any session.
• The workspace history is retained on every session — teach as if a parent is reading it, because they can.
• Never promise a specific mark, study score or ATAR. Promise honest, structured practice.

12.End with a written summary

Before you leave the room, type a 3-line summary in your notes pane: what you fixed, what homework you set, what next session covers. It stays in the workspace — the student revises from it, and it's your record that the session happened and delivered.

13.Set platform homework

Homework that marks itself: a specific past-paper question set, a timed practice-exam section, or the flashcard deck for the weak topic. Next session opens with "show me your attempt" — instant continuity, zero prep.

14.Get paid — 80% of every session

You keep 80% of the session fee, paid out after the platform receives cleared funds. You're only paid for sessions that actually happen — if you no-show, the student is fully refunded. You're an independent contractor: your rate, your hours, your tax (that's the ABN).