Online special education tutoring jobs in Orlando
Central Florida teachers — your license works from anywhere with WiFi.
Orlando-area licensed special education teachers — work from home, 5 to 10 hours a week, $23–$25 an hour as a W-2 employee. No state income tax. No IEPs. Direct deposit on the 5th and 20th. Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake counties — we hire across all of Central Florida. Plus performance bonuses you can earn every pay period — paid on the same 5th-and-20th cycle.
Why Orlando is a strong fit.
Orange County Public Schools is Florida's second-largest district.
OCPS employs thousands of ESE teachers across the Orlando metro. Add in Osceola, Seminole, and Lake counties, and Central Florida has one of the deepest pools of trained special education teachers in the Southeast. The experience teachers build navigating these large, diverse systems translates directly to effective one-on-one tutoring.
The I-4 corridor is a retiree destination.
Central Florida — from Daytona through Orlando to Tampa — has absorbed a steady inflow of retirees from the Midwest and Northeast for decades. Many are former teachers. If you retired from a district in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, or Illinois and now live somewhere between Kissimmee and Sanford, you're a strong fit for us.
Strong Puerto Rican teacher community.
Central Florida has welcomed a large Puerto Rican community over the past two decades, including many teachers who relocated after Hurricane Maria. Teachers who obtained Florida certification through reciprocity bring bilingual skills and diverse classroom experience that's valuable to the families we serve.
Eastern time zone, evening availability.
Orlando is in Eastern time, which lines up perfectly with our students' after-school window. Most sessions run between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. local time.
The pay math, for an Orlando tutor.
$24/hr × 8 hours/week × 52 weeks = $9,984/year
Florida has no state income tax — your gross-to-net ratio is about as favorable as it gets in the U.S.
After federal tax and FICA at part-time rates, expect to keep roughly $7,500–$8,500 net annually. That works out to about $145 a week on average, with paydays on the 5th and 20th.
Two paths into this for Orlando teachers.
Currently teaching in OCPS or surrounding districts
If you're in OCPS, Osceola, Seminole, or any of the surrounding Central Florida districts, your training and license set you up well. Most of our currently-teaching Orlando tutors work 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on two weeknights — about six hours per week, $144/week on average, with paydays on the 5th and 20th. You don't drive anywhere; you're home from school and tutor from your living room.
Retired teacher in the Orlando area
Whether you retired from a Florida district or moved to Central Florida from elsewhere, we want to talk. The I-4 corridor has one of Florida's larger out-of-state retiree teacher populations. As long as your special education license was active within the past five years anywhere in the country, you likely qualify.
Frequently asked questions from Orlando teachers
I live in Kissimmee / Winter Park / Lake Mary / Sanford — does it matter?
Will Orange County Public Schools have an issue with this?
I moved here from Puerto Rico — does my PR teaching license count?
How does tutoring affect my Florida Retirement System pension?
How quickly can I start?
Ready to put your Orlando training to work?
Five minutes in our chatbot tells us if this is a fit. If it is, we'll be on the phone with you within two business days.