Turn your teaching experience into your next opportunity.
Are you thinking about going freelance as a teacher or tutor? Perhaps you’re already tutoring and want to grow your business. Or maybe you have a bigger ambition: to set up your own language school or education business.
Whatever stage you’re at, a conversation with someone who has already done it can help you see your options more clearly, avoid common mistakes and decide on your next steps.
Through Teaching Freelance, I offer one-to-one consultancy for teachers and tutors who want to work independently, as well as those considering setting up their own language school or education business.
With 30 years of experience in education, including establishing and running a successful private language college and an online tutoring business, I can offer practical insights grounded in real experience.
How I can help
Our sessions are tailored to your individual circumstances, questions and ambitions. Depending on your goals, we can discuss:
Going freelance: Making the move from employed teaching to working for yourself.
Setting up as a tutor: Developing your offer, finding students and building a sustainable tutoring business.
Starting a language school: Exploring what is involved in establishing and running a private language college.
Building an education business: Thinking through your business model, opportunities for growth and the practical challenges of running an educational organisation.
Planning your next steps: Working through specific questions, challenges or decisions that are holding you back.
The aim is to give you clarity, practical advice and a clearer idea of how to move forward.
Start with a free consultation
Not sure whether consultancy is right for you? Let’s have a conversation first.
I offer a free, no-obligation introductory consultancy call so that you can explain your plans, discuss the challenges you’re facing and find out whether I can help.
There’s no pressure to book a paid session. It’s an opportunity to explore your ideas, ask some initial questions and decide whether you’d like to take things further.
Get in touch to arrange your free introductory call.
Choose your consultancy option
Option 1: One-to-one consultancy session
£75 · 50 minutes
A focused, one-to-one video call tailored to your particular needs.
Ideal if you have specific questions, are considering a move into freelance teaching, or want expert input on an idea or business decision.
We’ll use the time to explore your situation, discuss practical options and identify useful next steps.
Includes:
One 50-minute video consultation.
Advice tailored to your circumstances and objectives.
An opportunity to discuss your questions and challenges directly.
Option 2: Three-session consultancy package
£200 · Three 50-minute video calls
For those who want more sustained support as they develop their plans.
Three sessions give us the opportunity to explore your ideas in greater depth, revisit decisions and work through challenges as your plans take shape.
This option may suit you if you’re preparing to go freelance, developing a tutoring business or working towards establishing your own language school.
Includes:
Three individual 50-minute video consultations.
More time to explore your plans and priorities.
The opportunity to build on earlier discussions across the three sessions.
Save £25 compared with booking three individual sessions at £75 each.
A little about me
My name is Adam Pernak and I’m an education professional with 30 years of experience, including teaching, business ownership and education consultancy.
In 2002, I established Leeds Languages Ltd, a private EFL college in Leeds. Over eight years, it taught more than 3,500 students from 35 different countries and employed 15 teachers. I sold the business in 2010.
That same year, I established Leeds Tutors Ltd, an online tutoring business which I ran for eight years, teaching GCSE and A-level English and English as a foreign language. I’ve also taught EFL in Moscow at a prestigious international school.
I understand that being a good teacher and building a successful education business require different skills. My aim is to help you navigate that transition with practical, experience-based advice.
Ready to talk?
You don’t need to have everything worked out before getting in touch. Whether you have a clear business plan or are simply exploring the possibilities, the first step is a conversation.
Start with a free, no-obligation introductory consultancy call. Tell me a little about your plans, and we can discuss how I might be able to help.
If you’d like to go further, you can then choose a single 50-minute session or the three-session package.
I look forward to hearing about your plans.