Speed reading lessons: a guide for pros
What customers ask, how to win the job, and what to put on your profile.
Offering speed reading lessons
You teach reading techniques such as skimming, pacing and reducing re-reading, with practice aimed at speed and focus. Your listing should show your reading instruction background and the students you help most.
What customers ask
- I have a stack of reports to read every week. How can I keep up?
- Will I understand less if I read faster?
- How do you measure my reading speed?
- Do you teach students for school exams?
- Can you teach a teen who reads slowly?
How to win the job
- On the first call, ask what the student reads, how much, and where they feel stuck.
- Offer a short reading check that measures speed and understanding, and explain how the first session will use it.
- Show a sample skimming exercise on a real document, with the steps explained.
- Share a short before-and-after reading check, if the student agrees to share it, with honest results.
- Put the reading material, session count, check points and practice tasks in the quote.
- Say that speed comes with understanding, and explain what the student can realistically expect from the lessons.
What to put on your profile
- Your reading instruction background, such as teaching credentials, tutoring experience or reading research you have studied.
- The students you work with, such as professionals, students or readers with a heavy load.
- Photos of your teaching space or example exercises, with no student material visible.
- The formats you offer, such as one-on-one sessions, group workshops or workplace training.
- Reviews from students that name the material and what they learned, once they agree to share them.
Follow-up that helps the customer
- After a session, suggest a reading task with a summary and the date of the next check.
- Offer a follow-up reading check after a month when the student's goal fits, and let them choose.
- Recommend a reading session for a specific type of material, such as legal or technical reading, when the student is ready, and let them decide.
Licenses and permits
No license is usually required to teach reading techniques privately. Keep your teaching records and references ready, and check your state and local rules for any business registration you need. Do not present speed reading as a treatment for any learning condition.
Questions
Can I promise a reading speed to clients?
No. Describe your method and how you measure progress, and do not promise a set speed or result.
Can I teach online and in person?
Yes. Say which options you offer so students know what to expect before they choose you.
Do I pay to join?
Joining is free. You pay only for leads you accept, you can decline any lead for free, and every profile is reviewed before it goes live.
Pro reviewers
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Edit history
- Oct 29, 2026: Drafted by infinibell to our content guidelines.
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