Step Up For Students · EMA Marketplace provider
Your scholarship can pay for tutoring.
U Tutors Academy is a provider on the Step Up For Students EMA Marketplace. If your student has a Step Up scholarship, you can use it for one-on-one tutoring at our Coral Gables center. Here is exactly how.
Who can use it
Most Step Up scholarships cover part-time tutoring
- FES-UA and PEP. Part-time tutoring is an eligible expense.
- FTC and FES-EO. Tutoring can be paid from funds left after private school tuition and fees.
- New Worlds Scholarship Accounts. Eligible. Ask us first and we will check the match.
Scholarship-funded sessions are taught by instructors whose credentials qualify under Florida law, and we bill scholarship funds only for sessions already delivered: we invoice EMA after each session.
Approve each EMA invoice within 7 days; an invoice that isn’t approved in time, is denied, or is more than your balance is charged to your card at that session’s rate. When we accept Step Up’s payment as full payment, we never bill you the difference.
Packages, late cancellations and no-shows aren’t billed to scholarship funds, and referral credits aren’t available on scholarship-funded accounts. If you plan to pay us yourself and ask Step Up to reimburse you, tell us before booking; those sessions are handled as scholarship-funded, and any refund we make of an amount Step Up reimbursed goes back to Step Up.
Step Up sets the rules and they can change each school year. Your EMA account shows your student's program and balance.
How to book us in EMA
Seven steps, about ten minutes
You do this in your own Step Up account. Use Chrome or Firefox; Step Up recommends them.
Book the free consultation
We meet your student, find where the gap starts, match an instructor and tell you the hourly rate, so you know how many hours to reserve.
Open Find Providers
Click Marketplace on the left side of the dashboard, then Find Providers.
Search for U Tutors Academy
Select your student, then search by name: type U Tutors Academy. Our listing is at 5915 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Ste 18, Coral Gables, FL 33146, so you can also search by location.
Add tutoring to your cart
Choose Part-Time Tutoring Services at the hourly rate we quoted you ($85, $125, $150 or $160), enter the number of hours, and add it to your cart.
Reserve the funds
Open the cart, click Reserve Funds, check Yes, and click Confirm. That sets the money aside and shares your contact details with us.
Call us to schedule
Call or text 786-730-6332. After each session we invoice Step Up through EMA, and Step Up pays us from your student's account.
The other way
Pay us yourself, then get reimbursed
If you would rather pay first, Step Up reimburses eligible tutoring you have paid for.
- Pay by card or bank transfer, not cash. Step Up does not reimburse cash payments.
- Ask us for the invoice. It is on our letterhead with the student's name, the tutor's name, the session dates, the hourly rate and the total.
- Submit the request in EMA with the invoice and your proof of payment.
- Step Up says a request can take up to 60 days to process once everything is received.
Good to know
Four things that save a phone call
Your login is yours
Step Up does not allow a provider, a school or anyone else to use your EMA account. We will never ask for it.
Funds come in quarters
You can only reserve what is already in the account. If the balance looks low, the next quarter's funds may not have arrived yet.
Whose name you will see
Our EMA services are listed under our founder, Krishan Gonzalez, who holds a master's degree in mathematics and finance from the University of Miami.
Questions about your account
For your balance or program rules, call Step Up For Students at 1-877-735-7837, Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Eastern. For anything about the tutoring, call us.
Rates and package savings are on Pricing and savings. Step Up For Students is an independent scholarship organization; U Tutors Academy is a provider on its marketplace.
Questions parents ask
Which scholarships can pay for tutoring?
Step Up's part-time tutoring guide lists FES-UA, FES-EO, FTC, PEP and New Worlds Scholarship Accounts. For FTC and FES-EO, tutoring is paid from funds left after private school tuition and fees. Check your student's balance and program in EMA, or call Step Up at 1-877-735-7837.
Do I pay anything up front?
Not if you use the EMA Marketplace. You reserve the funds in EMA, we deliver the session, and then we invoice Step Up through EMA. You can also pay us yourself and ask Step Up to reimburse you.
Can you log in to EMA for me?
No, and no provider should ask. Step Up does not allow anyone but the parent or guardian to use your EMA login. We can stay on the phone with you while you do it.
Does the free consultation use scholarship funds?
No. The consultation is free for every family. Scholarship funds are only used for the tutoring hours you reserve after it.
Which service and rate do I choose in EMA?
Part-Time Tutoring Services. Our EMA catalog lists it at $85, $125, $150 and $160 an hour. Choose the rate we quoted you at the consultation, and enter the number of hours you want to reserve.
Whose name is on the EMA listing?
Our tutoring services in EMA are listed under our founder, Krishan Gonzalez, who holds a master's degree in mathematics and finance from the University of Miami.
How many hours can the scholarship cover?
Step Up caps part-time tutoring at 720 hours a year for grades K to 3 and 900 hours a year for grades 4 to 12, per student. Your available funds usually set the real limit first.
Ten seats. One could be your child's.
The consultation is free and takes one session. You will know more than another term of guessing would tell you.
Before the consultation you sign our short Client Services Agreement, by email or at the center; the consultation takes place once it is signed.
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Book a free consultation
One session. No cost, no commitment. We will call you back.
Prefer to talk first? Call 786-730-6332.