| Are jobs the only career option teachers have? | | | | previous one; it still involves making digital |
| There is general perception that the only way | | | | products but you need to have a collection, a mini |
| teachers can make money is by taking up | | | | library of digital teaching resources before you can |
| teaching jobs. | | | | begin. Once your digital library is ready, you can |
| Teachers consider a teaching job a safe heaven | | | | give the entire library to educational institutes on |
| and for many reason, it is. Schools and colleges | | | | royalty basis. The educational institute and even |
| are not a part of the normal economic | | | | private education companies are hungry for such |
| parameters. Inflation, recession, depression do not | | | | libraries. One good idea is once you start |
| have a direct impact on them. In some sense, | | | | developing digital product you can begin with |
| they are recession proof but there is catch an | | | | merchandising and once it develops into a |
| educational institute should establish and gain | | | | collection you can proceed to rent it out, you can |
| repute before it comes in the safe category. | | | | also create a library as joint venture between |
| How many teachers can actually find teaching | | | | several teachers and income then are distributed. |
| jobs in such institutes, since the institutes are | | | | Believe me this may sound difficult but once you |
| limited so are the job opportunities. | | | | do it you have a life long passive income for you |
| Teachers salary is another thing of concern, some | | | | and the magical thing is you can rent the same |
| teachers especially in the higher education get | | | | library out to multiple institutes. The incomes from |
| decent salaries but if your teaching job is not in | | | | this well I think you can add up the numbers |
| the A Grade category then there could be a | | | | yourself. I do not want to shock you. |
| problem. Teacher exploitation is another big | | | | Blogging |
| concern and most of the teachers would be | | | | Blogging is the way half the net citizens of the |
| aware of it. There are plenty of horror stories of | | | | cyberspace are making money today. Just |
| the exploitation and they are not limited to private | | | | choose a topic and start writing about it. Blogs are |
| institute, state, and government run institutes are | | | | magic of the information age. Once your Blog |
| a part of it. | | | | starts getting traffic you have a money mint on |
| Teachers pay may be decent but it certainly is | | | | your hand. There are plenty of earning avenues. |
| not blazing, and their is a ceiling limit to the earning | | | | You can start with donations; you can have |
| of a teacher, unfortunately expenses do not wait | | | | advertisement from Google, and Yahoo and. |
| for the teacher salary to get incremented before | | | | many more. You can take an affiliate program |
| they can rise. No wonder so many of teachers | | | | suited to your blog and make your incomes |
| look for additional income avenues and second | | | | skyrocket and you can sell your blog for a neat |
| jobs. | | | | amount. The only catch is you need to get traffic |
| Is there an option teachers have that looks | | | | to your blog to start the incomes the rest is |
| beyond a teaching job? Yes, there is and the | | | | automatic. Why not try it is safe and it does not |
| teachers can try most of these options without | | | | cost anything other than your time. |
| leaving their jobs to begin with. Once the income | | | | Counseling |
| factor from these options is satisfactory then | | | | This every educator does by default. Once the |
| teachers can decide their future course. | | | | society know you teach there is no dearth of |
| First, let us look at the broad avenues teachers | | | | people who seek advice form you. Students, |
| have for incomes | | | | parents ,friends and family for advice approach |
| - Grants | | | | teachers on study related issues. This includes |
| - Donations | | | | queries like which school are good? What are |
| - Merchandising | | | | good careers to get into? What subjects to |
| - Renting Royalty | | | | select? Questions are endless and teachers who |
| - Blogging | | | | the society looks on as experts are in demand |
| - Counseling | | | | for advice and counseling. If you are good at |
| - Mentoring | | | | advising, why not convert it into a profession. If |
| - Tutoring | | | | you do, step into advising why not do it for your |
| Grants | | | | entire city, state, country or maybe even the |
| You will be surprised to know the grants that are | | | | world with Internet at hand it is possible. All you |
| available for the education. I personally know | | | | need is good website or even a free blog and |
| teachers and educators who have received | | | | you are on. Begin with immediate known contacts |
| grants for developing lessons, lesson plans, | | | | and the word will spread. |
| education systems and educational games. The | | | | Mentoring |
| Grant runs in millions of dollars and it is not only | | | | Students engage in several extra curricular |
| the government who is giving it .International | | | | activities such as participating in debate and |
| organizations like United Nations and private | | | | forums, project works, story writing. They often |
| organizations including corporate and many | | | | go beyond school learning. Students seek teachers |
| philanthropist including Bill Gates have a grant | | | | as mentors and guides to give suggestions and |
| program . What you need is the right idea in the | | | | guidance. Mentoring is an excellent income option |
| right direction. The grants are available for genuine | | | | that teachers can look at. Let me give you some |
| causes and for things that service the society. | | | | examples to make this clearer. Two years back a |
| Thousands of avenues are available where Grants | | | | close friend of mine in US had retired as |
| are available maybe you can get into one of | | | | schoolteacher and was looking for something that |
| them. | | | | would occupy his time and generate some |
| Donations | | | | income, on my advice he started a chat room for |
| Well it is certainly not a dirty word or anything to | | | | high school students on mathematics where the |
| be ashamed about, if you would notice many | | | | students could come and quiz each other on |
| Websites and Blogs now carry a donation link. If | | | | questions and answers. He mentored the |
| you are doing something worthwhile and not | | | | discussions giving student guidelines when needed. |
| charging money for it there are plenty of people | | | | He charged $1/student/ hour on the chat room. |
| who are ready to donate for a worthy cause. In | | | | What started with couple of dollars daily is today |
| some cases, donations were the forerunners of | | | | couple of thousand dollars daily as he expanded |
| the grants given. | | | | he included other subjects .The readers can do |
| Merchandising | | | | the mathematics themselves and arrive at the |
| Good quality lessons, lesson plans, notes, books, | | | | income of the person. Similarly, I know a case in |
| papers, games in the digital format are very | | | | UK where this young primary school teacher |
| much in demand. Many teachers who simply made | | | | started a forum where the kids come together |
| good power point presentations and documents | | | | and build stories and she simply mentors. There |
| (Word/PDF) are selling it on Internet and earning | | | | are numerous opportunities in mentoring and |
| some mind-boggling incomes. If I were to reveal | | | | incomes you be the judge. |
| some of these incomes, most readers would not | | | | Tutoring |
| believe it. The good thing about digital products is | | | | Tutoring has always been in demand and with |
| that do not have to sell it directly. You do not | | | | tutoring going online, this has really turned into a |
| even need a Website or Blog to sell it. Many | | | | money spinning activity. Moreover, online tutoring |
| service providers on the net accept your product | | | | especially in the higher classes is in huge demand |
| and sell it on your behalf to the world. You can | | | | and across the globe. If you have seen the home |
| compare it to writing a book and submitting it to | | | | page of this site, you would what kind of incomes |
| publisher who does the rest of the job. Unlike | | | | online tutors are making. I know professors and |
| print publishers, the digital product selling sites are | | | | high school teachers who quit their jobs and are |
| not that finicky and open to many things and | | | | tutoring online on full time basis. They started with |
| ideas. If you are good at developing educational | | | | online tutoring as part time job and it was only |
| products in digital format, you should definitely try | | | | matter of few months where they had to take |
| this one out. You never know you may be the | | | | decision for quitting their jobs in favor of online |
| next millionaire on the block. | | | | tutoring. Why not give it try it can start at zero |
| Renting Royalty | | | | cost. You got nothing to lose. |
| This one requires little more effort than the | | | | |