Great Part-Time Summer Jobs For Teachers

the economy in a state of flux, many teachers arebabysitter" in your job as a teacher, but many
looking for viable ways to supplement their currentteachers are earning a sufficient part time income in
income. While teaching is one of the noblestthe child care arena. There is always a niche of
professions, it is inversely one of the leastparents out there who wish to hire someone who has
compensation. The salaries that many teachers,a great deal of experience or training when dealing
especially those who have not reached tenure, is oftenwith children, and you might be surprised to find that
less than sufficient for the many expenses that theyyou can locate babysitting or child care gigs in your
incur. This is sad but true and the reason that manyvery own neighborhood. While child care is certainly
young teachers are looking to find a second incomenot the best paying option, you can choose to care for
stream to help them make ends meet and to makechildren in your own home, which means you don't
their financial goals. Let's look at some of the cleverhave to commute to a part time job.
and creative ways that some teachers are earningDirect Sales
extra money aside from their traditional classroomAs a teacher, you are in a great position (depending on
jobs.the size of your school and faculty) to make a bit of
Tutoringmoney on the side as a direct salesperson for various
The most obvious second job for any teacher lookingcompanies. These types of sales (like Avon,
to add to his or her income is the position of tutor. IfTupperware, Mary Kay) allow you to offer quality
you live in a larger city, there are likely tutoring centersproducts to your friends, coworkers and relatives and
that would be more than happy to have qualifiedmake a profit on what they buy. Some teachers find
educators on board. In smaller locales, you can offerthat by simply placing a few catalogs in the teacher's
your services in the classified ads, or oftentimeslounge they can rack up a significant number of orders
through the school's guidance office. Tutoring is a biteach sales period. Over time, this money can really
different from simply teaching because you will beadd up.
working one-on-one with the student. This allows youFreelance Work
to focus on a specific topic that the student is havingMost teachers are adept at writing or have other
difficulty with. Tutoring can be very rewarding, andmarketable skills that they can offer in the online
unlike traditional teaching, the student not only needsfreelance marketplace. There are sites (such as
but is requesting your help - which can make your jobeLance.Com, or oDesk.Com) that allow you to market
as a tutor seem even more worthwhile. Tutors alsoyour skills and bid on jobs that range from writing
act as mentors to their students, which is a plus asarticles to building websites or handling customer
well.service calls. Simply create a profile and work at your
Child Careown pace, right from home.
You may from time to time feel like a "glorified