Part of my success in business in the past and today was due to my teachers. My teachers always told me to follow my dreams and do the right thing. Now, as a successful businessman, I’m here to share with you. YOU deserve to have the additional money you need to not only live but to continue to teach our future generations while enjoying an income level most teachers can’t reach.
You’re here because you are seeking ways to generate extra income on the side. Let’s explore some options.
And you may not know this, but you have incredible talents, capabilities, and skills to be working during your breaks and spare time to generate money.
Challenges Teachers Face
Many of the teachers I know have money struggles because they are living on a limited budget and potentially need full or part-time jobs during the breaks. Many end up spending their extra money on supplies to help educate our future generations. It’s a shame that teachers aren’t paid more. Most teachers go into teaching not to be rich, but to teach.
Let’s look at a few facts
In 2016-17*:
- The national average starting teacher salary was $38,617
- The average salary for a teacher was $59,660
- States have wide ranges from highs to $70k to lows in the $30k
- 18% of teachers in the US worked second jobs outside of the school system
- 45% of teachers who reported dissatisfaction said they would “leave teaching as soon as possible” if they could find a better-paying job
- Raises are dependent on raising taxes, not just by merit
- Teachers are 30% more likely than nonteachers to have a second job
* Souce: AmericanProgress.org
Here’s my question to you as a teacher. Why don’t you use your skills as a teacher to turn your passion into income while continuing to teach?
The Real Challenge?
- Teaching is a great profession that doesn’t have a chance at making additional money through bonuses or stock unless you move up the education ladder for additional salary or go to a private school
- You must take on an extra income source if you want to live a different income style
What Is Perfect Side Job?
If you consider some alternatives to generating money for a teacher, let’s first list a few objectives to evaluate good options.
- Must not jeopardize my teaching job
- Supports working off hours during breaks, weekends, evening, and around school events
- Supports unlimited income potential
- Generates passive income, meaning I can earn money when I’m not available
- Something that I enjoy, not necessarily education but could be a hobby
- An activity I can share with others without embarrassment or jeopardizing my teaching position – if I wanted to share
What is perfection?
Imagine if you had a side income source that you could tell your co-workers about and not be embarrassed. Imagine if you had additional money and income that you could take a vacation anywhere during summer without spending all of your money or being broke. And have extra money to buy a nice car, save for a home, or something else you may find exciting.
A Few Alternative Ways for Teachers to Earn Additional Money
Let’s list some options.
- Drive for Uber or Lyft
- Consult online
- Work on the weekends for any part-time position like pouring at a local winery or working at a gift shop
- Sell your knowledge online
- Do online tutoring
- Write a book and sell online
- Blogging about your passion and sale items with Affiliate Marketing
Other than #1 and #3, the other options will need a website and promotion. Let’s consider the objectives, which one of these fit your overall end goals? Forget about what you think is easy, think about what you want. I can help you learn to build a website, attract visitors, but first, you need to decide.
Teachers Have Unique Skills for Affiliate Marketing & Blogging
Why is building a simple website and selling your services or blogging about your passion great options for teachers? Teachers have the necessary skills to educate people. They know what people need to learn, and blogging is about honest storytelling and education. Consider this for a moment. Imagine writing a blog about helping parents teach their children math. During that blog, you link to a product on Amazon for helping parents and their kids. Did you know that you could get a commission from Amazon? It’s called Affiliate Marketing. More to come about that subject later, but this gets your imagination going.
Teachers have a set of excellent skills.
- Teachers are well organized
- They care about people
- They can educate people
- They can learn
- They can take a chance on themselves
- They deserve it
What do I need to learn to be successful at Affiliate Marketing?
Teachers need to learn the steps and techniques for making money online? Let’s break this down. Making money online has four stages.
The four steps above are not difficult; it’s a process and effort. That’s it. Just like any subject, if you do the work, have a good teacher, and put the effort it, you significantly increase your chances of making money online.
Let me step you through how to start your journey with a FREE starter account with Wealthy Affiliate.
Step 1 – Create Your Free Starter Account
Step 2 – Do the training
In Summary
Step 1: Sign up for Wealthy Affiliate and Create a Free Starter Account with Wealthy Affiliate
Step 2: Walk through the first series of training steps and get your website started
Step 3: Believe in yourself, you deserve to be a financial future that you’ve dreamed while you continue to teach
Take a chance, just like you take a chance on the struggling student. But take that chance on you for once. Use your hard work and build something that allows you to work hard as a teacher without the struggles of money.
If you have questions, raise your hand, comment below. I answer. Or use the contact form and send me an email. I do respond.
Education Yourself on Making Money on the Side with Blogging and Affiliate Marketing
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It is a bit of a rub for me to learn that teachers, who invest an immense amount of mental, physical and emotional energy to guide and be ambassadors to the youth are not paid to the degree that is indicative of this. In all honesty, your statistics were shocking to me. I really love how you keep the good vibe up by acknowledging the realities teachers face in terms of their salaries and offering an alternative solution to take their already developed skills and turning it into something that can provide them with financial alternatives. It sounds as though you are offering real value and a solid solution for anyone who is open to and willing to improve their financial prosperity. Nice work!
Thanks for the comments! It’s amazing that teachers need to struggle to make ends meet, not all do, but depending on where you live and the school district, it can vary greatly.
It’s true, teaching is a poorly paid job, an also a very hard and stressful one! It’s the same for teachers here in the UK and the government are always putting ads on the TV for more people to join the teaching profession.Maybe they should consider paying them more then is what I say.
Anyway, all that aside, I believe building an additional income through blogging does call out to the specific skill set of a teacher as they already know how to articulate themselves well; and they also have that natural sense of authority which is what a successful blogger needs to come through in their writing. What a great idea, and the perfect way to make some extra cash.
Thanks so much for the comments. We are in need of great teachers! And would it be great if teachers could still have significant income while enjoying their profession.
This was a quite interesting and well put together article! Interesting enough, teachers in rural areas of Alaska make a ton more in an average salary. But I don’t think I would want to live in rural Alaska! Well, actually not at all. I agree that a teacher could do very well starting a blog, or even the other suggestions you listed. I actually went to school for elementary education, but ended up switching do to the job I already had. I think out of all the options, a blog gives the most freedom, flexibility and ability to be creative.
Thanks for the comments! You’re right about flexibility, that’s the ticket, give teachers options.
Hi, JB this is great information I love the Wealthy Affiliate platform because there you have all the necessary tools you need to be successful in the online space. I have been a member for over a year now and it has changed my perspective on how to make money online the right way. I researched many different ways but none came close to this. I started out with a free account until I learned the value that this platform had to offer since then I quickly applied the tools needed to be successful online.
For anyone looking to sign up with Wealthy Affiliate try it out it’s definitely worth it.
Thanks for the comments and advice. I do like telling people to sign up for free to try it out first.
This article about making money as a teacher on the side is not only useful and helpful for teachers but for all the full time workers out there.
I found out about so many side jobs like Uber, online tutoring, selling book online and a lot more. Before reading this article I had no idea about these side jobs.
I also learned about Wealthy Affiliate. It looks like a good way to start the affiliate business online.
It is a well written article and it was easy to understand it and read it. Thank you so much for sharing this article with us.
Thanks!
Making more money as a teacher in the affiliate world has more advantage than a regular beginner who has little or no experience, with the ability to organize, creating a website for them will be easy and setting up a niche won’t be a difficult task for them as and if they should undergo the various training on WA they will do better than most bloggers.
Great comments, yes teachers tend to be even more capable to start affiliate marketing.
I knew that teaching and being a teacher were undervalued but my goodness! My days of when I was working in a warehouse the salary was much more than that!! I am one that is already in affiliate marketing myself and I will agree with you. If you are a teacher than you already have a head start when it comes to marketable skills.
Thanks Cathy
Great message as kids need role models desparately today who not only impart ways to be creative and succeed but to learn how to think. When we know how to think we are able to test our assumptions and make sure we are headed in the direction we desire.
Teachers have the skills to become successful entrepreneurs by bringing value to others in ways that compensate themselves well. Although teachers in traditional teaching jobs are vastly underpaid, they have the skills to create successful ventures.
Good job at providing alternative alternatives to teachers. Affilieate marketing and blogging are excellent choices for teachers. Also good presentation of Wealthy Affiliates.
Thanks for the comments.
Wow….you must be a teacher. You seem to really understand the challenges that many teachers face. I love the idea that you suggested about creating an affiliate marketing website. Although it may take longer to get the affiliate marketing website to start generating revenue, it seems much better than having a part time retail job. Plus the way that I look at it, I could create a niche website that discusses some of the same topics that I am already teaching. (I teach business classes.) The time I spend keeping up with current events could benefit both my students in the classroom and the readers of my website. GREAT suggestion. Thanks.
Thanks for the comments. Yep, I taught at one point in early career but got out because I need to more income. I feel like I still teach, but use those skills in helping others build their business.
I used to love teaching in university as tutor for student, but now working as ‘corporate slave’. My friend still teaching there and he loves what he do.
However, we both need additional income to cover our living expenses. Assuming we can only work round 1-2 hours on weekday and 4 hours on weekend, how long can we achieve the financial freedom? My goal is to be free from ‘corporate slave’, while my friend is to be able enjoying both his teaching work and earn enough money to live everyday.
Thank you for your answer
Great question. Based on that time, I would plan at least 1-2 years. I want to be honest with you about it, sometimes it happens faster, but when you set realistic expectations those goals are far more achievable. I wrote a blog post to cover some ideas for you.
https://becomingamillionaire.n…
Cheers, JB
Teaching offers many opportunities for extra money adventures partly because of the teaching hours.English as a second language is always an opportunity as well as one on one tutoring in the best subject.The problem is that it is just an extension of the day job and does not provide a change in focus.Sort of same, same but different.Because the internet is not run by regulated hours it can be done at any time. I for one am an early riser so have put in a few hours before my day job whereas a friend, Erin is often at it in the wee small hours. Many times I have replied urging her to give in and go to bed but you can feel the enthusiasm still coming down the line.
The Wealthy Affiliate is a family so we are never alone yet as private as we wish to hide behind a Keyboard.The WA family is also spread across the world in so many time zones help and encouragement is always there.Erins mornings are my afternoons being on either side of the world.A teacher can easily adapt and apply their own rules to the time available.
Peter H
Thanks Peter for the thoughtful comments.