Teaching is hard work. We all know this but we do it anyway. We know it’s long hours and we know it’s being involved in many “extras” that other jobs don’t have and we do all of this for little pay. Why? Because we love our kids. We do it because we want to make a difference in other people’s lives.

How is it fair that we make a sacrifice everyday as teachers? We either sacrifice our calling by leaving the teaching world to do something that will help us be more financially stable or we struggle financially while we live out our dream of teaching kids. Why can’t we do both? Why can’t we teach and make a decent living?

We can.

I’ve learned that we can do both. What started as a little teacher side job has become so much more to my life. I make a difference in not only just my student’s lives but the lives of students around the world with my resources.

Transform Your Life with This Teacher Side Job

My Story

I started selling on TeachersPayTeachers at the end of 2016 as a way to put my resources out there and earn a little extra cash. I didn’t think much of it, just put together some of the things I was doing in my classroom already and threw them up in my store. My first product I put in was an Elf on the Shelf resource and it took off (or what I consider “took off” as far as being a new seller goes). When I started making money on this one resource, I began to think about where this little “teacher side job” could go.

I thought about all the teachers I could help with my creative ideas. I thought about all the students across the world I could help with activities I was already creating for my own classroom. And of course, I thought about how I could earn that extra bit of money that would supplement my teaching salary.

When I thought about all these things, I decided I would learn as much as I could about this business and how to create a business of my own. I took a leap of faith, invested in myself and my growing business and now what started as a teacher side job, is now a much bigger dream.

Sell Teaching Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers

If you’re a teacher (which I think you are if you’re reading this) then you already know the stress and pressure teachers are under. We have so many things to do and not enough time. Teachers Pay Teachers is such a great platform for teachers to find good lessons, created by people who are actually in the classroom and know what students are capable of. You could be that teacher that puts creative and engaging lessons on this platform for busy teachers to use with their students.

Reasons to Start this Online Side Job

• Put Up Lessons You’re Already Using in Your Classroom

Chances are, you’re already doing amazing things in your classroom! Why not get paid to share them with other teachers?

• Help Teachers and Students All Over the World

Teachers love to help people. It’s something we all have in common. Through this online side job, I’ve been able to help teachers all over the world. When my resources make their way into other classrooms, I am indirectly teaching students all over.

• Get Paid

It’s hard to live on a teacher salary. When you start a side job, selling teaching resources online, you get paid for your resources. These are things you are already an expert on and making for your class anyway! So, why not get paid?

• Do this Side Job From Home

This is a great side job for teachers as you can do it all from home. Most of the time when I’m creating, I’m sitting on my couch, in my yoga pants, in front of a TV show (that I don’t have to pay much attention to).

Share Your Ideas on a Teacher Blog

Selling your teaching resources online could be a great teacher side job for you, but if you want to make a big difference, you need to share your ideas and resources on a teacher blog. A blog opens up a world of new opportunities than just selling on Teachers Pay Teachers.

• A Teacher Blog is Your Own

Yes, Teachers Pay Teachers is a fabulous website to put your resources on, but you don’t own it. A blog is a place you own and have control over. You decide how it looks, you decide the content that goes up, and there is no algorithm to try to beat. When you start a blog, you have the option to also open a storefront and sell your teaching resources on your own platform.

• You’re Helping Many Teachers With More Than Just Your Resources

When you have a blog, you’re sharing more than just your resources. You can share ideas, creative ways to teach something or anything in your expertise. When you help teachers be successful in their own classroom, they want to come back to you and will look for your resources.

• People get to Know, Like and Trust You

A blog is a great way for people to get to know you. I don’t know about you but I feel much better purchasing something when I know someone’s story. It’s a win-win when I’m getting something I need and also feel good about who the money is going to.

• Get Paid Through Affiliates and Email Marketing

Having a blog as part of your online side job, gives you more opportunities to earn money. You can get paid through being an affiliate and marketing products you already use and love. You can also build up your own email list and share products and deals that you might be having. An email list is the only sure way you know your information is getting into the hands of your customers.

Enroll in Transform Your Resources

If you are serious about creating this side job, you need to enroll in Transform Your Resources, a course by Kayse Morris. Kayse takes you through the ins and outs of how to be successful teacherprenuer. She is the reason my dream has developed from just having a little side job to building an empire.

What You’ll Learn

• How to Create Visually Appealing Products

You’ll take the products you’re already creating for your students and you’ll make them pop, so other teachers want to purchase them. You’ll learn about fonts and clip arts and the importance of pairing certain “looks” together. When you sign up for this course, you’ll also learn how to create editable resources, something so valuable to teachers.

• SEO and How to Get Your Products in Front of More Eyes

Before this course, I knew absolutely nothing about SEO. I don’t even think I knew what SEO stood for. After this course, my products and my blog posts are showing up on the first page of search engines. Because I got my SEO in order, my products are selling more.

• How to Make What Teachers Want

The only way you’re going to sell anything is if you’re making what teachers want to buy. The course goes over ways to make your products valuable for other teachers.

• Email and Social Media Marketing

It’s great if you have amazing ideas and awesome resources but the only way others are going to see it, is if you are marketing. Kayse teaches you how to market your products through email and social media.

What to Expect

• Learn Everything You Need to Know About Starting An Online Teacher Side Job

When I started selling my teaching resources at the end of 2016, I knew I wanted to learn all I could about starting a business. I invested in courses that taught me bits and pieces of what I needed to know but were never the full package.

Kayse is an expert because she started on Teachers Pay Teachers, tripled her salary and was able to leave teaching to pursue this side job full time. Now, she helps other teachers like me and like you do the same.

• It Will Change Your Life

When I started this course, my Teachers Pay Teachers store was just a side job at home. After completing it and getting to know Kayse and all the Go-Getters I took the course with, I’ve decided to build a business. I won’t be going back to the classroom next year. I’ve decided to stay home with my son and pursue my online business full time.

I thought I would be a teacher forever and in some ways I will, but this course changed my life because I have the dream to be more. I will expand my reach of just a handful of students each year, and I’ll help students and teachers all over the world.

If you have any thoughts of wanting to make a difference and start a teacher side job like this, enroll in this course. We’re ready for you!