The internet is a network, and as such, it connects people.
Teachers can now work from home using the internet.
Teachers can freelance and leverage the internet to find students and clients they can offer their services from their homes.
Tech has almost enveloped every industry and significant government parastatals.
Most tech jobs are easily accessible to teachers, which is also the main attraction for stay-at-home mums and other people wanting to earn money online from their homes.
Teaching is the only profession that creates other professionals, and every other professional depends on teaching.
If you are a qualified teacher, it is easy to earn money where ever you are because technology has made it easy.
Teaching is unarguably one of the intelligent ways to make money online.
Moreover, making money online is relatively easy for any professional teacher.
I want you to think about it this way:
Out of 24 hours a day, we usually work from 1 to 12hrs daily.
- To make £3000 per month, you must earn at least £30 daily.
- If you want to work 5 hours daily out of 12hrs, you must earn £6 per hour.
- Making £6 an hour should be easy with a will and determination.
Let us check how you can do it.
For any teacher to make money online, it is crucial to have a solid foundation, a complete understanding of the strategy you can employ and personal branding.
Personal branding is one of the mistakes I made when freelancing online.
Personal branding is everything when building an income stream from an online source.
17 best ways teachers can make money from home
If you want to become a successful teacher and be financially stable in the education industry, living with your salary is not enough.
You can do any 17 jobs from home, making you financially stable.
1. Teach your subject online
Teaching online is in high demand, and with adequate tech skills, you can earn good money in different hard currencies worldwide.
There are many online platforms where you can start, and they are as follows:
Register in the above online tutoring platforms and start teaching students worldwide.
2. Start inline coaching in your subject area.
You can coach new teachers and help them upskill as you do, and it requires some tech training and area of specialisation upskilling.
As a teacher, there are some skills you already have for this, like preparing lesson notes, patience, charisma, motivation power and the ability to inspire others.
These are coaching characteristics, and you already have them.
Opening a home-based learning centre may be a great idea but it will require long-term investments.
3. Sell your subject-themed-easy-made-to- understand-help notes online and offline.
Thousands to millions of students find it challenging to understand your subject.
If you are an introductory technology (Intro Tech) teacher, you can use graphics to explain what students need help understanding in your subject area.
You can make tons of millions from this if you take it seriously.
You can sell it on iStock, Storyblocks and Adobe Stock.
4. Become an IB marker
Teachers all over the world earn decent money to mark papers.
Go to the IB marker website and register.
Marking jobs are always in May and November of every year.
The good news is that you dont need to be a certified IB teacher to apply and bid for jobs.
5. Trade your teaching resources
If you are a teacher and know how to create good teaching resources for your lesson topics, you can trade them online for good money.
Websites like teacherspayteachers are the best place to trade your teaching resources.
The only thing you are required to do is to create a profile and upload it.
6. Become a website tester
Intelligent and constructive criticism is what teachers do better in.
You can intelligently and constructively criticise websites with an honest review and earn decent money.
Teachers earn from £10 to £20 for 20 minutes to 1 hour from testing websites and offering constructive criticism.
Check TryMyUI and User Testing and start testing websites for money.
7. Podcasting
There are tons of millions of pounds to earn from Podcasting, and Podcasting is an audio file on the internet that is available for everyone.
You can start teaching children through the podcasting channel.
Or start parenting Podcasting that will help support parents and their children’s learning journey.
Everything education sells.
So get on over the microphone, speak your mind, and invite others to discuss relevant education topics to help educate listeners.
8. Teaching online as a content creator
Being an online teacher is a great way to earn money.
You can focus on social media or group teaching, and there are many platforms you can utilise.
With adequate tech skills, you can choose the social media platform.
The popular platform that is free to use by anyone is Youtube.
9. Write an e-book and sell it
With many years of teaching, you can convert your lesson notes into study materials and e-books and publish them on sites like Kajabi.
Kindle Direct Publishing is an excellent way to publish your e-book to get into Amazon platforms.
10. Write for educational websites and earn money
Many educational websites are looking for your subject writers.
Websites like eNotes, Meditap, Bookrags and many more are looking for you.
All required is opening a profile, answering questions, and writing an essay on trending topics in your subject area.
11. Start holiday schooling
Teaching students during the holiday is an excellent way to earn money.
Teaching students every holiday is a good way to make money.
Marketing and getting parents to understand the importance of keeping their children on track is an excellent way to start.
Plan for the number of children you can accommodate on time.
12. Assignment Tutoring
Working-class parents will always need help with their children’s assignments and tutoring.
If you love helping children do their homework daily, this one is for you.
13. Teach English as a second language
If you can help a student learn English, you can make money.
English as a second language (ESL) teachers help and support students with English as a second language to learn the English language.
It would help if you had certifications like Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) to qualify to teach students the English language.
You can get jobs from the following websites Tutlo, GoFluent and VIP Kid.
14. Become an online paid survey expert
Anybody with internet and mobile phone access can make money daily.
These are the best online paid survey apps to help you make money daily (21+).
These 21+ apps can support anyone with internet and mobile access to earn $10 – $100 daily.
15. Become a medical transcriptionist
How to become a medical transcriptionist
The prerequisite is the following primary knowledge:
- Outstanding listening, concentration and typing skills
- Physiology
- Biology
- Pharmacology
- Grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Excellent Medical terminology knowledge
Anyone interested can get certification from udemy.com to posh-it-up.
It is a target-driven job, and attention to detail skill is a must because there is always a target for each day.
SALARY – an average of $50k per annum.
16. Become an affiliate marketer.
Affiliate marketing is when a Twitter account holder advertises a company product and gets portions of the product sales.
Depending on professional interests, niches or experience, anyone can join an affiliate company and earn money.
Most affiliate companies are flexible on the number of followers anyone needs to have before joining their advertising campaigns.
Anyone that joins an affiliate company will have a link they can share with their followers.
Furthermore, they will earn a portion of the sales percentage whenever their followers click the link and purchase any product or service.
Twitter account users can find products or services they can use by clicking on any of the following network links:
Choose an affiliate company that aligns with an established online personal or professional experience, style, interests, and values.
Write a compelling story on topics related to the product and attach the links.
The Twitter account holder will earn a portion of the sales the attached link generated.
17. Become a curriculum developer
If you have bagged many years of teaching your subject, you can start developing a curriculum for young teachers.
With so many years of experience as a teacher, you know what works and what does not.
You can work alongside classroom teachers to provide the best curriculum for the subject area of your specialisation.
You will interpret state guidelines to make changes to state curricula, order or provide materials for instructional use, recommend modifications, and provide a robust framework for changes that can increase or improve student performance and learning experience.
A curriculum developer can earn decent money by running to accredictedcolleges to know the requirements.
The standard pay for qualified curriculum developers is £50k to £75k per annum.
Conclusion
The internet is a network, and as such, it connects people.
Teachers can freelance and leverage the internet to find students and clients they can offer their services.
These 17 best ways teachers can make money from home can help teachers make money without any investments.
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are free, and doors of opportunity can slowly open for you.
Thank you for reading.
Appreciate this post. Will try it out.