| I think it's a worldwide problem for teachers, we just | | | | have to do it right to be for the summer holidays at the |
| aren't well-paid. I'm sure we've all had times in our lives | | | | end of a long hard year, and that you can only do it |
| when we have been little short of some ready-cash. In | | | | once a year. With this method you cannot control |
| this article I like to share with you some of the things | | | | when you earn the extra money. |
| I've done, or thought about doing, in order to relieve my | | | | Teach Evening Classes |
| cash flow worries. And the method I have finally found | | | | I worked my way through my Post Graduate |
| to relieve my cash flow worries long-term. | | | | Teaching Diploma by teaching English Language |
| Tutoring in Your First Language | | | | evening classes at the local high school. The pay was |
| One of the first things I ever did was to tutor people in | | | | excellent and the hours suited the lifestyle I wanted to |
| the English language. At the time I was living in Taiwan, | | | | lead. The government put a cap on how much I was |
| working as an English language teacher so it didn't take | | | | allowed to earn and I reached that limit teaching |
| me long to realise that I could make extra money | | | | evening classes four hours a week. |
| tutoring people. This was extremely lucrative for me | | | | If there are any evening classes being offered in your |
| and it was easy to find clients. | | | | area, you could try approaching the organiser with a |
| Now you might be thinking that you don't live in Taiwan | | | | proposal. In my experience evening class organisers |
| so how is this helpful to you? With the amount of | | | | are always looking for new classes to add to their |
| migration in the last five to 10 years it should be easy | | | | brochure. |
| to find someone in need of English language tutoring, | | | | Teach English Overseas |
| regardless of where you're living. | | | | Teaching is a skill that can be adapted to almost any |
| Tutoring in Your Subject Area | | | | subject. Once you can teach you can teach almost |
| Of course the other alternative to tutoring people in the | | | | anything, including language. There are a lot of hungry |
| English language is to tutor them in your teaching | | | | students in the world looking to learn English. If you can |
| subject. I have tutored students in math and | | | | speak English, and you are a teacher, then you can |
| accounting, and these aren't even my teaching | | | | teach English. |
| subjects! | | | | I know that I earlier mentioned that you can tutor the |
| Something I've never done, but have seen people do | | | | English language in addition to your current salary, but |
| very successfully, is to tutor students in English | | | | one way to increase your current salary without |
| language using the curriculum they were covering at | | | | increasing your workload would be to move overseas |
| school. This will work for students in high-school and | | | | and teach English abroad. A non-monetary side benefit |
| university, and you can certainly charge more per hour | | | | to this option is that you get to live an exotic lifestyle |
| for this kind of tutoring. | | | | and explore new cultures. |
| Marking exams | | | | In summary |
| When I lived in the United Kingdom I marked A-level | | | | In this article I have discussed five ways for teachers |
| exams for three years. This is another way I have | | | | to earn extra money. I hope that this has given you |
| earned a substantial amount of extra money. But the | | | | some ideas for improving your own cash flow |
| benefit wasn't just monetary; I became better able to | | | | situation. Oh, I forgot to tell you how I've improved my |
| prepare my students for the exams they sat. After I | | | | cash flow situation long-term. I moved overseas, I now |
| had marked exams for the first time, I noticed that my | | | | teach at an international school in Thailand full-time. I |
| students' grades improved and continued to do so | | | | now earn enough money from this one teaching |
| over the next two years. | | | | position that I don't need to look for any other way to |
| I made around £3000 ($US 5930) my first year, | | | | supplement my income. In non monetary benefits I now |
| rising to around £6,500 ($US 12,850) in my third | | | | live in summer weather 12 months of the year, teach |
| year. The reason I made more money was because I | | | | only 180 days a year, and have a sizeable professional |
| marked more papers, began to moderate coursework, | | | | development allowance. I have found teaching abroad |
| and became a team leader. | | | | to be a fantastic opportunity, you should check it out. |
| The two problems with marking exams is that you | | | | |