| The school year is coming to an end, and we are | | | | the things I wanted. |
| so excited about our summer holidays. Well, some | | | | This put me into research mode. I began to |
| of us. Others decide that they are going to teach | | | | search for different opportunities. If making |
| summer school. They hustle around getting their | | | | money was what I wanted to do, teaching was |
| resumes all fixed up so they can apply to teach | | | | not the way to do it. Sure, it's a great secure pay |
| summer school wherever they will get a job. The | | | | cheque that comes religiously every two weeks, |
| rest of us might have thought about teaching | | | | but I realized that it was never going to give me |
| summer school, but somehow the idea of | | | | any drastic bonuses. |
| sweating it out in a classroom with students who | | | | I also did not like the idea of going back to school |
| do not want to be there doesn't sound nearly as | | | | to get another degree so I could make more |
| appealing as sipping on a drink with one of those | | | | money. I knew that with the skills I already had |
| little umbrellas in it while we sit by the pool or lie | | | | and some innovative thinking, I could make more |
| on the beach. | | | | money during the school year, so that when it |
| Some of you already may have taught summer | | | | came down to my summer holidays (And, I like |
| school before because you were 'in' with a | | | | to claim them as 'mine'), I'd be able to spend that |
| particular school, and you got the job again, | | | | time with family, and friends doing things that I |
| leaving some other teachers jealous that they are | | | | love. |
| not going to be making a couple thousand extra | | | | If you are seriously considering teaching summer |
| bucks in exchange for their holiday time. One | | | | school- great. However, you really need to |
| question that you must ask yourself is if teaching | | | | evaluate your reasons for doing it. If it is not for |
| summer school is worth it. Many justify doing it | | | | the love of teaching students who don't care to |
| because they 'need the extra money' and say | | | | be there on your time off, I strongly suggest |
| that "it's only part of your summer". I don't know | | | | using the skills you already have (and as teachers |
| about the rest of you, but on summer vacation, | | | | we have plenty) to make more money for |
| August flies by. Wouldn't you rather enjoy the | | | | yourself. Use your summer to build a second |
| couple of extra weeks in July? | | | | stream of income, not just a set wage. By |
| I, like many other teachers initially thought the | | | | combining your teaching skills, with some thinking |
| idea to teach summer school was great, because | | | | outside the box, a little learning, and application, |
| I'd be able to make some extra cash. It didn't | | | | along with the power of the Internet, you will |
| make sense to me to go out there and get a | | | | make way more money though out the whole |
| temp job that would pay me minimum wage. But | | | | year, so you can spend your summers doing |
| then I evaluated my values, and realized that | | | | what you want. |
| teaching 10 months of the year is enough for me. | | | | Do not forget to check out the link in the |
| I didn't want to teach summer school for the 'fun' | | | | resource box below. I've got a great free report |
| it would give me, I was doing it for the extra | | | | that details the mistakes I made before I started |
| money. This made me realize that it wasn't that I | | | | making money on my teaching skills outside of |
| wanted to teach summer school, rather I wanted | | | | the classroom so you can learn from them. |
| to make more money as a teacher so I could to | | | | |