6 Legit Second Jobs For Teachers For Summer Or After School

Are you a teacher who could use a little extra money — or maybe even an income — that you earn from home?

You certainly aren't alone. And lucky for you there are a lot of second jobs for teachers that you can do in the summer, or even after your school day!

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You likely already have the necessary skills and qualifications for several different home-based jobs. Here are some ideas:

6 Legit Second Jobs For Teachers

Virtual ESL Tutoring

Online English tutoring is a growing opportunity, and your teaching background gives you a real advantage. The market has shifted in recent years toward adult learners and students in Latin America and other global regions, so you will find companies actively seeking English tutors to work with learners of all ages worldwide.

Your teaching degree and experience will very likely land you a job with any one of these companies. Pay and scheduling vary but most offer flexible hours you control yourself.

Some good companies actively seeking tutors include LatinHire, Cambly (note that Cambly is temporarily limiting new tutor onboarding to protect current tutors' schedules, so processing may take longer than usual), and iTalki.

Virtual Tutoring

There are a ton of companies that hire people to work from home tutoring students of all ages online. Many of these companies require nothing more than a college degree while some do want you to have a teaching certificate.

One thing worth knowing is that Brainfuse specifically requires a master's degree or higher for their Higher Education tutors, along with prior teaching or tutoring experience and a background check. Other roles are fine with a bachelor's. So while the pay can be worthwhile, the bar is higher than most.

Tutor.com is another popular option. They require that you are either currently enrolled as a college sophomore or higher at an accredited university, or that you hold a completed four-year degree. Pay is hourly and varies by subject.

I also have more online tutoring jobs listed you might want to consider.

Virtual Teaching

In addition to tutoring, there are also actual teaching jobs you can do from home. However, these are more location-based and you would not be able to hold down another teaching job at the same time.

Virtual teaching is like regular teaching in many ways, and it would likely have to be your full-time job rather than a side gig.

Two companies to consider are Stride Learning (parent company of K12) and Connections Academy. Keep in mind that most teaching positions at both companies require state certification and residency in the state where the school operates, so check the specific listing carefully before applying.

Test Scoring

Companies that hire people to score tests from home typically require that you have a minimum of a college degree and, depending on the type of test you're scoring, it may also be necessary that you have a teaching degree too. This is work that can pay well and can be pretty flexible.

Companies to consider include Pearson, ETS, and Write Score, whose scoring season typically begins in late July or early August each year.

Writing

There are several companies out there actively looking for people to write educational content. Some of the companies want teachers writing for them while others aren't as selective.

Companies to consider include eNotes and Study.com. I also want to point out that writing jobs are almost always very flexible, so it may be possible to do some of these on the side while you hold down a full-time teaching job outside the home.

Selling Educational Materials

As a teacher, you may have amassed a large collection of educational materials over the years that you can sell to other teachers who might need them — things like lesson plans, worksheets, activities, and other things that you might have created yourself.

These can be uploaded online and sold to others via sites like Teachers Pay Teachers. Some sellers on the platform earn a few hundred dollars a month from materials they created once, making it genuinely passive income over time.

Looking For More?

If so, FlexJobs is a good way to find them if you create an account and do a search. Their job board isn't free, but I've been a member and found it to be really useful for me because all the job leads fit the following criteria:

• All jobs are either remote or flexible in nature
• Scam-free (all jobs vetted by humans before posting)
• No ads or junk on their site, so you can browse distraction-free
• Hundreds of jobs posted every day across tons of categories
• Respected, long-standing, and truly useful

They let you try them out for 14 days for $2.95. So there is not much risk if you just want to create an account and see if you find anything you may want to apply for.

Go here to check them out.

Good luck!