Extra Credit!: 8 Ways to Turn Your Education Expertise into Passion Projects and Extra Income

Learn to package your professional skill, monetize your interests, and share your teaching gifts with the world
In Extra Credit! 8 Ways to Turn Your Education Expertise into Passion Projects and Extra Income, a team of accomplished educators and content creators delivers an illuminating and engaging handbook for educators who seek to bring in extra income with their professional and personal talents. In the book, you’ll explore a wide variety of potential income streams, including leveraging social media platforms, creating educational resources, writing, and online courses, just to name a few!
You’ll also find out how educators are finding purpose and meaning in their various side hustles, making profitable and beneficial use of their many gifts. You’ll discover: Outlets for your passion for teaching that go beyond the classroom and tap into new and exciting markets Strategies for monetizing your interests and hobbies to create impressive and diverse income streams Exciting ways to contribute to education that aren’t limited to teaching in the classroom, like merchandising, professional development workshops, and resource creation
An essential read for professors, teachers, teaching assistants, and other educators, Extra Credit! will earn a place in the libraries of school administrators, former educators, and other school based professionals.
From the Back Cover
Start sharing your talent and expertise with the world at large—and make more money
Everyone knows it—educators are a smart, savvy bunch. The talents we develop inside the classroom—developing resources, creating lesson plans, managing learners—are sometimes undervalued. Luckily, these unique skillsets are valuable outside the classroom, too. Today, there are more opportunities than ever before for teachers to share their expertise with a broader audience. Extra Credit! shows you how to find market opportunities and monetize your expertise. With the ideas in this book, you can earn extra income, stay busy in the summers, share your passion with the world, and fulfill the deep sense of purpose that brought you to education in the first place. Inside, you’ll get step-by-step advice on how to get started in exciting adventures like: Online tutoring Designing and selling hard goods Creating classroom resources Speaking at conferences and workshops Writing books and creating social media content Developing courses, memberships, and online trainings
The authors, two successful teachers-turned-entrepreneurs, share their personal stories and help you get started as you embark on the road toward packaging your professional genius and earning what you deserve.