Second sources of income/second sources of employment

[Helix]

Is there anyone out there who has a second source of income/employment while working as a f/t teacher? I make enough as a teacher but I need to get my debt paid down and possibly consider another career path in the next couple of years, preferably self-employed. I am going to work some nights/weekends from home after classes. My health has gone down the toilet...I am hypertensive with ulcers and need to consider a "way out" if I don't find a happy medium in academia.

Any advice/thoughts/reflections?

[motiv8r]

You could work as a private tutor. The fact that you are a teacher gives you a qualification, especially if you teach the same grade as your client is in.

You would have to work in the students' homes, most likely.

I'm guessing you would have middle school and high school kids as clients.

Other than that, what do you like to do (or dream of doing) in your spare time? That might give you clues about possible ways to work for extra cash.

[Helix]

I already have the second source in place. I will be working it up. It's not tutoring, it's in the fine arts.

[hweber]

Helix,
What will you be doing?

[Cybrus]

Summer school teaching is great, if you choose the right class. You tend to make a bunch of money (like double dipping, depending on if your salary continues 12 months of the year), and if you choose a reach ahead class, the students are really motivated.

Other than that, yes, tutoring, but you have to choose a topic people want tutoring in :) I tutor math, which means I am very in demand, as that appears to be an area that not only do students struggle in, but parents care enough about their grade in the subject to get a tutor. You wont find too many science or history tutors - partly because parents don't view it as important, and partly because there isn't "tricks" to it, it's just reading and understanding.

[merrynl]

You wont find too many science or history tutors - partly because parents don't view it as important, and partly because there isn't "tricks" to it, it's just reading and understanding.

There is more to science than reading and understanding.

[Boxcar]

You can do things like eBay. You buy things wholesale or make a deal with a company. Then, you start a store, have auctions, and manage it all.

[lslifka]

Depending on where you live an outdoor industry - I work for a whitewater rafting company in the summer and in the winter a little tutoring.

[jsfowler]

My second career is being a mother of two...which I lovingly do for free - LOL :D Honestly, I lucked into finding a teacher/student competition in which I create a unit each year about a specific topic and students create projects for the fair. We compete against teachers/students from approximately 7 other counties. I ususally win enough to pay for our yearly summer vacations...it's worth it.

[nsmsam]

I use Cafepress and have good results. You submit the design and they make the cups, cards, t-shirts, etc. and ship out if someone buys it. You don't need to be very artistic, but something fun would work.

[Ima Teacher]

Some of my "big city" friends work retail jobs on weekends, holidays, and summers. They enjoy doing something non-educational as a break.

My town is so small that there really aren't work opportunities. We're also in a high-poverty area, so something like tutoring doesn't work either. I participate in medical research studies sometimes, too. They pay well and don't take up much time.

[cap]

maybe working in a restaurant? Hosting usually requires less hours, and go home earlier than servers, which is good if you have to get up early. Waiting tables and bartending make more money, but take more time to get the hang of. Good luck!