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High-School French Teacher Earns $8,000 Writing & Selling Curriculum

What It’s About

A teacher funds her honeymoon by selling curriculum for other teachers online.

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Words of Wisdom

Erin recently got married and used the money from the side hustle to pay for the majority of her honeymoon to New Zealand and Tahiti. This is a great example of how your income on the side can go toward something fun or different from just paying your regular bills.

Fun Fact

Erin’s Teachers Pay Teachers store name is LeYogiFrancophone—the French-speaking Yogi. In a previous side hustle, she took adult yoga students abroad on yoga-themed vacations in France.

Notes from Chris

Episode 142

There are a lot of teachers who listen to Side Hustle School. And that’s no surprise! Teachers are resourceful and hardworking. The saying is true: if you want to get something done, ask a busy teacher to do it.

Today’s episode features a platform that teachers use to connect with customers—even if they don’t have an email list or a website of their own.

Erin began with a free account, posted her first free item (everyone who sells off the site has to), and then started uploading curriculum she created. Once she was seeing consistent sales each month, she decided to upgrade to a premium seller account to get a higher percentage of sales.

After she’d been doing it for a while, Erin started earning at least $500/month. Because her market is fellow teachers, the income varies according to the school calendar. She makes more in September, April, and May, and less in June and July.

In the first few months of 2017, she’s made almost $2,700, so she’s definitely on track to earn more than last year.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Le Yogi Francophone: Learn more about Erin and all of her products on her profile on Teachers Pay Teachers
  • Teachers Pay Teachers: The peer-to-peer sharing platform that Erin uses to sell her curriculum

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Waldorf Teacher Designs Curriculum for Other Educators

What It’s About

Waldorf teacher creates PDF lesson plans to help others teach.

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Words of Wisdom

You don’t have to go out and acquire new specialized or highly technical skills. In fact, it’s usually much better if you look at the skills you already have and see how they be applied outside of your day job. Meredith followed a similar path by helping her fellow teachers create more efficient lesson plans with A Waldorf Journey.

Keep this in mind as you think about your own projects. It’s usually easier to figure something out than to become an expert, and what you are already good at can probably be put to good use in your hustle.

Fun Fact

Deciding on the right approach required a bit of analysis. Meredith thought about offering consulting or coaching sessions, but that seemed problematic. She also thought about creating a live workshop—which also sounded good, but she could only be one place at one time.

A third option, creating curriculum guides for online purchase, was the most attractive. She used Gumroad.com to easily sell the guides to interested teachers.

Resources

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"Schedule a little bit of time every week to work on your side hustle. I have sometimes gone months without even thinking about my website, and I think I would be more successful if I had dedicated time more consistently."
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