non-traditional ways to make money-legally-in the triangle (daycare, magnet school)

[AutumnOrange3]

Your welcome. Check out the Workplacelikehome.com forum too. There are loads of things on there. There are a lot of legitimate companies that hire workers from home. Google or Bing raters ect..

[michgc]

I am very impressed that you make $20K on eBay. That is phenomenal for a part-time gig! I do eBay part time, too, but don't make anywhere near that. I don't know what kinds of things you are selling, but if you have a steady supply of it, then you should be able to up that dollar amount by working it full-time. Between that and tutoring, you should do well. What hours are you selling on eBay? I find it to be pretty time-consuming, although at least you are still home with the kids.

[lamishra]

Look into teaching at Wake Tech, catering, teaching in a preschool that is over by 1 PM. There are TONS of part time church preschools around here that would probably LOVE to have a teacher!

[evaofnc]

I used to do online ESL tutoring while I was unemployed. Very easy work and you can do it any time of day since students are all over the world. Pay was decent too. If you go to the forums over at Dave's ESL Cafe you can find tons of info on the different companies and which ones are legit. I also know a local company that hires ESL tutors at $25/hour. Most gigs are after school hours but some are during the day. Company name is Southern Bridge.

[twingles]

Originally Posted by MrRational

Job action. I'm utterly amazed at the CR-AP employees will accept in NC.
What does your union say/do about this?


Something other than teaching. Good luck.

You live in NC and don't realize that it's a right to work state?

I could go on and on about what unions have done to property taxes in NY/NJ but that would be off topic....kinda like the post I quoted.

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by twingles

You live in NC and don't realize that it's a right to work state?

So... how's that working out for everyone?

btw...I'm retired

[goodbyesnow]

Originally Posted by lamishra

Look into teaching at Wake Tech, catering, teaching in a preschool that is over by 1 PM. There are TONS of part time church preschools around here that would probably LOVE to have a teacher!

I looked into preschools, but it's a different area of certification and some of the jobs were paying 8-9/hour. I looked into teaching at the college/technical level, but all vacancies I found required a doctorate or university teaching experience. I only have a Graduate degree, but I'll keep looking! I would really like to teach something in the area of special education/inclusion to future teachers-something the schools down here seem behind on compared to other places.

[goodbyesnow]

Originally Posted by twingles

You live in NC and don't realize that it's a right to work state?

I could go on and on about what unions have done to property taxes in NY/NJ but that would be off topic....kinda like the post I quoted.

I didnt think unions were necessary, but it shouldnt take a union to tell employers that everyone is entitled to a lunch break, or can't be forced to work X many hours after your day is supposed to be up. I dont think it's like that in most professions, but it seems teachers are taken advantage of. I'm not sure why.

[goodbyesnow]

Originally Posted by evaofnc

I used to do online ESL tutoring while I was unemployed. Very easy work and you can do it any time of day since students are all over the world. Pay was decent too. If you go to the forums over at Dave's ESL Cafe you can find tons of info on the different companies and which ones are legit. I also know a local company that hires ESL tutors at $25/hour. Most gigs are after school hours but some are during the day. Company name is Southern Bridge.

Thanks! If it's online, does that mean it can be done from home?
I'll look into this too-as long as I don't have to be bilingual! In my old district, our ESL teachers didnt have to be. In the school system I work in, it seems they are.

[goodbyesnow]

Originally Posted by michgc

I am very impressed that you make $20K on eBay. That is phenomenal for a part-time gig! I do eBay part time, too, but don't make anywhere near that. I don't know what kinds of things you are selling, but if you have a steady supply of it, then you should be able to up that dollar amount by working it full-time. Between that and tutoring, you should do well. What hours are you selling on eBay? I find it to be pretty time-consuming, although at least you are still home with the kids.

Last year was the first year I sold that much. I even got a tax form I have to file
It is time consuming. I normally did it on school breaks and summer. My DH would take care of the kids during the day, I'd list, he'd go to work, and I'd switch gears. If I was needed or we had something to do, I could list at night when they were in bed. This past year since we were moving, we sold a ton of our household items, collectibles, kids things, etc..I don't really have a steady supply-I would just go to the local yard sales, but it seems here there are less of them and they only go a few hours. In WI, in the summer, they were normally 8-3 thursday-saturday. Here I'm finding 7-10 or 12 only saturday and things are more spread out, so I cant cover as much ground. We drove to two DuD sales saturday-30 miles for the smallest HUGE sales ever! I also went to estate sales-which were heavily advertised in the sunday paper. I dont see any here. Now that I'm in a year round school, I've sold during track out when my kids were in school and a little on the weekends if I can get some early morning time in before the kids are up.