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These could put some nice cash in your pocket.
Key points
- A side hustle could make it easier to deal with rising living costs.
- There may be work opportunities available through your children’s school district, such as being a substitute teacher, lunch aide, or crossing guard.
If you’ve been thinking about getting a side hustle, now’s a pretty good time to consider one. These days, living costs are soaring due to inflation, and gas prices are through the roof as a byproduct of the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
Even if you’re not struggling to pay your bills, you may have financial goals a side hustle could help you meet. Those might include paying off your credit cards once and for all or socking money away to eventually send your kids to college.
But if you have kids, getting a part-time job may be challenging. The cost of childcare can be astronomical, to the point where it wipes out such a large chunk of your wages that it’s not worth working in the first place.
The good news, though, is that there may be a side hustle opportunity for you at your kids’ school, or through their school district. Here are a few part-time gigs that could put a nice amount of money in your pocket and make it possible to work without having to worry about securing childcare.
1. Substitute teacher
Generally, to work as a substitute teacher, you’ll need to go through a background check — but you won’t need specific education experience. Rather, you’ll be given a lesson plan to follow, and your main job will be making sure the children in your classroom stay put and don’t get into trouble.
The downside of being a substitute teacher is that the work may not be steady or predictable. After all, you’ll only be called into work when a teacher is out.
But remember, once you come on board as a vetted substitute, you’ll generally be able to take the place of any teacher in your school who’s out, whether it’s the person who teaches gym or the 7th grade math teacher. So in time, your workload could increase and your earnings could add up.
2. Lunch aide
In many schools, it’s not the teachers themselves who oversee the lunch periods, but rather, outside help. That’s …….