I work as a preschool teacher and earn $11 an hour, but I'm only allowed 25 hours a week. I'm not sure I can even contribute enough to my family or make a decent income with that. I've been desperately searching for another remote, hourly job that I can do part-time to increase my earnings! Then, I can go back to school to finish my degree, which I had to pause this year because I had to pay for tuition. I'm about to give up! I'm sick of not having enough money or food for my babies.

I wanted to come here to say thank you for what you do. I think it is an absolute injustice, the amount that our teachers, including our early education, teachers like yourself. As a community and a society, we need to ensure we are valuing the work that you all do and paying accordingly anyone on this thread, please advocate for fair pay in any forum that you have. I am in Washington DC and thankfully, we have a special fund to pay early childhood educators the same pay scale as public school teachers. I know it is still not enough, but it is better than nothing so if someone hasn’t thanked you recently, please consider this my thank you my son‘s preschool teachers are so loved by myself and my husband that when they are out sick, I am afraid they have left, and it makes me want to cry because my son has a special bond with his early childhood teachers.

Depending on your location, I would think you could make more than that as a nanny - you could definitely get more hours than that.

Would you consider taking loans out for tuition and living expenses to complete your degree to be able to get a higher paying job? Obviously you'd have to be very frugal and disciplined to use a limited amount and pay it back quickly.

I’d put an ad out. You def could make more than that as a nanny or house manager.

Since you want to work in social services, I would look at your local departments. The ones here in the midwest are almost always hiring, and they are known for hiring from within first. I also know even out here, they pay more than $11/hr which is just criminal for what you do (from a former teacher). The more experience you can get in your chosen field before you get your degree even if it is just admin work, the more you will be able to justify getting paid once you have that degree in hand since you will have learned the field from the ground up--that's powerful! Best of luck and thank you for being an unsung hero!

I live in NC, in the Lake Norman area, and it's so popular with Nannies. I also have a weird schedule with driving my kids to school, and sadly I have three kids in different schools and ages and my car only fits 5 people including me. So I'm not sure if I could even be a nanny.

I’d advise looking for a job at a college or university-based preschool. The college I work at full provides benefits at 20 hours+ per week and that includes a tuition waiver to take classes. I also second the suggestion of becoming a nanny. The pay is much better and the workload is usually not as heavy as teaching pre-school. I’ve done both, and nanny jobs are great if you find the right family to work for.

You could make more than that taking drive-thru orders. If money and family time is important to you, DO NOT GO INTO THE EDUCATION FIELD! Change your major now. Learn a trade and get certified/licensed in that field instead.

Would you be able to do a full time job or are you looking for part time after you get your degree?

Interesting thought. Schools seem to be taking advantage of the teacher shortage by hiring non certified employees to fill jobs they can hire cheap. I have been passed over as a certified pk-12 teacher because a school doesn't want to pay me my worth when I have student loans. I have seen aides take over positions they think they are qualified to do. I got so aggravated being passed over because some schoolboard's niece or nephew needed a job while still in college. I subbed for a teacher who wasn't really a teacher because she was in school and wasn't certified. Sure, hire for cheap wages, but this is also why I am seeing many criminal acts from these so called teachers they hire. We are headed to a world of illiterate, ignorant, and incompetence working in schools.

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