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http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/09/teachers-cash-in-on-their-own-expertise/

Teachers cash in on their own expertise
By Tina Barseghian, Mind/Shift, KQED
 

Georgia kindergarten teacher Deanna Jump has been teaching for 15 years, which by most people’s math would mean that she has brightened the lives of something like 350 children. But in the past year, that number has gone through the schoolroom roof as Jump has sold the materials  she uses to teach kindergarten via TeachersPayTeachers. The big win: in the past year, Jump has earned more than $200,000 for her work, including a personal record of $53,000 in the month of August alone.

Kindergarten teachers “don’t have the kinds of textbooks and materials available for grade-level teachers,” Jump says. “So I began creating my own.”

At first, Jump shared her materials with friends and other teachers in her school, Quail Run Elementary. Two years ago, a teammate nudged her to try posting some of the materials on TeachersPayTeachers. 

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Teachers cash in on their own expertise

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