| The current economy is experiencing serious | | | | aid is just about the only way they can afford to |
| tremors, and, if you have the necessary | | | | attend school since college tuition commonly |
| academic credentials, it is entirely possible for | | | | increases at twice the rate of inflation. |
| extra income from online teaching to keep you | | | | Thus, colleges and universities actively seek |
| from falling behind on your bills. If you have a | | | | academically qualified instructors to staff their |
| Master degree in math or psychology, teaching | | | | online classes because they need degreed |
| just one online class every six to eight weeks | | | | teachers to satisfy the accreditation |
| could earn you over $300.00 per week. If you | | | | requirements, and this need increases your |
| have a Ph.D. in one of the core humanities such | | | | chances of landing an online faculty position. It is |
| as English or History, you could earn over $800.00 | | | | important, however, to understand the labor |
| per week by teaching three online classes. | | | | model employed by colleges and universities |
| Someone who chooses to pursue multiple online | | | | regarding their offering of more and more online |
| classes at several schools and teach online full | | | | classes if you are to benefit financially from online |
| time could easily earn $1,250.00 or more per | | | | teaching. Online teachers, in the main, are not |
| week. | | | | hired for a steady online faculty position. True, |
| Rising prices and growing unemployment are a | | | | there are a small number of teachers who can |
| fact of life now, and there is every reason to | | | | obtain a full time online faculty position, and as the |
| believe that both will continue in the near future | | | | number of online classes offered by colleges and |
| as a result of what is being called the credit crisis. | | | | universities grows exponentially over the coming |
| It goes without saying that in this economic | | | | years, there will be and increasing need for |
| climate almost everyone could use an extra | | | | qualified teachers to accept the responsibility of |
| thousand dollars or more every month. If you | | | | an online faculty position. However, the reason for |
| possess at least eighteen graduate hours in a | | | | the creation of a full time online faculty position is |
| specific academic discipline, or, better yet, a | | | | administrative in nature, not educational or |
| Master degree or Ph.D., then you can teach one | | | | academic. By far, the largest number of |
| or more online classes and earn a very healthy | | | | opportunities for academically qualified individuals is |
| supplemental income. | | | | in the area of online adjunct faculty positions. |
| Since distance education is growing in popularity | | | | Online Adjunct Faculty Positions |
| with both the student population and college | | | | Online adjunct faculty positions are by far the |
| faculty, the number of available courses taught | | | | most available positions for online teachers. A |
| exclusively online is increasing almost daily. | | | | school can hire one person for a full time faculty |
| Historically, student populations at technical | | | | position and require that person to manage ten to |
| colleges, community colleges and four-year | | | | fifteen online adjuncts. This knowledge can actually |
| universities rise significantly during times of | | | | increase your ability to earn income from online |
| economic hardships. While teaching online is not a | | | | teaching by causing you to apply to more and |
| get rich quick scheme, it can certainly provide a | | | | more colleges and universities for online classes. In |
| substantial supplementary income for those who | | | | a very distinct way, you can easily decide which |
| land an online faculty position. | | | | schools pay more for your online teaching efforts |
| Online Faculty Position | | | | and academic credentials. In this way, you, the |
| Advances in technology and a growing interest in | | | | online teacher, become a sort of free academic |
| the pedagogy of distance learning on the part of | | | | agent with the option of working for the better |
| the professoriate make online teaching a natural | | | | paying schools. In addition, as a free academic |
| economic boon for educational institutions. The | | | | agent, you have the ability to maximize your time |
| simple fact of the matter is that all of the new | | | | in the online classroom because you possess the |
| online classes must be taught by qualified | | | | academic market knowledge that allows you to |
| instructors, which is how 18 graduate hours, a | | | | pick only the most cost effective situations for |
| Master degree or a doctorate is beneficial to both | | | | yourself. It is not always just about the gross |
| the institution and the teacher seeking to earn | | | | amount of money you are being paid to teach an |
| income from online teaching. Without an | | | | online class; often it is more cost effective to |
| academically qualified faculty, a college or | | | | teach online classes that use the same |
| university is not permitted to accept federal | | | | instructional interface since you will not have to |
| financial aid on behalf of its students. | | | | spend any significant amount of your own time |
| The availability of federal financial aid to pay for | | | | learning how to navigate the schools' online |
| tuition and books is tied directly to the | | | | system. |
| accreditation of a given school. The reason it is | | | | To say that it is possible to put a thousand or |
| necessary for an instructor at an institution of | | | | two thousand extra dollar in you budget every |
| higher education to possess certain academic | | | | month through online teaching is an |
| credentials is because of accreditation | | | | understatement. If you possess or will soon |
| requirements faced by the schools. In order for a | | | | possess the necessary academic credentials |
| technical school, community college or university, | | | | required by an online college or university faculty, |
| public and private, to accept federal financial aid | | | | and you take the time to learn and apply the |
| for its students need tuition assistance, it is | | | | knowledge of the emerging online academic |
| necessary to have a faculty populated by | | | | markets, you can certainly increase your personal |
| teachers holding graduate degrees, or at least 18 | | | | income to the point that you can beat a recession |
| graduate hours in a specific area of study. For the | | | | with extra income from online teaching. |
| vast majority of college students, federal financial | | | | |