Teaching from home

cwm11985

I noticed a few people said they do this in the thread below- who do you work for, is it a company like k12.com or an online charter school?  I've looked into this a little bit as a change of pace from regular classroom teaching, which I am ready to leave.

 

What do you like about teaching from home?  What do you dislike?  Is the pay relatively similar to teaching in a school?

 

Thanks! 

 

ETA: I should have clarified, this is not about me being able to stay home with my kid, if I wanted to do that I would be a SAHM...I was just interested in hearing some pros and cons to this type of work  

dizzycooks

My understanding is that you need to be open to working non-traditional hours and typically several face to face meetings/field trips with your students.  The pay sucks from what I've heard (70%) typical PS salary.  I am sure you'd still need da

aelhunt

k12 has franchises through other schools. So k12 is the platform and the school policy is up to the school that uses it. I like

cwm11985

dizzykates:

My understanding is that you need to be open to working non-traditional hours and typically several face to face m

waTracy

I've done online summer school before from home.  I had 60 students only.  The first summer I did it with my daughter, she was still an infant and I had two of her naps to work, plus I stayed up late.  The next summer when she was older

frenchy816

It's different and that has been a change. I spend most of my time calling students to keep them on track, doing private tutoring, and more facilitating than actual teaching. I enjoy being able to get to know the kids and it is getting me away from som

groovygrl

I'm not sure about teaching online for k-12 but in higher ed, it is actually more work in my opinion than teaching in person (esp if done well & creatively), even though a lot of ppl think it is going to be easy. you have to be responsive on email