Should Teachers Be Allowed to Sell Their Lesson Plans?

Andrew Rotherham:

You won't get rich as a teacher, right? That's no longer true for a small but growing number of educators who are making big bucks selling their lesson plans online. On a peer-to-peer site called TeachersPayTeachers (TPT), Georgia kindergarten teacher Deanna Jump has earned more than $1 million selling lesson plans -- with names like "Colorful Cats Math, Science and Literacy Fun!" -- for about $9 a pop. Since the site launched in 2006, 26 teachers have each made more than $100,000 on TPT, which takes a 15% commission on most sales. In August, Jump became the first on TPT to reach $1 million. Her success has been aided by the thousands of followers of her personal blog who get notified each time she retails a new lesson. Another reason she thinks her stuff sells so well: "I've used it in my classroom," says Jump, who just kicked off her 16th year of teaching. "I know it works."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 22, 2012 2:58 AM
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