| Are you a college student who works with children? | | | | or off the school bus. You can work in the morning or |
| Or are you an at-home mother looking to earn money | | | | in the afternoon, depending on what is available |
| part-time while your kids are at school? Are you | | | | through your local school's bus system. In terms of |
| retired? If the answers to any of these is 'yes', then | | | | pay, bus driver aides get $8.60 an hour. The exact |
| you need to be informed of an easy way to earn | | | | number of hours a bus driver aide will work will depend |
| money: taking odd jobs through your local school | | | | on how long their particular bus route is. |
| system. The types of school jobs you can earn | | | | The final way you can earn money through the school |
| money with include: working as a school monitor, | | | | system with minimal experience is by becoming a |
| working as a bus driver aide or working as a substitute | | | | substitute teacher. To earn money this way you will |
| teacher. | | | | need at least a high school diploma and a substitute |
| Working as a school monitor is one of the most fun | | | | teacher certificate. It also helps if you have previous |
| ways to earn money through the school system. As a | | | | teaching or tutoring experience, though many times a |
| school monitor you are responsible for a variety of | | | | substitute teacher may not actually teach new |
| things including: making sure kids are not loitering in the | | | | material. It is not impossible that as a substitute you just |
| hallways, keeping order in the lunchroom and tending to | | | | issue an assignment that the original teacher expects |
| any injuries that might occur on the playground. | | | | students to do independently. |
| Skill-wise you do not need anything, though your | | | | However, this is usually the case if you are substituting |
| application will be looked at harder if you are certified in | | | | for just a day or so. If you have to substitute for |
| CPR and first aide. In terms of hours you would be | | | | longer periods of time, you will need to teach for real, |
| working 10 to 15 hours a week. The rate at which you | | | | which is why you do need a little bit of training. The |
| would earn money would be $8.70 an hour. | | | | only downside to using substitute teaching to earn |
| The next way to earn money through the school | | | | money is that you don't know for sure how much |
| system is by getting hired as a bus driver aide. In order | | | | money you make in a year. Your daily salary might be |
| to get this job you will have to pass a physical exam. | | | | over $100, but if you only get a substitute teaching job |
| And though it is not required, it is also helpful if you | | | | once a month, you will not earn much money. So, it is |
| have CPR and first aide experience, (just like with the | | | | best to pursue this path if you are considering |
| school monitor position). Your job function would | | | | becoming a full-time teacher anyway, as the |
| involve helping special needs children or toddlers onto | | | | experience will help you in your career. |