Teachers Pay Teachers

 

   As teachers, we will spend hours and hours perfecting lessons and activities for our classes. Why not make some extra money for all of that hard work? Or better yet, why not find affordable alternatives to spending hours on one lesson plan? Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) is a community that makes both of those options possible.

   TpT is an open marketplace that allows for teachers to sell and purchase educational resources. This marketplace helps teachers find things to expand their lessons or get inspiration for new ones. On TpT there are various categories and subject areas to choose from. Under each category a teacher can find things like lesson plans, classroom handouts, activities, packets, crafts, and even whole unit plans. These all are available for prices ranging from free to about $25 depending on how much is included and how complex the lesson/activity is.

   Teachers can then make their own free account and sell lesson plans, classroom decor, unit projects, etc. to other teachers nationwide. That's the coolest part, all of these resources are made by teachers for teachers. This way teachers can think outside of the box and introduce new and intriguing lessons to their class. There are resources for every subject area and grade level so any teacher can use TpT and be satisfied. I also really like that there are over 100,000 free resources available to teachers who may not have it within their school budget to spend on these types of things. This could also be a really great website for beginning teachers who need to stock up their classroom, find lesson plans, and teach units for the first time. 

   

   Overall this website is for teacher use, but as teachers get lessons and activities from TpT and use them in their classrooms, they are exposing their students to different types of learning and lesson plans that maybe their teacher would not have originally thought of or had the materials to implement. TpT brings teachers together and aids in the sharing of ideas to help better education and create meaningful lessons for students.