Side Hustle Teachers

Teaching and education are popular topics for teacher blogs.  It makes sense.  You’re a teacher. You write about what you know. Sounds perfect, right? Well, here’s an unpopular opinion. Your teacher blog shouldn’t be about teaching… or education… or anything school related. Wait. What? Yep, you read that right. I don’t think teachers should start blogs about teaching. That may sound counterintuitive, or even just plain wrong, but there are some very solid, practical reasons not to set up your blog around the topic of teaching and learning. Your Teacher Niche May Change, But Your Blog Niche Shouldn’t When you start a blog, finding a niche is important. You need to narrow the focus of what you write about so your audience finds you when they search, and you become highly referable. “Oh you want help learning how to refinish colonial furniture? You’ve got to check out Jessica’s blog!” If you want to know more about niching, check out this blogcast. So let’s say your niche is 2nd grade classroom management, or ev