Guestpost:Bringing together : Curricula Creators with those who are seeking new approaches in classroom:2012

Founded in 2006 by Paul Edelman, former teacher, TeachersPayTeachers is the world's first open marketplace where teachers buy and sell original teaching materials.

TpT's mission is to make teachers lives easier by bringing together those who create curricula with those who are seeking fresh new approaches in the classroom. Teachers work hard and deserve extra compensation for all those hours spent lesson planning. Newer teachers and those looking for ideas can save time and leap ahead in competency by learning from veterans. We strongly believe that the ensuing exchange lifts all boats and leads to the better sharing of best practices. In the end everyone wins, especially our students.

May 2012, for example,Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher from Georgia, has made $700,000 selling her lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers, an ecommerce startup where teachers offer their lesson plans to fellow educators.