About

At TeacherVA.com, we provide Virtual Assistant training for classroom teachers.

Teaching is a hard, and rewarding, career, but... some days I just want to be called by my first name, you know?!

After 11 years of teaching, I decided to pursue interests outside the classroom.

I wanted to be a TEACHER AND…

It’s a *unthinkable* thought. Being a teacher but also being something else.

People thought I was

CRAY-to-the-Z!

But you probably relate…

I was drowning in school work and extracurricular activities.
My heart raced when I opened parent emails, and my to-do list got longer with every PD session.
Some days I would get to the end of the day and realize that I didn’t talk to another adult…or eat…or use the bathroom.

I felt stuck!

It’s not that teaching was awful. I mean it has it’s days, but every job does (even working for yourself…I’ll tell you what, my new boss can be a real stickler if I don’t set some firm boundaries with her!)

I realized that I was so deep in teaching, that I had made teaching my identity.

Teaching shouldn’t be your identity. It should be part of what makes up who you are, but not the whole thing.

You should be a TEACHER AND…

I needed to find something that would light me up.

The problem with wanting more...

I didn’t even make enough money to do the things I wanted to do.

There were programs I wanted to try, vacations I wanted to go on, and other skills I wanted to learn.

That is when I decided to dive into the online business world.

I will never look at money the same way again!

I spent almost two years learning about online business. I listened to every podcast I could find, brainstormed possible blog and business ideas, and spent time running numbers in an effort to figure out what I needed to make to support my family of 5. After about a year and a half of DIY online business school through obsessive podcast consumption, I stumbled upon virtual assisting.

Learn more about what a virtual assistant does in this blog post series.

As a freelancer and virtual assistant, I use the same skills I used as a teacher in a whole new way + I’m inspired to learn even more tricks!

My teacher salary was steady, but generally unchanging. Now, whether it is $100 or $1000, I feel confident I can make extra money any time I need it.

Now, I’m no longer a classroom teacher, instead I’m teaching teachers how to become virtual assistants.

I’m a TEACHER AND…

an avid baker.
a confident tractor driver.
a first-time horseback rider.
a better mother and ‘above average’ wife
a CEO
a web designer
a copywriter
an amateur face painter
VP of the PTO (yep, I’m one of those moms now!)
…and I’m just going to keep adding to that list!

I have the financial freedom and flexible schedule that allows me to pursue my interests outside the classroom, and I want to share that with other teachers who feel like they need something to stimulate their creativity, adventurous spirit, and financial goals.

Sometimes all a teacher needs is a fun coffee mug, a jeans day, and a creative outlet.

Working from your home for only 5 hours a week as a VA, you could easily make $400-$600 a month (on top of your teacher income), so keep that in mind while you’re dreaming about ‘what could be’ during your 22 minute lunches.

new flexible classroom seating with matching bookshelves
going to the gas station with the good ice + flavor shots!
a Barnes and Noble shopping spree
an Amazon shopping spree
…any shopping spree
date nights at good restaurants (maybe even going to a restaurant downtown and ordering an appetizer!)
an extra night out with a babysitter who is not a former student

Instead of looking for part-time jobs that take you away from your kids, husband, boyfriend, or 16 cats, invest your time into learning about how you can work from your favorite recliner as a virtual assistant.