At a time in our lives like this, when there is little you can count on, least of all job security at the workplace, you could be forgiven for wondering about changing careers and looking into the possibility of being accepted as a part-time teacher. Of course, shaping up to be a teacher isn't something you just jump into on a whim. The training requirements can take time, and can be demanding. But if you really have something to offer, the time you put in working a position that gave you valuable experience of the world, can count. Postsecondary schools can be very understanding, and include that as academic qualification. Colleges need adjuncts all the time these days; there are great avenues for jobs for teachers in these part-time professorial positions. There are just so many unemployed people now trying to return to school to learn new skills, that the demand for adjuncts, otherwise known as part-time teachers, has soared.
Not that jobs for teachers working without tenure pays particularly well; the work is demanding, and the pay is always low. If you were in charge of a three-credit class that last 15 weeks, and if you took a class once a week, did all the course material preparation, corrected quizzes, and did clerical and official work too, you would be paid, perhaps $2500. But if you have a good bit of teaching talent and valuable first-hand workplace experience in a previous career, you'd be hired in a professorial capacity even if he only had a bachelor's degree. And that would be impressive on your resume. You would usually end up teaching computer science, English, architecture, math or nursing.
The website dedicated to jobs for teachers who wish to be taken on as adjuncts, adjunctnation.com, publishes plenty of openings all over the country; alternatively, you could check with a specific school you have designs on. Applying for a part-time teacher's job is no different from applying to any other position; you just need to emphasize all the relevant qualifications you have, and make sure you speak about how your work experience qualifies you. If for example, you were given the responsibility one time to train new employees at the firm you worked for, that would be counted. Of course, you couldn't have all the experience you need to teach regular classes; and schools will offer you limited training on how to plan a course, put together quizzes, and all that sort of thing.
Often, your motivation levels may seem to outstrip what the students have; it is common to hear adjuncts worry about how for the reward in teaching satisfaction and pay, they seem to put in far more effort that is appreciated. But in the end, jobs for teachers are not for people who come looking for any conventional reward. They are for people who just love to teach.