“Sharing” Revenue on Work Product

There has been article in several papers, about how teachers are starting to sell lesson plans over the internet.

Our district policy has been, if you make money while working with the district, you must share the revenue.  I'm not sure how it is worked in other cases, but I am familar with one.

One of our CS teachers came up with the "Texas TAKS Web Tutor".  Basically, it's a series of math problems for students to solve, does some profiling, etc.  He found a web host, set up a company, etc.  Here's how he had to share the revenue — in his case he had to provide it free to the district and otherwise was left alone.

I know that I get paid to write curriculum for the district.  All of that work product is owned by the district and it would certainly be wrong of me to sell that product and I would probably get into deep trouble if I did.  When people have asked me about what I have produced, I refer them to the curriculum department who I worked for.

I'm guessing I would have to come up with a totally different set of lesson plans if I went to work for another district, but they might be nice to me.