Any teachers successfully leave teaching?

[Anonymous]

Without going back to school and training for another field?

[Anonymous]

Are you kidding? There are multiple threads with people saying you can make three times as much money with no stress in DC. As an executive assistant to a biglaw partner (facepalm).

Seriously, every teacher I know assures me they could get a better paying, better benefits job with less stress at anytime. Of course, I’ve never seen one do so. But, they assure me they can and will every time someone does something like open schools.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have! I tutor, give art parties for kids, and create baskets of customized and seasonal art & sensory activities for kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding? There are multiple threads with people saying you can make three times as much money with no stress in DC. As an executive assistant to a biglaw partner (facepalm).

Seriously, every teacher I know assures me they could get a better paying, better benefits job with less stress at anytime. Of course, I’ve never seen one do so. But, they assure me they can and will every time someone does something like open schools.

I know a few former teachers who successfully work now as corporate trainers and highly paid tutors (on their spouse’s health insurance, so no worries there).

Sorry to burst your bitter bubble though!

[Anonymous]

I know a young guy -- an excellent social studies teacher -- who quit, went into the training division at an industrial conglomerate, and worked up the ladder into plant management. He does *very* well for himself now. But also needs to wake up at 4 in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a young guy -- an excellent social studies teacher -- who quit, went into the training division at an industrial conglomerate, and worked up the ladder into plant management. He does *very* well for himself now. But also needs to wake up at 4 in the morning.

I wake up at 4 in the morning as a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding? There are multiple threads with people saying you can make three times as much money with no stress in DC. As an executive assistant to a biglaw partner (facepalm).

Seriously, every teacher I know assures me they could get a better paying, better benefits job with less stress at anytime. Of course, I’ve never seen one do so. But, they assure me they can and will every time someone does something like open schools.

I know several people who have. With the exception of DH, they had less than 5 years in education. DH was a career changer anyway so his prior training and the fact he taught in that field was key. I don’t know about a 10 or 20-year veteran, but you can’t stay in my system that long without a masters. I’ve seen people spend 2-3 years making a name for themselves as consultants and then leaping to a paid position with testing or tutoring companies.

[Anonymous]

If you have a spouse with good health insurance it's a lot easier to leave.

[Anonymous]

My mom taught for eons. She then transitioned to a state gov job checking in schools’ compliance with certain federal laws and grant criteria. She likes that much better than her last few years of teaching.

[Anonymous]

Real estate. I know 2 teachers who crushed it in real estate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Real estate. I know 2 teachers who crushed it in real estate.

Anyone crushing it in real estate probably wasn’t cut out for teaching in the first place.

[Anonymous]

I know 4 teachers who transitioned from K-12 teaching last year to other positions. 2 went to work for the Fed, 1 is doing curriculum development for an agency involved with safety, and 1 is teaching adjunct for a community college and 4-year college. These are all teachers who were teaching K-12 last year. I also know teachers from prior years who successfully transferred out into other non-teaching jobs.

Additionally, I know another 3 teachers from my school last year who have gone to virtual teaching. And another 2 who went to private K-12 schools in the District.

As the pressures get worse I am not sure what I will do. My husband wants me to quit but I derive a lot of personal satisfaction from working. I am worried that masks will start coming off before 90% or more kids are vaccinated. If that happens then I will not work out my contract and I'll just quit. The job just isn't worth it.

If I choose to leave public school teaching then I will either go virtual or move to a private in the District. Either would be an easy transition. I get almost daily emails from some organizations wanting me to teach virtual. Most of them are fly-by-night but the 2 most persistent are very well regarded in the G&T world. If I went to a private I probably would try to avoid the two schools our kids are at but other than that I don't think it will be hard to get picked up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Real estate. I know 2 teachers who crushed it in real estate.

Anyone crushing it in real estate probably wasn’t cut out for teaching in the first place.

?? Weird post. A lot of the same skills.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I only taught for 3 years. Then I spent 10 years in administration, transitioned to higher ed., research, advocacy, and consulting, and now work with private foundations and state / federal agency partners on grant-funded education-related work. I can't imagine being back in a classroom or school at this point in time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Real estate. I know 2 teachers who crushed it in real estate.

Anyone crushing it in real estate probably wasn’t cut out for teaching in the first place.

?? Weird post. A lot of the same skills.

What skills are those?