Desperate to quit teaching - single mom - ideas for new career path?

[Anonymous]

All gov agencies have training coordinators or training units. Great guy at my old agency was a high school teacher for years. Very patient but able to get people to stay on course and complete training modules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Science writing? Not sure who’s hiring but might be something that would fit your background.

Technical writing is a great career. I fell into it and it works well for me. I have an engineering degree, did technical training for a bunch of years, and once I had kids settled into technical writing. I get recruiting feelers fairly regularly.

[Anonymous]

Find a new man, get married, have two incomes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Communications person at an education based non profit?

She does not have the qualifications.

[Anonymous]

I agree with curriculum writing and/or selling.

[Anonymous]

Your qualifications are in such high demand. What do you think led to your burnt out? Im a single mom of special needs kids. I understand how demanding caring for these kids might be. How can a student's parents support the teacher? If I had the money, I would hire you as a private tutor. Maybe look for a gig like that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your qualifications are in such high demand. What do you think led to your burnt out? Im a single mom of special needs kids. I understand how demanding caring for these kids might be. How can a student's parents support the teacher? If I had the money, I would hire you as a private tutor. Maybe look for a gig like that?

Not the OP, but SpEd teachers require endless training, increasing paperwork burdens, and have constant meetings with sometimes oppositional parents. Because schools aren't really able to discipline students anymore admin depends more on SpEd teachers to manage students who happen to have IEPs. There is currently a huge SpEd teacher shortage leading to increasing caseloads for the staff that are left. -a teacher who is also SpEd certified

[Anonymous]

Try computer science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your qualifications are in such high demand. What do you think led to your burnt out? Im a single mom of special needs kids. I understand how demanding caring for these kids might be. How can a student's parents support the teacher? If I had the money, I would hire you as a private tutor. Maybe look for a gig like that?

NP. Honestly behavioral problems have increased so much over the last decade that it’s just not sustainable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look up curriculum companies for your subject area. Eureka math often has work at home jobs.

+1

My sister left teaching to work for a curriculum company selling to school districts. It's still education-related, but it's very corporate. She makes great money, travels a lot to conferences (well did pre-pandemic) and works from home. She loves it. It's let her tap into an ambitious, goal-driven side of herself that wasn't part of teaching.

I was coming into this thread that OP should look into sales, which has high income potential and makes use of a teacher's skillset (public speaking, multi-tasking, persuasion, etc.)

This hits the nail right on the head.

[Anonymous]

Education related vendors, Department of Education jobs if you are in DC. I know Sped teachers in DOD overseas schools who retired to teach in regular public schools and went right back to DOD as soon as possible.

Several teachers I know became real estate agents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your qualifications are in such high demand. What do you think led to your burnt out? Im a single mom of special needs kids. I understand how demanding caring for these kids might be. How can a student's parents support the teacher? If I had the money, I would hire you as a private tutor. Maybe look for a gig like that?

Not the OP, but SpEd teachers require endless training, increasing paperwork burdens, and have constant meetings with sometimes oppositional parents. Because schools aren't really able to discipline students anymore admin depends more on SpEd teachers to manage students who happen to have IEPs. There is currently a huge SpEd teacher shortage leading to increasing caseloads for the staff that are left. -a teacher who is also SpEd certified

That is why I am asking what can parents do to help?

[Anonymous]

As you think about switching, remember that you will likely be giving up that your summer break and a week off a Christmas and need before/aftercare.

Parents who don't teach have to juggle a school calendar. Summer camps. Beforecare, aftercare. Random days off. Explaining to the boss that no you can't do a call at 5pm because aftercare closes at 6pm and you live an hour away from work (in the Before Times). It is quite a PITA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As you think about switching, remember that you will likely be giving up that your summer break and a week off a Christmas and need before/aftercare.

Parents who don't teach have to juggle a school calendar. Summer camps. Beforecare, aftercare. Random days off. Explaining to the boss that no you can't do a call at 5pm because aftercare closes at 6pm and you live an hour away from work (in the Before Times). It is quite a PITA.

Particularly if you end up in corporate training because you will probably be delivering training (OP doesn't have the qualifications to be an instructional designer type) which isn't that flexible and might require some on site travel.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get cert for SLP? There’s a need in multiple settings, not necessarily working with children.

No she cannot just get a cert. She would have to go back to school for a master's degree. You need an accredited master's degree in SLP or Communicative Sciences and Disorders, no exceptions. Then she would have to do her post-grad fellowship and take her exams.