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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) Start looking for jobs
2) Look at what they pay and what they require.  If you meet 60-70% of the requirements, consider applying.
3) Create a budget and decide just how much of a pay cut you could live with.  [b]Do you make 80-90K now?  [/b]Can you go down to 50K?  40K?  
4) Do you have any special skills?  Do you speak Spanish?  Can you code?  Are you awesome at organizing?  
5) Can you make an appt. with someone in a potential job field who might help you rewrite your resume to change the language so that it aligns better with another field?

Good luck to you.  I hope you can get out.  I left public and went to private.  In some ways private is better, in some ways, its the same old same old.  I'm close to retirement and look forward to leaving it all behind.
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NP. People are so delusional and clueless about how much money teachers make. Are you serious?? I have a masters in education and taught secondary school (secondary teachers generally make more than elementary teachers like OP) and I made 50k after 10 years experience when I quit teaching a few years ago. If I made 80-90 at teaching maybe I’d still be doing it but as it was, I knew I’d never make more than 60-70 even if I taught 30+ years and it just wasn’t worth it anymore.

I took a pay cut but I now work part time and remote for Pearson grading tests. I also sub. It’s less stimulating and won’t be forever but I get to spend more time w my kids and my mental health has improved. [/quote]

I left teaching in the DMV almost 20 years ago at 65K and I only had 7 years experience.  If I were to go back, I'd be over 80K in most of the districts.[/quote]

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