I gave up teaching for a break, and I don’t want to go back now I’ve escaped. I’ve realised though my earning potential and job experience elsewhere is limited though.
I was a deputy headteacher for 6 years before I left. Has anyone forged a new career post teaching? What is it? I’m 37 so I feel like I have many working years left. I struggle to know where and how to restart, having been in teaching since university I have no real experience of job hunting. I got my first job from a student placement, and I’ve had one formal interview ever. I progressed internally then within a schools cluster so it was very informal.
Aside from retail through a-levels and university (Supermarket) I have no other experience (even that the job was simply offered as a new store was being built and I knew the manager through friends). It sounds silly to have done my job and have so little experience outside schools, it’s a little bubble and feels so different to starting elsewhere.
Any advice or experience anyone is happy to share. My references would be good, I was always outstanding/ meeting PM targets. I enjoy working with children. I just never ever want to teach again... but I’m starting to feel I’ll have to. I actively enjoy the working with people and children side of the job, but I’m quite open to trying things totally knew. My dream job is one that I leave on site and walk away from when I go home, otherwise I enjoy lots of things