Quitting teaching

[Goblinita]

I’m fed up of teaching, fed up of SLT, fed up of workload. What other options are there for someone who’s got a background in teaching????

I would love to do this in the future too.

What about working in Dubai teaching? Much better pay and lifestyle - im moving there in august for a school job (non teaching role) - and similar to yourself had enough of the stress /workload (in social work)

I left teaching & now work as a support worker for children with disabilities in a residential care home run by a charity. People say it must be less money, but if I work the number of hours I used to work as a teacher, I get paid for them & it works out about the same.

There's a huge shortage of Foster Carers. Sometimes children have to go into a children's home until a foster place can be found for them. It's incredibly rewarding emotionally and you really do feel like you are making a difference to a child but many (not all) children in care have huge emotional needs and sometimes poor behaviour due to early negative experiences.

@Jellyx that's a great option if you're younger. I'm in my 50s (gulp 🤣) I have worked overseas for years previously...it's amazing!! I only came back 5 years ago. You'll have a blast!! Good luck ♥️

The downside to being overseas for so long was that I wasn't in a pension scheme, so my pension isn't great. I do have some years in the TPS but not enough to say 'sod it I'm retiring' unfortunately, so I'll have to find something to top up the pension I will have. But it will be ok!

Yy to the FB group 'Life after Teaching - exit the classroom and thrive' - there are some excellent vids detailing how you can work out how much money you need and how to achieve it via tutoring or multiple income streams.
Also lots of support for applications to the CS.

Personally, I've been teaching overseas for the past 8 years and love it. Great work life balance, higher salary, tax free (so my gross pay is my net pay) and all accom and utilities paid by school. It's the fast track to retirement for me!

I went from teaching into pharmacy. Was a secondary science teacher for 13 years.

How did you do this? Did you have to take a pharmacy degree?

Thankyou! Yes I'll be making sure I invest and continue to pay my national insurance and pay into a private pension.

Assessing apprentices? Children’s Services eg Family Support Worker or Attendance Intervention Officer?

I worked in special education for the council and there was a huge turn over of EHCP caseworkers, often with the one you were corresponding with just vanishing one day.

I have left education for the Probation Service and I’m really enjoying it.

Loads are burning out due to EHCP case load. Good for private work though.

"But these jobs always seem to want a couple of years experience in that sector already".

I managed to get a job straight from teaching by highlighting what I'd done as a teacher. You might need to take a step back for a couple of years, but it is doable

I left teaching in 2018 and joined the civil service. I love it. So much happier and i log off every day at 5pm and dont think about work until the next morning.

Word of advice from a teacher who left teaching for 2 years then returned.

1. I LOVED it at 1st. But after 18 months I was bored. I missed the buzz of schools and the pace.
2. So many jobs out of teaching are very monotonous, not creative.
3. The break was what I needed, I was completely burnt out, but, eventually I did miss the holidays, (that face book group always says teachers won't miss them but it's hard not to with kids)
4. I also missed the money, especially with the cost of living. If you're UPS or experienced it is very hard to get a job to match the 40/50k. That level of pay requires experience. If you're happy and able to start at the bottom and work up for a few years then it will be OK, but most roles that will take you are much lower paid.

If you are totally burnt out then a break is probably a good idea, I just thought I'd put the other side. Good luck! X

Why don’t you completely change your vocation?

Sending support to anyone who feeling they are at the end of their teaching time. I wish it wasn't like this 😔

@Buzzyboo I think most teachers who say they want to leave the profession really don't because the reasons why they went into teaching are still there. However, the job isn't what it was and whilst I appreciate change is needed, the admin that is so overwhelming and the constant policy changes, plus of course the changing attitudes of parents and students mean that time in the classroom is not what it was,

What admin do you do surely that’s the secretary’s job at reception

I had to leave too, despite loving the classroom. I've been lucky enough to retrain as a counsellor. I'm doing an MA, but there are shorter options.

You couldn't step straight into Apprenticeship management with no experience of work based learning. But you could become a Teacher coach delivering the Teaching Apprenticeships if that field interested you?

This was @Iloveanicegarden

I have been thinking about leaving, but can't think what else to do. I think what I really need is a two year sabbatical. I do love the job, but I just want to sit somewhere quiet for a very long time and not feel like I'm being metaphorically battered around the head by all the noise, needs and demands of school.

What’s so bad about teaching

I joined the Life After Teaching group but didn't find it particularly useful, lots of posts moaning about schools and lots of people not willing to say what job they'd gone into or how they'd gone about finding the job. I keep an eye out for education jobs at farms/nature reserves as a PP said but I don't think a move is financially viable for me at the moment so stuck in teaching for the time being.

I was considering going into teaching 😱