Jobs after teaching?

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Hi all!

please help me! I’m just doing a poll really. If you have left teaching, what do you do now?

I’m so lost! Thank you 😊

I became a Foster Carer.

I was a secondary school teacher. I switched to the nuclear industry and am a very happy engineer 😊
I did not take a pay cut and I didn't need to requalify. It is a lot less stressful and people are much nicer than in Education.

Lots of free relevant Level 2 qualifications and training courses with future learn and now a trauma-informed 1:1 SEND tutoring as well as some freelance proofreading and copy editing (English degree, PGCE Primary) so plenty of time helping vulnerable children, using my teaching qualification and experience as well as my English degree, much better and more flexible hours and the best part .. making a lot more per hour than I ever did teaching. And happy again x

My DH shifted from teaching to working in child safeguarding.

someone else I know shifted from teaching to 999 call handling.

I do private tuition for A level students. Several other escapees I know have taken up various roles at universities, teacher training for example.

@modgepodge it depends where you are but generally there is a shortage of supply teachers.

I get more than enough work and like I said I don't do standby. It's up to you to negotiate your rate with your agency but I'd say £160 was about average.

Sounds wonderful!

This also sounds wonderful!

I’ve been feeling disheartened and despondent, and wondering what in earth i can do, but now I’m feeling a bit more excited about the future. Thank you!

question for those of you with kids; how do you find the school holidays if you don’t work term time only?

Was a Senco in mainstream but after 20 years had had enough, now work as a virtual school teacher supporting children in care for a local authority. Much better work life balance and don't miss term time now my kids are older teens.

So, having uploaded a CV to indeed, I now have a request from someone to join a supply agency 😬 Not sure how I feel about that!

What is your degree? Have you the capacity and funds to add extra study?

We are so short of education psychologists.

The ex-teachers I know are currently:

Pub landlord
personal trainer
tour guide
police officer
estate agent
charity director
private tutor

Wow! What a range!

I can’t really afford tuition fees for another course, @HanaLou , but Ed Psych definitely interests me. I know it’s a long, expensive route there, though! I’m hoping I can get my foot in the door of the nhs and then go from there!

I feel overwhelmed by choice if I’m honest, and then panicking that I might not find anything at all! 🤦🏻‍♀️

PS two more requests to join supply agencies! Maybe I’ll give it a shot while I’m looking!

Life After Teaching - Exit the Classroom and Thrive

My DH is virtual head for children in care / children with a social worker (to move straight into role like that would need to be in a senior leadership role in schools and have significant experience with vulnerable children). He employs a team which will include advisory teachers (support and challenge to schools) and other educational support roles. He always gets lots of applications from people wanting to come out of teaching. Outside of the children in care/vulnerable learners there are loads of education roles within most LAs from SEND roles to school improvement type roles.

I saw upstream suggestions re social work, if you are coming out of teaching due to burn out then approach with caution. It's just as challenging (and rewarding) a profession as teaching without the benefit of the school holidays. Like teaching I would say it is a vocation. You don't need a social work qualification unless you want to become a SW. If you are interested in other children services roles you already have a professional qualification and then it will be more about your experience and aptitude.

@Notmydaughteryoubitch That’s really helpful. Thank you! I’ve been looking at jobs for my local children’s services, and there aren’t many that are suitable right now; they’re mainly for qualified social workers.

Outside of the children in care/vulnerable learners there are loads of education roles within most LAs from SEND roles to school improvement type roles.

More in SEND than school improvement. Our SI team has been cut, over recent years from 135 advisers to 15. We have had two or three rounds of ‘restructuring’ ( job cuts). It feel very shaky. Our last two advisers joined a year ago, both only on temporary contracts.

Under the Tory government school improvement money is diverted straight to teaching school hubs rather than the LA and to MAT’s for their own SI teams.

Maybe the Labour government will make changes which will benefit LA roles!

Our SI team of advisers are all ex headteacher’s too.

Are you an educational psychologist? I have a degree in psychology so this is actually a possibility for me…would you recommend? What is the salary like on average? I’m seeing some websites saying starting salary of £56k, others saying £150k+ but some saying only £25k? Don’t mean to be mercenary but there’s little point retraining if I end up on less than as a teacher…

EP’s with LA’s are paid on the Soulbury Scale.

New to role appears to be £44,000 -£56,000 ( job currently advertised with Sheffield Council). If you ‘google’ there are lots advertised.

Ours seem to work as locums - paid per day on contract - average £600 per day. That's probably why few commit to permanent work.

There is a lead job here but this is for someone experienced. (£63,000-£71,000) https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job//267248?utm_campaign=googlejobsapply&utmsource=googlejobsapply&utmmedium=organic

I don't know about pay outside of LA’s. I know that there is a crisis in recruitment, with children not getting the support or assessment needed. No assessment means no EHCP which is legally time bound.

I do an admin job linked to the Early Help Hub, but there are various positions that someone with an education background could do

Tour guide? It has a lot of transferable skills. The ability to speak to a crowd, to give clear instructions, to engage a disparate group of personalities, to enthuse others for a subject. You are away from home a lot but the money is good if you are a specialist. Languages, arts and humanities are very useful backgrounds.
Or Blue Badge guide if you don't want to travel, although there's no room for progress. It's same old, same old.

Bit of a rabbit hole…but assistant EP jobs seem to be available in a number of LA’s (York, Surrey). This must be to address the recruitment crisis.

£39,000 and support to study to qualify as an EP. 2 years experience working with children and a psychology degree needed.

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/assistant-educational-psychologist-assistant-educational-psychologist-123665834

Interesting. So it looks like this is for people who aren’t yet qualified as EPs which might explain some of the lower salaries I saw. I guess the idea is you do this job for a year before going off to qualify. Lots for me to think about I think!

You would never be out of work!😆

And certainly more flexibility, moving between schools and hybrid arrangements.

Good luck!