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'm a specialist dyslexia assessor- and 48. Do you think it's too late to train as an ep? I would need to start with a psychology conversion course

I switched to supply and tutoring, but have two friends training as counsellors as an exit route and another has a business doing children's art clubs.

PhD student in education (salaried)

Publishing. I’m good at reading and writing. Started out offering my skills as a freelance copywriter and editor, got some work reading people’s manuscripts and correcting them, then used that experience to get work with a publishing company. I do ghost writing and editing for people who want to write a book but aren’t good enough to write it themselves.

I think I’d enjoy this!

I was a miserable teacher (17 years experience) and now work at a university as a manager. There a tonnes of ex teachers there and I've never been happier.

Another teacher here wanting to move out of teaching.

There is a university close to where I am and I've been looking at their vacancies every now and then.

What sort of role did you start with when you moved out of teaching and into a university job @40andprettybored ?

I want to escape as well-it’s hard to know which direction to go in.

Publishing looks tricky to get into. I’m desperately looking on the nhs website for something that seems suitable. No university near me, unfortunately.

26 years as secondary school teacher. Now Team Leader in the civil service. Wonderful job. Everyone is so calm and respectful. Less pay £37,000. Flexi working so I log my hours at 7.4 hours per day. If I do more I can work shorter another day. Two days in office, three at home. People in the office with smaller children seem to manage the holidays no problem, using Flexi. The Facebook group mentioned has all the information needed. I searched for old posts on the civil service. I am pleased to have a total break from young people.

It’s tricky to get into the big publishing houses. Look at small vanity publishers, there are tons of them and they employ freelance ghost writers.

I was a manager at the place I taught at (FE). I moved to a manager position in HE. I was very lucky to get a role high up but there are lots of opportunities in student success, student support, alumni management, I mean there are so so many varied roles there. I just talked up my experience in admin / with students etc. my experience in planning exams and enrolment events.

I’ve joined the Facebook group and agree with people on there who say the civil service job ads look like they’re written in a foreign language! 😬

Definitely a different language! Lots of information on Reddit in the civil service sub too.

Thank you @DominoStart . I’ve had a look and I still don’t understand! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

the jobs I’m looking at are all public sector; council etc and they don’t pay much. Does anyone know what jobs might pay better?!