To ask ex teachers what they do now?

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I would love to know what jobs former teachers are now doing and how they got into them.

I'm a secondary teacher by trade but currently on a break being a SAHM because it didn't make sense to return to work after DC2 due to childcare costs for two and long commute.

However, I had fallen out of love with teaching, or rather, with all the admin and pressure and data etc that goes alongside it. I like the actual teaching bit but as most teachers know there is an awful lot more to the job.

I'm now starting to think about returning to work, the problem is I have no idea what as, or even what field, and I could really do with some ideas from people who have moved on from teaching. Would anyone mind sharing?

Self-employed tutor.

What is your subject? I’m out of the classroom for now, but am writing resources for companies, and tutoring, and other bits. It’s definitely easier because I’m an English teacher. I am looking forward to returning once I can.

Not working at the moment as have a small toddler, but I'm a million times happier. Not sure what path to take next so interested in other responses...

I am currently a sahm. However when I left teaching I worked as a mentor for teens struggling to remain in education for different reasons. I then somehow moved into funding for students with additional needs. Then back to a support role but more "mainstream" students.

I ran my own business for 3 years. Now I'm doing a temporary teaching assistant job while I recover from depression and look for a more exciting business based role...

I know a couple who have gone to work in university outreach / widening participation / recruitment. The hours are shorter but more irregular e.g. when they need to cover open days on Saturdays so if you've got kids you'd need a supportive partner

Same issue here, I think I am going to do a masters in September and delay the Q for another 3 years. By which time I will have been out of teaching waaaay more years than I was doing it. However it is realistically that or a school support job earning very little anyway so why not. (Already have student loans I wont ever pay back so more monopoly money loans doesn't hugely bother me!)

I work for the council and teach children who are out of school for various reasons including ill health (anxiety/ depression, CFS etc), are new to the area, have SEN that require specialist provision and are awaiting appropriate provision, permanent exclusion. All cases are short to medium term and either 1:1 or 1:2. What subject and phase are you?

Thanks for the answers. I'm Secondary Mfl. I looked at tutoring after school but I'm stuck until my OH gets home to take the kids and that's not until 5.30-6ish, which means I'm limited in the hours I can feasibly do. I guess 8pm is the last realistic tutoring slot on an evening as kids are probably too tired later. I wouldn't mind tutoring adults but most people I know who do this are native speakers and I'm not.

supermoon that sounds like a nice job but I'm not sure there are many of those going, council /Lea cuts have been pretty brutal here and my friend who did similar outreach type work was made redundant.

lost I was vaguely considering an MA in translation which I almost did straight after uni. I didn't do it then because I was told it's not very easy to make a living unless you speak a rarer language combination. and I guess that situation is now even worse with brexit on the horizon.

lost I was vaguely considering an MA in translation which I almost did straight after uni. I didn't do it then because I was told it's not very easy to make a living unless you speak a rarer language combination. and I guess that situation is now even worse with brexit on the horizon.

I'm also by training secondary MFL and have just got out: simply couldn't stand it anymore. Currently unemployed, waiting for a job interview on Monday with my local council doing something completely distinct from education.

If that doesn't work out, I dunno. Private tutoring maybe?

I left teaching in December and now work for the Civil Service

I currently teach part time (0.25FTE this year) and can heartily recommend that if it's an option for you. Obviously, it's a big cut in salary though.

dahlietta that sounds lovely but I've been looking for part time jobs for 4 years since DS was born. In all that time only 2 have come up with my language combination and both were maternity cover but I was off on Ml myself so couldn't have taken them.
I think so many people now ask for part time after mat leave or approaching retirement that they rarely need to advertise them.

Working in a private language school? TEFL?

Have you thought of moving into primary mfl? You could approach local schools to see if they want a specialist for a few hours a week. Of course with budgets being cut I don’t know how that would go but worth considering?

Probation Officer

Can you tutor A level students. I have a friend who does this whilst her DCs are at school. They come to her during the day when they have free mornings or afternoons. She also has a couple of students who are doing A -level resits and a few home ed GCSE students. She teaches maths and charges up to £60 an hour (we are in the LondonIn the past she has also had adults who need to pass GCSE maths.
Another friend (who is not a qualified teacher but is bi-lingual) teaches her language in a couple of local primaries, does a lesson each week in a local private nursery, runs some language lessons for retirees (she lives in an area where lots of people go to retire) and is just about to start a toddler language class in a local cafe, again all of these are whilst her own DC are at School.

I'd love know what others do too. Im a teacher and have had only short term contracts few and far between. I get the odd interview if I'm lucky but very rarely offered a position. I have a lot of different types of experience with children of all ages and lots of different settings but it's not good enough apparently. I even had an interview for a teaching assistant post yesterday but still got a no! I'm really looking to do something else now too as I cant put up with this constant rejection much longer :/ I've just finished my maternity leave too so I'm so glad my partner has a full time job at the moment.

Following... just gone back to work after maternity leave and I can’t shake the feeling of “wrongness” about the amount of time and energy the job demands which is taking me away from my young daughter. I’m back 0.8 but still working on my day off to catch up and feel mentally stable!

I literally feel stuck though because I’m UPS3 + TLR so really don’t think there’s anything I can jump to for a comparable salary.

I run a children’s home.

I was made redundant. I decided to view it as a blessing in disguise... I've bought a preschool music franchise and now I do that. It's all the bits of teaching I love, working with kids, being daft, having fun, but without the crap. Nobody demands a learning intention. Nobody asks how I can prove progress. It has its own challenges, don't get me wrong, but I'm just loving it!

I'd love to do toddler language classes but there's already 2 franchises in my town and I don't think the town is big enough to support another one, I know one of them is low on numbers as it is.
DD is only just 2 so she won't be at school for a while yet so daytime work would need to be solid /regular as I'd have to pay for childcare.
I'd also love to do primary language classes but the local schools are all now in federations so the secondary school send a member of staff into primaries to cover their language teaching, meaning they don't need to pay an external person any more.