Do you want to/are you going to leave teaching?! What would you do instead?

[LauraPashley]

I think it is a pipe dream but for the 1st time in 10yrs I am thinking I want out...but is there anything out there that pays roughly the same and would want an ex-teacher? Feeling stuck!! Am primary btw.

I set up my own. Did have a look at Kip McGrath tuition centres, etc but I prefer to have autonomy, even if it does take longer.

I don't think I'd know where to start.

Also, I'd really worry about how marking criteria etc would have changed in the last 5 years. How do you handle that?

I'm an examiner :) So I know the criteria pretty well. For other boards the criteria is usually freely accessible on the web anyway.

I've also just had a school contact me via my website, requesting that I do some work with groups of borderline students. So that is another area I may branch out into. The world is your oyster. It does take a leap of faith to get starting though. Being an examiner is a great of keeping your knowledge current and earning some extra cash in the process.

*started

Yes. I do mean to do that again. I did A' level before the DCs but it's so intensive when it comes I haven't been able to. I plan to do some GCSE in January.

After 12 years of teaching. I am in my last term of teaching, unless I am forced to do a bit of supply until the end of the year.

I feel as though I 've had some great times to start but it's time to shut the classroom door and leave the classroom locked.

Funny enough in 2008 I thought i'd retire a teacher in another 20 years time, was on supply at a great school for a year. I made the mistake for me of not getting out sooner but working part time in adult education where the pay is poor and the senior management poorer. Unqualified tutors with just a level 3 qualification pretending to lead a highly experienced and qualified pool of staff and service, running them/it into the ground more like.

I do not have a job lined up for January but have 11 weeks to get one, I 'm also retraining to so will concentrate on my post graduate course. So hard to study ofter a 12 year break but worth it.

Good luck all. Remember the teachers support network, your union and your GP for anyone experiencing stress or just needing professional support.

I have done secondary supply since I had DC, DD will start YR next September but I really don't want to teach, it used to take over my life, even part-time and I stress too much.

I do 2 says supply per week but haven't had a day this year so far. Have just been approved to mark for OCR and have also applied to mark for Edexel. I would be interested if anyone has done that before and what they thought?

I lasted 6 years in primary. Loved the actual teaching, but hated the rest. Have been running tuition centre for several years now. Very occasionally I consider returning to the classroom. Then I come to my senses!

I got out of the classroom, it was driving me daft.

But I love education and am passionate about my subject as well.

I now teach basic skills tonadults, mainly young mums. I run a project where women learn to read to their babies. I tutor (this is voluntary) women who have completed a literacy program and are now sitting exams in my subject.

I'll never go back to the "chalkface" and am looking into training others in the voluntary sector (just got asked to run my first training course).

I cant imagine not working in education but if I never try to teach a class of 12 year olds grid references again I won't mind!

Oh yes and I Mark. Not for the pittance, but because it keeps me up to date!

I do love education and I support my DC wherever I can (they are bi-lingual and I want to keep it that way).

But I had to admit that classroom teaching is not for me, I do like sitting in front of the computer and organising, but I also want a job to challenge me a bit and pay a bit more than minimum wage.

Weegiemum how did you get into that? Sounds fantastic.

What exactly is a tuition centre? [out in the sticks emoticon]

Hi there. I've built up 2 tuition centres in North West London with around 40 students. I'm thinking about selling - would anyone be interested? It's been one of the most rewarding and satisfying experiences of my life - great extra income too!