What do you do now...

[clareykb]

Im having my annual phase of being totally disillusioned with teaching so if you were a primary school teacher and escaped what do you do now and how did you get there? Could retrain...don't have the funds to do a whole new degree...

No advice but having spent a LOT of time marking mocks etc this week (I'm secondary) and still got loads to go I have been wondering the same thing. But I wanna keep the holidays!

The difficulty that most teachers seem to have is that they want the fantasy before they escape. A job that pays as well, with decent holidays and pleasant working conditions.
I was desperate to quit as a class teacher, so I was prepared to compromise and take a pay cut. We can manage, but no frills, including holidays, take-aways and meals out and all the extras. Fortunately, the sheer pleasure of not being micromanaged and drowning in paper is enough compensation.
But if you truly need to escape, you may need to be more realistic about what you trade for that freedom.

I've already done that bit Grimalkins, I'm part time and have taken a pay cut...I still like my job really, love the actual teaching bit.but it's just that I am properly disillusioned with the progression in general.

Proffesion sorry...

Was a secondary teacher.

I’m going to stay at home until I can glue myself back together 👍😂

I have been offered two jobs already tho; college lecturer... and customer service desk at a nice garden centre (I did this job before going into education.)

I would honestly do just about anything that makes enough money.
I’ve considered “sterile services” for the local hospital 20k+ to methodically clean and pack instruments in a small team sounds brilliant right now.

I'm lucky that Dh is main earner but does lots of travel so whatever I do needs to fit in round that and 2 primary school aged kids ....I bet sterile instruments would !!

I wish I knew the answer as I'd do it!

I am now an author and the relief is mind blowing!

There are quite a lot of jobs out there that relate to children and young people, where teaching experience could be an advantage. Look at civil service, local government and the voluntary sector.

I left and have never looked back. The salary range of jobs I could go for is about the same as MPS. I don’t miss the holidays. I can take AL any time I like. I have evenings and I have weekends!

Other jobs are a lot more attractive now that teaching pay portability has been eroded.