Exit strategy

[booklover164]

Calling all teachers and ex teachers! I need an exit strategy. I have been teaching primary for 10 years now and I am really fed up. I initially went into teaching to get experience to be an Ed Psych but that hasn't happened and I don't think I want it to now. I have two small children so leaving the profession any time soon is not possible but I do need a plan. Any ideas?
I enjoy working with parents and adults, some older ( Y5/6) children, the holidays, being around other people and being sociable.
I don't massively enjoy, or get a kick out of, teaching ( MADNESS I KNOW!) or planning lessons. I work part time so the pay isn't great.
I'm not very creative and I find it all a bit dull really. Saying this, I have always been rated as Good/Outstanding ( MADNESS AGAIN!).
I have considered lecturing on the primary ed programs but you need a masters which I don't have. I have also considered going into leadership to get me out of the classroom but I'm not sure whether to leave primary ed for good.
Any inspiration for people who have been in this situation or form those contemplating a similar move?

There’s a Facebook group called
Life After Teaching- Exit the Classroom and Thrive

www.facebook.com/groups/LifeAfterTeachingExitTheClassroomAndThrive/?ref=share

I'm in a similar position. Originally went into teaching in order to be an ed psych but I am no longer interested in that route. I highly recommend that Facebook group. I've found it really helpful as I think through what could be next for me.

I'm thinking of leaving too so I'd welcome other ideas. Covid has done me in, it's all been so difficult in school, I don't want to keep catching it every time there's a new variant, because for me it has not been "just a cold". I'd quite like a job where I can work work from home most of the time, and pop into an office a few days a week. Where Covid just won't affect me so much, where I'm less likely to catch it and less likely to need to deal with the chaos it causes. I'm completely fed up. We've all been working to the bone, yet management still won't let up with the meetings/CPD/Learning walks/work scrutiny etc. I've got no idea what else I might do though, but I can't do another 20 years of this.

I'm going to leave this summer to do an MSc psychology conversion (providing they'll let me on a course). I've applied to two unis, fingers crossed.

Things I've had enough of:

Curriculum - too full. Less fun.
Funding - well, we all know about that.
Inclusion - related to the above funding issue mostly, not the kids.
CAMHS funding/waiting lists.
Ofsted and DfE complete contempt for schools and the covid impact.

The above things have made me jaded. I'm negative most of the time at work, I'm knackered and I can't see a light at the end of the tunnel. It's not fair on the kids to have me as their teacher.

Have been dithering for ages, but my partner asked me to toss a coin - part time or do the MSc. I didn't even have to toss the coin.