Life after teaching

[CourgetteMuffin]

I'm looking for suggestions or ideas as to how I can work again without going back to the 'chalkface'. I taught for a long time, had dd quite late, have been sahm for 3 years now and have zero desire to go back to my old secondary teaching job. I do actually love teaching but have run out of patience for the form-filling and policing sides of the job.
I would like to do something different like teach hospitalised children or even be back in the mainstream but working with children with additional needs. I have a year and a half before dd starts school so have time to do a bit of study/ volunteering before I'd want to start but because I'm so vague on what I want to do I don't know where to start. My C.V. could be written on a postage stamp as I basically did the same job in the same school for ever.
I've considered starting a pre-schoolers franchise like Jo Jingles - does anyone do that and does it make money?
Any thoughts much appreciated :)

How about studying for an extra qualification in SEN/EAL/Dyslexia/Counselling?

There might be some part time or distant learning courses that could give you an advantage when applying for jobs in the future.

Volunteer in a SN school?

I don't wish to be completely depressing here but by the time you go back to work you will have been out ofthe classroom for 5 years - you will be seen as out of Practice but very expensive so you are unlikely to be employed against an NQT who will be up to date and cheap.

It might be worth thinking about what you want to do and look at additional qualificTions etc. With all the changes to exams etc could you sign up to mark GCSE papers for the next few years - that'd show schools you understand the current syllabus etc.

Right, have just re-read and realised you don't want to do that! Ignore me then :)

Could teach in prison? Tefl teaching?