WFH jobs after teaching?

[Elliott124]

Hello,

My MAT leave finishes in two weeks and I’m absolutely gutted. I am distraught at the thought of leaving my DD. Teaching has taken over my life. I could just about keep on top of the workload before having a baby but now I don’t know how I will keep up. I have had my head in the sand during MAT leave and am now kicking myself that I didn’t start looking for other positions sooner. My request to go part time at my current employer was denied.

Does anyone know of any WFH jobs that I would be qualified for? All I know is teaching (GCSE English) and I have no idea what my options are. I just want a better work life balance. I don’t want to miss my baby growing up.
Thanks for any help.

Have you considered tutoring?

Part time tutoring?

A friend does maths tutoring both online and in person. He has 30 lessons a week! Works weekends though too. But he is always busy.

What about editing eg on Fiverr/Upwork or finding a copyediting/proofreading job e.g. for an academic publisher? It's not steady money but if you combine it with something else it could work.

You can sign up with the agencies that teach English online - as long as you are a native speaker with a Bachelor's Degree, many will accept you without TEFL/TESOL qualifications. You can teach Chinese kids, and many others.

There's a Facebook group called 'life after teaching- exit the classroom and thrive. There's lots of info on there.

Um you will need childcare for when you're working from home.
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• Online tutoring

• Proof-reading. You may need to pay for a course but will be able to charge £25 per hour upwards due to your background.

I think it's very usual to have an absolute panic going back to any job after maternity leave so don't be too hasty in giving up your job. If you are working from home your baby will still be at a minder and you will have to deal with completely planning a new workload. At least in school you are familiar with the job. Could you look to another school that would hire you for a part time position? Have you sorted childcare?

Working in ITT? For a provider like Teach First?

I second looking at Teach First. Also being an examiner but obvs that's a sideline.

I left teaching and work full time from
home in marketing.

I taught GCSE English and now work in comms, my role is hybrid but there's lots of remote work for comms professionals. Worth joining cipr for cpd.

Are you able to share any more about how you did this? Do you have a background in marketing bedore teaching?

But where will your child be while you're working..? Surely that won't solve anything (except the excessive workload eg marking in evenings)? Or are you looking for a part time job?

This sounds like back-to-work anxiety. Don’t rush to find a new career. You might need to find a new school if yours is not conducive to work-life balance. But if you WFH you’ll need to have childcare in place!

So many teachers do leave teaching when they realise it isnt great for family friendly hours but not nec to wfh. Part time is often common too.

A friend's daughter works for this online school and loves it - says it pays well. https://kingsinterhigh.co.uk/our-school/?utmsource=google&utmmmedium=cpc&utmcampaign=15208118371&utmmcontent=128303872926&utmterm=king%27s%20interhigh&utmmid=gocmp-152081183711adg-128303872926ad-6326620292877kwd-1457253457579dev-mmext-36096202582prd--mca-sig-CjwKCAjwzY2bBhB6EiwAPpUpZjm3lgo3Q5lLhp-LhyKyjgbQiGTTQKPKkcKYVbZKZ6oUY1vXfYNRKxoCaBEQAvDBwE&utmmsource=google&gclid=CjwKCAjwzY2bBhB6EiwAPpUpZjm3lgo3Q5lLhp-LhyKyjgbQiGTQKPKkcKYVbZKZ6oUY1vXfYNRKxoCaBEQAvDDBwE

Parish clerk jobs - usually flexible and from home. I worked around my daughter during naps and evenings.

Tutoring can work well. I work through Tutorful and have more enquiries for tutoring than I can do. But the hours are outside of school hours, so not sure if that would work for you? PP mentioned teaching Chinese kids online, Chinese government tightened the rules about 2 years ago, that work dried up immediately.

Teaching stretches to as much time as you can/will give it. So cut right back. You will work from (say) 8 to 5, 5 days/week. If it cannot be done between those hours, it cannot be done.

There will be crunch times... exams, parent evenings... but make it your mission to work your hours and no more.

I have done this myself, fairly successfully. I did have to break the rules a few times a month, to mark books at home or for late meetings. But no more than once/week. It was vital that I was teaching a Year Group for which I had planning and resources in good order.

You can't walk on water. You may need to remind your smt. I invited my smt to tell me where I could make better use of my time, as unpaid overtime would not be happening. They could not think of a better way to do the job in normal working hours.

I totally feel.for you. I don't have any child care commitments and this year I have dropped to 0.8 because I couldn't cope with the work load and the negative effect this has had on my life for 25 plus years. Perhaps you could go back,try to cut back on what you do and ask for part time next year and actively start looking for other jobs part time if your school cannot accommodate your wishes. Good luck

How about something like this

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Or this one

recruiting2.ultipro.com/PSI1000PSIS/JobBoard/3b0fc76b-29e6-4a1f-94db-1dd3c9c51633/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=5a0e316d-c9a7-4212-b400-416958c83705

I teach ESL online from home. The students are mostly based in Taiwan and Romania. I work around 30 hours per week. I also write and sell ESL material for other teachers.