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What can I do to earn enough with a PGCE

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JJ456 · 13/03/2023 22:56

I left teaching a few years ago and have a degree teaching secondary English. Since I left I’ve been working with mostly young people in the community but it’s near impossible to earn more than 25kish and that might have been enough once upon a time but not doable now.

Has anyone left teaching and gone onto a lucrative career? Feel like I’m dead weight with a useless degree!

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Eudaimonia5 · 13/03/2023 23:03

Could you look at applying for a social work scheme like Frontline or Think Ahead? They pay your training costs, they're fast track schemes. Starting salary for a social worker is around £30k and you could earn more if you work for an agency.

Oblahdeeoblahdoe · 13/03/2023 23:07

A lot of teachers are training as educational psychologists. I'm not sure but it may be on the job training

swanling · 15/03/2023 07:53

Would you be open to applying to graduate schemes or do you specifically want to work with young people?

mdh2020 · 15/03/2023 08:17

I left teaching and moved into Higher Education but I already had other transferable skills. I don’t think I ever earnt a lot more but I was a lot happier and got a lot of foreign travel too. I had an MA and moved into a central unit at a large uni. Have you thought about supplementing your income with tutoring?

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JJ456 · 15/03/2023 20:18

I think I would be open to anything at all at this stage including graduate schemes. I’d love to work in universities but I’ve been turned down from jobs before even with my experience.

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swanling · 19/03/2023 14:50

Maybe it's worth exploring all the different graduate schemes out there and seeing if any feel like a good match for you to pursue.

Justcannot · 19/03/2023 14:53

Have a look at student recruitment or outreach jobs at universities. They beed people who can talk to young people (which you obviously can) but are flexible. Many are reasonably well paid for the work involved.

pompomdaisy · 19/03/2023 15:56

You want lucrative? It's a PGCE not an obe! Teach in Dubai?

VariationsonaTheme · 19/03/2023 16:06

Lots of teachers moving into civil service jobs at the moment.

Bunda · 19/03/2023 16:33

Ed tech sales?

Tig33 · 19/03/2023 16:40

What about teaching English as a second language? A lot of universities have a dept run to teach international students before they start their degrees

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