With all the challenges modern teachers are up against, it's no wonder many of them are making moves elsewhere. It's possible you're considering leaving the profession. But first thing's first-- before you...
Teaching is an inspiring and important career-- I'll cheerlead anyone making a positive difference in kids' lives. But if you want to leave? I'll probably encourage you in that, too. Because I've...
Private tutoring is not only a lucrative side income stream, it can be a great soft landing in your teaching exit-- a way to provide a cushion of funds while you're planning...
I always liked the spring, despite the inevitable schoolwide busyness and the state testing and the heaps of pollen carousing around the atmosphere because it hinted at the best of times for...
I suspect identity in occupation is one of the strongest ties pulling teachers back when they want to leave the profession. We're ensconced in a people-focused profession, after all. Everyone knows you...
I left teaching twice-- both times because I wanted to focus on specific life goals. In my last post, I detailed the goals I had my first time leaving, after three years...
I was a few years into my career when I realized that my life goals outside of my profession were important enough to start getting my focus. It came to a point...
Trying to afford staying home with my baby full-time often feels like Michael Scott asking the accounting department to just crunch the numbers again. Find a salary somewhere in there! But despite...
It's an odd feeling when you turn over your classroom keys for the last time. Or at least, for the last time in the foreseeable future. In an elementary teacher's case, the...
It wasn't the usual formula: I didn't wait until having kid #2 to make my exit from teaching. (I didn't even wait until my first child made her appearance!) But I knew...