Alternate career for a current high school teacher?
Currently I am a high school teacher (previously taught middle school), and am pursuing a Master’s degree in teaching. Here’s the problem – I hate my job (aspects of it). Every day I leave with a pounding headache and my stress level is so high it’s impacting my personality and social aspects of my life.
I LOVE teaching, but the majority of my day is spent attending to discipline problems, emailing parents that request information about their student, filling out paper work for special ed students, attending meetings, re-writing curriculum, etc. The smallest part of my day is spent teaching.
Does anyone know of career options that would be suitable for an educator? I’m willing to work on a college campus and still within the realms of education. Also, I have a high degree of training in conflict resolution, leadership, nutrition and health.
Any serious ideas are pleasantly welcomed. Thanks for your time.
Hello,
I “feel your pain.” I tried teaching as a second career and experienced the exact same thing. I loved teaching and being in the classroom but could not stand the rest of it (including weird and pointless politics).
Here are some alternate career thoughts for you:
Think about corporate training. Many big companies have their own internal training departments. You will be paid so much more and the work environment will be so much better. Start looking at the employment pages on Fortune 500 web sites. You might also want to look at Management Consulting companies which typically provide leadership training courses to other companies.
If you don’t mind travel, look into Franklin Covey. They have a bunch of trainers that go around to corporations and teach time management and such. I’ve taken the course and the instructors love their jobs.
Health you say? Hospitals also have training needs and sometimes internal departments.
You might want to think about starting your own business that is education related (that is what I do). The market is huge and I believe there is a lot of room for innovative products and services. Think: How can I make a teacher’s life easier? How can I help students succeed? If you can come up with some creative answers to those questions, you just might have a viable and profitable business.
Have heart! You have lots of good options. You are welcome to email me.
Jobs Education Healthcare
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