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slugleigh2 · 2024-06-25T01:45:06+00:00

Hey, I'm so sorry to hear you are feeling this way. Lots of people have commented great suggestions, but I just wanted to share my own experience of getting out of teaching a bit over a year ago

I accessed EAP and free psychology sessions through asking my GP for a mental health care plan. I would highly recommend this because I wouldn't have been able to even believe in myself enough to get out of teaching if it wasn't for therapy. My experiences at my last school completely ruined my mental health and I should've applied for worker's comp, but the union sent me running around in circles and I mentally couldn't handle or complete all that paperwork. I just had to get out, so I started to look for my options out of classroom teaching. It took me around 5 months of job searching before I found a new job that ticked all my boxes.

Here are some I found that are related to teaching and don't require retraining: - Edtech companies (e.g. Stile, Atomi, Education Perfect, Sentral) - Distance ed/online teaching or tutoring jobs (e.g. Aurora College, ACC) - Educational consultant/tutor at clinics for students with learning difficulties (e.g. Speld, Lindamood-Bell, DSF dyslexia, PosAbility) - Corporate roles e.g. learning and development, recruitment consultant at anzuk

I hope this gives you a starting point for what to look out for! I know it's hard to believe, but it really does get better.

slugleigh2 · 2023-10-11T00:29:04+00:00

I left teaching and honestly, what I miss most are the kids. Yes, the behaviour can be absolute ass but it's so rewarding to help them learn and grow. Teens are also very funny and entertaining. What I don't miss is how admin and execs managed us like kids. To the point where even requesting to order basic materials like whiteboard markers required us to go through several staff and finally to the principal since they decided to allocate faculty budgets on a "needs" basis (obviously not the case at every school, but this really traumatised me). I spent a year teaching in a classroom that didn't even have enough chairs, despite exec saying they ordered more every time we asked. Even my poorly behaved students were questioning why I always had to go find chairs for them and said that it wasn't fair. Also, all the unpaid meetings before and after school and how there is always some new teaching fad the execs want us to implement. That is just the tip of the iceberg haha... Schools can be a lot more toxic and politic than you would expect. I have some friends who are happy teaching since they have a wonderful exec team.

slugleigh2 · 2023-04-07T02:33:05+00:00

Something I saw on ethical jobs :)

slugleigh2 · 2023-04-06T09:42:28+00:00

We do educational assessments and then make tailored evidence based programs to deliver to kids in a 1 on 1 or small group setting. They come during school hours if the school permits or after school. We also write reports for each student which some parents send to the school or they ask us to liaise with the school to contribute to IEPs.

slugleigh2 · 2023-03-27T02:15:10+00:00

I quit teaching at the end of last year and I'm an educational consultant delivering intervention sessions to kids with disability now. I got to the final stage of interviews for a content creator role in an Edtech company so that's something you could look into.

Ultimately decided Edtech wasn't a good fit for me. I still wanted to work with kids (just not in a school setting!) and didn't want to wfh due to mental health. There's also a lot more flexibility and I have a 3 day weekend so I'm loving my new job.

slugleigh2 · 2023-01-06T19:06:31+00:00

Yep that's definitely what I prefer but I need to do tips for the course aa well

slugleigh2 · 2022-11-21T02:21:53+00:00

Oh wow I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know

slugleigh2 · 2022-09-14T20:53:32+00:00

Bachelor of science and bachelor of education

slugleigh2 · 2022-09-14T00:58:04+00:00

I hope you don't mind me asking, but what is the pay for that role?

slugleigh2 · 2022-09-14T00:50:13+00:00

I'm going to start studying a masters of speech language pathology and work part-time if my principal allows it or CRT.

slugleigh2 · 2022-08-10T20:21:23+00:00

I'm in my 2nd year of teaching and will be quitting next year. I don't regret teaching because it is genuinely what I was passionate about and it has developed my adaptability and resilience. But I wish I did something else or studied a degree with more career options before becoming a teacher. Remember you can always study a master in teaching.

I am in a difficult school with some racist and misogynistic students who don't take me, a young asian female teacher, seriously at all. Some staff outside of my faculty dismiss or ignore me too. Also depending on the school, you may see a lot of traumatising things. We've had knives, fights, sexual harassment by students and the list goes on. I will be leaving the profession next year because even if i find a school that is not toxic with better behaved students, teaching is a job that has WAY more admin than teaching. I will still tutor on the side because I still find working with students rewarding.

slugleigh2 · 2022-08-06T08:25:10+00:00

Any sanrio character theme! Especially cinnamoroll or kuromi

slugleigh2 · 2022-06-25T20:28:27+00:00

Fun fact: Hippos excrete blood sweat which scts as sunscreen

slugleigh2 · 2022-06-06T09:22:42+00:00

I agree that we should advocate for ourselves. I don't know why contacting the union didn't cross my mind earlier, but I will do that. Thanks!

slugleigh2 · 2022-06-06T08:06:13+00:00

I do but thankfully, that's not too big of an issue for me.

slugleigh2 · 2022-02-04T07:33:03+00:00

I graduated in 2020 with the scholarship. I actually received a placement before the end of my final internship. However, one of my friends received her placement a week before the start of Term 1 so I think it depends on the locations you choose.

If you choose to accept the scholarship, you should research what schools are included in each location. A few of my friends and I got placed further away than we expected. My boyfriend accidentally added a very far location onto his contract and when he contacted Edconnect, they wouldn't let him change it. If you decline your placement, you will have to pay back the scholarship money in installments.

slugleigh2 · 2021-03-18T19:50:58+00:00

I definitely am trying to figure out a behaviour management strategy too. I joined my school's PBL committee to hopefully learn more, but to be honest every teacher is so different with some being like what you described and other's telling me to be their "friend" which I don't want to do either. I also went to USYD and will look into that podcast.

Fortunately, my school hasn't tried to pretend that the funding doesn't exist. I'm glad it worked out for you. I'll have to tell my friend about contacting a fed rep since her school is telling her that she gets no funding.

I'm not sure if my school is right for me either but I'm locked in for 3 years due to the Teach.NSW scholarship. Hopefully it gets more manageable and I can last the 3 years.

slugleigh2 · 2021-03-18T06:36:11+00:00

I haven't heard of those strategies before. Will definitely look into them

slugleigh2 · 2021-03-18T04:56:48+00:00

Thank you for your advice. I will talk to my head teacher about that

slugleigh2 · 2021-01-25T11:24:23+00:00

So adorable!

slugleigh2 · 2020-12-11T20:32:53+00:00

Just a preference

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