I feel your pain. By K73

I softly chuckle while I read these posts because after 10 years of teaching, I feel all of your pain. I took this past summer to start sending out "feelers" to leave teaching. I connected with a career advisor, overhauled

my resume, and went to job fairs. I want to leave for all of the same reasons mentioned previously. The crux of the dilemma of what to do next is felt by any teacher. I have witnessed these as I attempt to break out of teaching. First, the business world (as does most of society) belittles you and sees you as having few valuable skills. The reality is that you all probably have better

communication skills, multi-tasking abilities, and management skills than most business people do! Secondly, your teacher training did just what was supposed to do, train you to be a teacher - nothing more. There are not many other career paths that parallel teaching. You need to accentuate skills, not your teaching experience. Lastly, as mentioned in a previous post, you may need to accept a lower salary . . . at first. Short term pain for long term gain.

I haven't left teaching yet, but am working towards it. I am drawing the line in the sand, so I can delineate my self-preservation. The teaching job, if done well, will suck you dry like a vampire.

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