A teacher that has taught sucessfully for years but wants to do something different?
2007-01-15 09:41:41 · 14 answers · asked by tigress_taz 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
This is a genuine advice: Take up travel as a hobby and tour the world. There is an insatiable demand for travel stories both from around the planet with a good camera and catch the pictures for travel books {like the ONE wORLD publications and provide some historical sidelights, and in the course of doing this most enjoyable work see the world. Go now and ask for a commission towrite for a magazine, It really pays and this message comes from an old teacher, Incidentally, a fellow teacher once advised me to take up Karate, if I wanted to continue in teaching!!!. Many thanks for your enquiry.
2007-01-15 22:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by polymath 1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I taught for eleven years and hit a wall two years ago. I really needed to do something different. Because I did not start teaching until I was 35 I had done many different jobs before becoming an educator. I have a wide range of interests so doing something different was easy for me. I worked in construction for a year while I stepped away from teaching. I hope that you can arrange a leave of absence from your teaching position. That way you can re enter school when the time comes to return. I suggest that you do something very different from teaching. Get outside; do something physical; and most important . . .work around other adults. I found once I was out working at different things I truly appreciated the contact with other adults, especially men. I love kids and working with them, but being around other "grown ups" was really refreshing. I also was able to start the novel I have wanted to write for the last twenty years. Good luck. Sometimes a rest from something, even if you really enjoy it, is refreshing and rejuvenating. I have always thought the best teachers are the ones that have a good grasp of what it is like in the regular working world.
2007-01-15 09:56:23 · answer #2 · answered by kennyj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends on your temperament and also what age group you were teaching BUT a teacher has many skills that can be used in the Business world - Many large companies have training departments and they are always on the look out for people with previous teaching experience. Other things can also be - Changing from Children to Teaching Adults Numeracy and Literacy. Starting your own Training Business - find a gap in the Business Training courses - Presentation Skills/ Management Skills/ Organisational techniques etc etc
2007-01-15 21:35:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever thought about teaching Adult Education? I was pretty burnt out from the classroom and became a full time AE teacher four years ago and I love it. The students are there because they really want to learn, there are no parents to deal with, no discipline problems and no papers to take home to grade. Think about it - you could probably give it a try part time. Good Luck.
2007-01-15 13:36:23 · answer #4 · answered by Sue T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an English teacher, but I always felt that if I wanted to do something else, it would be to open a music shop. Sell guitars, drums, keyboards, bass. I'd give lessons, so I'd still be working with kids...
Just think of something you enjoy, hobbies you have, skills you've aquired. Like to work on your yard? Landscaper. Like to do work around the house? Carpenter...
2007-01-15 11:38:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Working for a non-profit organization on the large scale, like Red Cross, World Vision, or Habitat.
At least, that's what I want to go into after I'm finished teaching or burnt out on it.
2007-01-15 09:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by Sands 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-31 05:00:31 · answer #7 · answered by dembinski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What have you always dreamed of doing?
Follow your dream.
You only get one chance.
What kind of job would you do for free?
What have people told you you'd be good at?
Listen to your heart.
I wasted 30 years working in grocery stores,now I'm teaching outdoors in a science camp and LOVE it.
2007-01-15 09:52:39 · answer #8 · answered by Mark K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel sorry for dedicated teachers if they need a career change hell really do what ever you want just run wild and free!!!
2007-01-15 09:49:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of all the things you like about being a teacher, and then see what qualities you have and think of your interests and combine the things to get the perfect job. good luck x
2007-01-15 10:03:19 · answer #10 · answered by rachealuk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋