https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:30:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542251 Thu, 05 May 2016 13:42:07 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2542251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I transitioned from public, lower elementary to private preschool. I've loved it for the past two years &amp; plan to continue for at least several more years. I wasn't burnt out on classroom management, though, just testing madness. I know many teachers in my district would do something called "teacher on special assignment" where they work in the district office, usually with data or teacher training, and then end up staying there. I would love to do curriculum design or something similar someday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542214 Thu, 05 May 2016 13:24:05 +0000 DesertDreams88 2542214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542132 Thu, 05 May 2016 12:15:14 +0000 kpc324 2542132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is all so helpful!! I LOVED working with my ELL students and have often thought about getting my ESL certification, but all of the job postings I see require or prefer candidates who are bilingual, which I am not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542099 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:43:34 +0000 Chuckles 2542099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had been tutoring part-time, after school while I was a classroom teacher (special ed), for a test prep/educational consulting company. I got hired recently as a director for programs that the company runs in many high schools in our area. I supervise and support our classroom instructors, help write curricula, and do PD for the schools we work with. Relative to classroom teaching, this is super low stress. It's nice with a toddler at home since I have plenty of energy when I get home. Also, there is very little work that needs to get done at home/on the weekends. The negative is that it's a regular job, meaning 9-5 without any of the winter/spring/summer breaks that teachers get. Although I get to do a lot of school visits and help in classrooms sometimes, transitioning to an office/desk job has been hard because I'm just used to being very active as a teacher. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542098 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:42:16 +0000 HazelEyes 2542098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: Yeah, that's why I said districts/states can be very different. We are lucky to have a Testing Coordinator for state testing, an IB coordinator for the IB programme... we do have a counselor who is in charge of AP testing, but he has a smaller caseload to account for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542095 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:40:12 +0000 jhd 2542095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HazelEyes: that's great! This lady was awesome but getting so burnt out having to coordinate state testing and not focus on counseling! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542093 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:37:56 +0000 HazelEyes 2542093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: Nope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542087 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:32:56 +0000 jhd 2542087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I left a full-time high school teaching job when LO was born. I teach as an adjunct at a local university and online for area high schools. I am certified K-12 in ESL and French. I have taught both. Ideally if I ever went back to full time teaching in a school I would do elementary leve ESL or possible go back to school and be a reading specialist. What killed me was the hours of prep at home. And I don't know how many extra things elementary teachers have to do but at the high school level being in charge of clubs, extra curriculars, ball game duties, etc I just don't want to do all that anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542079 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:24:48 +0000 jhd 2542079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HazelEyes: do you have to do a lot with testing? this was something a former colleague of mine disliked a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542073 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:23:08 +0000 HazelEyes 2542073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While I wasn't a teacher first, and I'm in a high school, I'm a school counselor. My certification is k-12, so you could have some options if you wanted to try a different age level.</p> <p>Each age level is really very different, as are the roles that your district assigns to them, but I really love my job (most days :wink: ) and am supported in my district by the American School Counseling Association's guidelines, so I am not stuck with a lot of non-counseling duties or any discipline. All levels work on supporting the whole child through personal/social, career and academics.</p> <p>I do very little classroom guidance and small groups at the HS level, but there is more involvement in those in ES. That said, I'm fairly confident that your classroom management will be minimized. Every day is very, very different! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542057 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:07:03 +0000 Autumnmama79 2542057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I transitioned out of classroom (1/2) six years ago and haven't looked back. I'm now an ELL and learning resource teacher, our district combines these two jobs. Classroom management issues do not exist :happy: The ELL students (99% Chinese in our district) are hard working and keen. Most of them really want to learn the language and I teach them in small groups, max six students at a time. Same goes for my learning assistance caseload. I tend to see kids 1-1 or in very small groups. Depending on the needs of the students we are working on: reading intervention, improving writing skills, remedial or functional math support and executive functioning. I also support some students within the classroom. </p> <p>It's a challenging job but very different from classroom. Lots of meetings with parents and other professionals (all conducted within the school day) drafting up learning plans and preparing materials, conducting assessments and debriefing families, helping teachers to support their students, etc. </p> <p>Career change is exciting - good luck in your journey!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teacher-career-change#post-2542039 Thu, 05 May 2016 10:56:17 +0000 kpc324 2542039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have any classroom teachers here changed or shifted careers? I'm a former k-1 teacher (but have taught everything from k-8) and a current Sahm. I was pretty burned out when I left and I'm pretty sure I don't want to go back to elementary classroom teaching when I return to work.</p> <p>I have a few years before I will go back to work to take classes/add a certification etc, but I'm not sure what to focus on. I love education/child development/learning theory, but my least favorite aspect of my job was classroom management. Some thoughts have been reading specialist, instructional design, corporate training, social work, HR....but I'm open to other ideas!</p> <p>Have any teachers successfully transitioned out of classroom teaching into something else? </p>