Transitioning Teachers

Transitioning Teachers may be a very new term. Simply, transitioning teachers are teachers that have decided to leave the classroom. Typically, these are teaching professionals that are burnt out teachers, under appreciated teachers, effective teachers, and even teachers of the year. These are teachers that are sick and tired of the educational bureaucracy, policy, and inadequate stability and leadership. Transitioning teachers are teaching professionals that love their jobs, but hate everything else that comes along with it.

So, how do teachers transition from the classroom back into the workforce you may ask? There are a number of things that transitioning teachers can do. Let’s first take a look at the many things’ teachers do in the classroom:

• Lesson Planning
• Relationship Skill Building
• Behavioral Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Team Collaboration
• Content Knowledge
• Effective Communication
• Technology
• Classroom Management
• Social and Case Worker
• Therapy
• Counseling
• College and Career Management
• Content Delivery
• Creativity

Teachers are gifted individuals. We are packed with many skills that we can transfer into alternative industries. Here are just a few of the many positions that are awaiting our skillset:

• Project Management
• Flight Attendant
• Entrepreneurship
• Educational Policy Expert
• Educational Consultant
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planner
• Tour Guide
• City Council Person
• Freelance Writing
• Keynote Speaker
• Book Author
• Sales Manager
• Business Manager
• Real Estate Agent
• Marketing Manager
• Corporate Trainer
• Behavior Health Counselor
• Private Tutor
• Customer Service Specialist
• Program Director
• Academic Advisor
• Translator
• Editor
• Executive Assistant

What are some other positions that teachers leaving the classroom can seek?