Ideas for Teachers Who Want a New Career

Career Change for Teachers

Had enough of the classroom? Perhaps you’re tired of dealing with students who don’t want to learn? Or of correcting sheaves of painfully bad student writing? Or of trying to motivate kids to work hard at an unrealistically challenging mandated curriculum?  Of teacher trainings that don't train well? Pushy parents or uninterested ones?  An unfair principal? Hand-tying administrative rules?

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers careers that are well-suited for teachers who want out, plus how to convince employers that "Those that camn, do, but those that teach can too."

Solutions for Burned-Out Teachers

Many teachers are burned out but feel enchained by golden handcuffs. In

my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer suggestions for reinvigoration or if that's possible, options outside the classroom.

Letter from a Burned-Out Teacher and My Response

In each installment of my PsychologyToday.com daily series, I respond to a composite letter that asks for my career advice.  

Today's offering is my advice to a burned-out teacher.

Sad Teacher Syndrome and How to Remediate It

Despite a less than 180-day work year, students leaving in mid afternoon, and, outstanding job security and benefits,  40 to 50 percent of teachers quit within the first five years.

My PsychologyToday.com article today addresses what I call Sad Teacher Syndrome.