Any ex-teachers on here?

[Twin mummy]

Originally Posted by alexisemma31

Thanks everybody. Your posts have been really helpful.

Still deciding what to do; I'm thinking of giving the private route a try and see what happens.

Thanks for all your ideas, they are much appreciated.

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Happy to share my experience of private if you even need more info.

[alexisemma31]

Originally Posted by thebig40

I was a primary school teacher for 15 years. I now work in consultancy training teachers how to teach reading and writing. I travel a fair bit over SE England and have been to Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi this year.

I work school hours minus the staff meetings and parents evenings, have no work to do at home and get paid as if I were working full time in a school as opposed to the part time job I actually have. Its great!

I still work with children enough to keep me happy but have none of the stresses and strains of being a class teacher.

My sister and BIL are both secondary teachers, they both now work in private schools and are much happier.

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Thanks for your response Natasha. I hope you don't mind if I send you a private message.

[alexisemma31]

Originally Posted by Twin mummy

Happy to share my experience of private if you even need more info.

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Thank you. I'll send you a message.

[twogoto]

I haven't ever taught in a brick & mortar school but have been teaching English online to Chinese students for some time! You set your own schedule and the pay is very competitive. Let me know if you'd like any more info and I can send you some across.

[katnav]

QUOTE=twogoto;14230789]I haven't ever taught in a brick & mortar school but have been teaching English online to Chinese students for some time! You set your own schedule and the pay is very competitive. Let me know if you'd like any more info and I can send you some across.[/QUOTE]

Not my thread originally but had commented on it somewhere. However I would like some info on this please as it was only last night I was looking into this. Could you PM me with some info? Thanks so much

[beautybutterfly]

Very interesting reading some of these responses - I'm currently a teacher and I agree it is incredibly stressful but also very rewarding - an absolute rollercoaster as someone else said.

I can't see it as a job for life for me, and I guess it's probably easier to change careers while i'm relatively young than to wait and not be able to take a drop in salary if i have a family etc.

[Teach0778]

I’ve been a primary teacher for almost 20 years and it’s not a career I would recommend to anyone starting out unfortunately. Over the years the job has changed drastically and the pressure and paperwork are becoming more demanding by the day.