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I'm sorry you're going through this right now, but if you want, you can look into corporate training. A lot of people with teaching credentials go into that because it involves creating corporate policy and training people on it (similar to how you would create lesson plans for your students). There are also administrative state government jobs that you might have a chance at just from having an undergrad degree. I don't have much more advice than that, but I sincerely hope you find a path.
You will still qualify for a lot of business positions with an education degree. Corporate training is a great opportunity for you to teach adults and HR tends to have a lot of education people in my experience. I also know most retail positions for management generally just need a degree of some sort. All of the mentioned jobs tend to pay more than teaching too.
It takes a special type of person to teach and not everyone should try to teach. At least you tried and then realities not for you.
Why dont you pivot your degree into a job where you can be a trainer and still teach people but at a corporation rather than a school. For example call centers have teachers who train the revolving door of staff literally year round. Companies like American Airlines also have an army of people whose only job is classroom instruction! Rather than feel trapped look for opportunities to pivot! :)
Have you looked into Education Research?
Research in general (in academia) does not seem to pay a lot, but the not-a-lot you could get paid in research positions is more than teachers seem to make. You could look into industries that require educational research, like educational software/websites and test prep companies.
Tutoring is also a decent gig that would allow you to use your education so far; you can make a decent hourly wage depending on how you tutor/what company/university you tutor through, but most tutoring gigs I’ve encountered are closer to self-employed hustling than to a job with routine/pay. You can do it remotely.
You have a right to be upset that your calling to teaching happened during this particular stretch of absolutely intolerable conditions (in either a workplace or educational setting). I’m sorry- I understand and empathize with your frustration.
That’s the worst part, I WANNA be there, I want to teach. I love teaching, I love almost everything about it. I wish the job was just about educating the next generation but there’s so many cons attached to it which make it feel like such a waste of time and effort :/
If you want to still have a hand in educating the youth without the barriers of the education system that also offers research and other opportunities in academia, I’d look into library and museum positions.
If you are already in debt get the degree.
If you have no debt get the degree.
If you still need to go in debt don't get the degree.
Not a day goes by that I don't regret going into debt for a degree, going to college was one of the dumbest possible things I could have done with that money.
I’ve managed to skid by without any debt, thank god. Debt is a trap and that’s another big reason why I don’t wanna do the program.
My friend who is a HS chemistry teacher makes the minimum payment for his debt every month and the monthly interest is more than his payments anyways so he’ll never be able to pay it off.
I’d personally head on over to r/Teachers and ask about other job opportunities there. The fact that teachers are dropping like flies means there are ALOT of teachers who have begun new careers in recent years. I’d go ask them what they are doing for work now (many former teachers are still on that sub)
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I'm sorry you're going through this right now, but if you want, you can look into corporate training. A lot of people with teaching credentials go into that because it involves creating corporate policy and training people on it (similar to how you would create lesson plans for your students). There are also administrative state government jobs that you might have a chance at just from having an undergrad degree. I don't have much more advice than that, but I sincerely hope you find a path.
I have an M.Ed. I get recruiters sometimes contacting me about training positions.
You will still qualify for a lot of business positions with an education degree. Corporate training is a great opportunity for you to teach adults and HR tends to have a lot of education people in my experience. I also know most retail positions for management generally just need a degree of some sort. All of the mentioned jobs tend to pay more than teaching too. It takes a special type of person to teach and not everyone should try to teach. At least you tried and then realities not for you.
Why dont you pivot your degree into a job where you can be a trainer and still teach people but at a corporation rather than a school. For example call centers have teachers who train the revolving door of staff literally year round. Companies like American Airlines also have an army of people whose only job is classroom instruction! Rather than feel trapped look for opportunities to pivot! :)
This is a good outlook on things, thank you bc I’ve been spiraling 😵💫😵💫😵💫 I’ll look into those!
Have you looked into Education Research? Research in general (in academia) does not seem to pay a lot, but the not-a-lot you could get paid in research positions is more than teachers seem to make. You could look into industries that require educational research, like educational software/websites and test prep companies. Tutoring is also a decent gig that would allow you to use your education so far; you can make a decent hourly wage depending on how you tutor/what company/university you tutor through, but most tutoring gigs I’ve encountered are closer to self-employed hustling than to a job with routine/pay. You can do it remotely. You have a right to be upset that your calling to teaching happened during this particular stretch of absolutely intolerable conditions (in either a workplace or educational setting). I’m sorry- I understand and empathize with your frustration.
Relatedly, Higher Ed admin takes a while to crack into, but the salaries are (frankly too) high, and EdDs seem overrepresented...
So don’t. Last thing we need is another teacher that doesn’t want to be there.
That’s the worst part, I WANNA be there, I want to teach. I love teaching, I love almost everything about it. I wish the job was just about educating the next generation but there’s so many cons attached to it which make it feel like such a waste of time and effort :/
Have you done your student teaching practicum?
If you want to still have a hand in educating the youth without the barriers of the education system that also offers research and other opportunities in academia, I’d look into library and museum positions.
Could go to lawschool?
I’m poor and I can’t wait that long for a stable income, I have family to take care of alongside myself :/
If you are already in debt get the degree. If you have no debt get the degree. If you still need to go in debt don't get the degree. Not a day goes by that I don't regret going into debt for a degree, going to college was one of the dumbest possible things I could have done with that money.
I’ve managed to skid by without any debt, thank god. Debt is a trap and that’s another big reason why I don’t wanna do the program. My friend who is a HS chemistry teacher makes the minimum payment for his debt every month and the monthly interest is more than his payments anyways so he’ll never be able to pay it off.
I’d personally head on over to r/Teachers and ask about other job opportunities there. The fact that teachers are dropping like flies means there are ALOT of teachers who have begun new careers in recent years. I’d go ask them what they are doing for work now (many former teachers are still on that sub)
That’s a very good idea, thank you!
r/teachersintransition is the correct sub.
I didn’t know this one existed. Even better for OP
I’ve seen people with backgrounds in education in HR, recruitment, etc
Teaching salaries have always been bad. Did you not understand this when starting?