I am having the HARDEST time finding a job outside of the classroom. I’ve been looking since November. I taught for 13 years, opened a school, and was a Dean of Students. I’ve made it to three final interviews and lost them all to internal hires.

Companies do not seem to hire educators who leave the classroom when we have the transferable skills. I’m overly qualified for an administrative assistant position, under qualified for a director position. I’m lost.

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Maybe look at jobs in museums or historical landmarks. Lots of overlap with different jobs in education in those institutions.

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I've seen a few teacher friends move into edtech doing project management and stuff like that. And then I've also seen people build their own tutoring businesses or online learning schools for after school activities. Are you looking to continue educating in some capacity? Or wanting to be done entirely?

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It is a tough spot to be in. What roles are you trying to get into now? I have a friend in a similar way, being overqualified for a lot of the jobs, but not quite experienced enough for some others. They are lacking the more specific hands-on experience for certain management roles.

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