Are you at the point in your teaching career where you feel you need more, you need a change or you simply burnt or from classroom teaching?

Well, I’ve been there. Several times in fact. I got restless as a classroom teacher and was fortunate to get promoted as an Assistant Principal. I enjoyed the role but burnt out within a year. Then another promotion to Instructional Leader which was great but involved working with teachers more so than students which just as equally had its challenges.

I had lost all sense of my purpose so gave up my permanent position and retired from teaching in 2016. Only to come back to it two years later. I now work on a temporary contract each year in a more fluid role within a school. It asks so much less of me which means I can follow my passions outside of my 9-3 teaching role.

If you are pondering the options that are out there for classroom teachers consider;

• working for a tutoring company or starting your own

• a role within the Department other than classroom teaching

• physical education role with a company that visits schools such as Sports In Schools

• selling your teaching resources you have gathered over the years on Marketplace, eBay or Gumtree

• create online content for companies such as Matific or Teach Starter

• releasing your own content. Places to sell it include Teachers Pay Teachers, Etsy, or through your own website

• create your own course on Teachable

• write and release your own children books or teaching podcast

There are some great podcasts for further ideas and to give you more insight. Check out;

• Teacherpreneurs, Raise Your Hand

• Teacher Hustle Podcast with Alissa McDonald

• Side Hustle Teachers

• Classroom to CEO with Erica Terry

• The CEO Teacher Podcast with Kayse Morris

Are you ready to leave the classroom and move on to something different? Or have you already left and started your own side hustle? We would love it if you joined the conversation and left a comment below.