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Hosted by Joanne Howard · 🇬🇧 gb · EN-GB · 117 episodes
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Sharing inspirational stories from teachers who have chosen to walk away from classroom to successfully transition to a new career. Advice, tips and ideas for exhausted teachers who know there's a difference between "giving up" and "having had enough". Join me to explore all things teacher burnout, career and business coaching and get plenty of ideas for your very own adventure after teaching.
Joanne Howard hosts The Adventures After Teaching Podcast, a education show with 117 episodes published.
"I feel more valued, I think, than I ever have in my whole career." After more than 20 years in teaching - moving school every couple of years as a military family, and retraining along the way from secondary English to
"I can't continue like this where my entire identity is wrapped up in being a teacher." After nearly 18 years in primary education, Rhonda had known for a while that something needed to change. She still loved teaching -
"There are lots of jobs out there for people with the skills that we have as very experienced teachers." After 30 years in teaching - working across EYFS, KS1, forest school leadership and running pre-schools - Anne had
"I wouldn’t have known how to even get going.” After 15 years teaching reception Hannah loved the job but found herself craving a new challenge. Ready for a breath of fresh air, she just didn’t know what that next step m
"I can have an impact on hundreds (of children) through the teachers I train and develop." After seven years in teaching - including several as Head of Maths - Becca reached a familiar tipping point: a passion that had q
"It's really hopeful, it's really positive - and it's so much better than teaching." After 11 years in the same secondary school - training as an RE teacher before moving through humanities and eventually leading PSHE -
After years as a primary class teacher and PE leader, Lauren knew it was time to leave. The decision came down to her health and wellbeing, and stepping away from teaching meant stepping into real uncertainty - trying di
"Two emotions can exist at the same time. The grief can exist with the relief." Bex went into teaching straight out of university with her identity firmly attached to it. Quickly finding the environment ‘all-consuming’ a
"I don't think I would have been out of teaching by now had I not joined.” After 20 years in the classroom - 13 in secondary and 7 in primary - Steph had reached a point where she was really ready for a change. She felt
"I just think you're not trapped. You have options." Kate left teaching after 23 years in the secondary English classroom - not with a plan, but with the certainty that something had to change. Long-term supply work gave
"Once I'd made that decision, I just felt like a weight had been lifted." After 13 years in primary education - taking on the roles of phase leader, assistant head, and eventually acting head - Iain hit a wall. The workl
"I feel like a nicer partner, a nicer mum, a better friend." After 17 years teaching PE at the same school, Lucy had begun to feel the weight of an environment she describes as an "exams factory" - constantly performing,
"I don’t miss the school holidays." After 25 years in the classroom, the last several as Head of Health and Social Care, Jessica reached a point of burnout and knew she no longer wanted to teach. A Google search led her
" The biggest change for me is just noticing how much more energy I have for my children." Former teacher John-Paul reached a turning point during a difficult first term following a job move and the birth of his daughter
" We underestimate how brilliant we are as teachers. " Former primary teacher Rachel left the classroom when work-related stress began affecting her physical health. Despite loving the classroom, the long exhausting days
“Everything I put in, I know I’m building something.” Sarah had always admired entrepreneurs but never imagined starting a business of her very own. After years in teaching and reaching a point where she knew she couldn'
"I definitely wouldn't have got there as quickly as I did without the support from the Academy.” After 18 years as a headteacher and over 30 years working in education, Kate found herself struggling with mental health an
"Don't be afraid to speak up and negotiate your terms." Former Deputy Head and SENDCO Catherine left a role she loved when burnout, wearing too many hats, and increasing expectations became unsustainable. Despite her spe
“For the first time in my life I was very unsure about where I was headed and what I could do differently to teaching because I'd been doing it for so long.” Hannah, a primary school teacher for nine years, left the clas
"There is another side, and it's life-changing." Former Head of School, Sarah spent 13 years in teaching before deciding to listen to her inner voice and pivot towards a completely different path. Now an Employer Engagem
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