The Teacher Career Coach Podcast

Evangelia was an ELA and ELL teacher for 7 years in NYC. In June of 2021, she landed a sales role at one of her favorite EdTech companies. We chat all about her transition into sales, which was actually one of the roles she was certain she would NOT pursue in the beginning of her career hunt.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Watson, one of my favorite past guests and experts on creating sustainable teaching practices, returns on this episode to share wisdom for those teachers staying inside of the classroom on how to achieve more work-life balance in a career that is constantly adding more to your plate.Sign up for Angela's Course: 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Minton is a lifelong educator and the founder of Canopy - a new learning platform for engaging self-paced courses. He has also been a teacher, coach, consultant, instructional designer, and non-profit leader. In this episode, we talk about his background and dive into becoming an instructional designer.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Mistler lives in Boston with his husband and taught in public schools for over a decade before he made the jump into a corporate role. In this interview, we chat all about his transition out of the classroom and how he became an Experience Designer. Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you a teacher looking for other jobs with summers off? If you’re considering leaving teaching but afraid of losing that months-long summer vacation, you’re not alone. Many teachers consider having the summers off as one of the greatest perks of the job, as a time to recover from the school year and enjoy life. And for many teachers, having a work schedule that aligns with their children’s schooling is a top priority. In this episode, we'll dive into this topic and even hear from former teachers on how they felt their first summer on the clock.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I talk to Becky Keene’s, the Director of Operations at insight2execution, an education consultancy based in Redmond, Washington. Becky works with a team of managers to deliver content for worldwide edtech companies. In this interview, we focus on how teachers can leverage their passion for helping other teachers to become instructional coaches.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 In this episode, I interview Lacey Smith about her new career outside of the classroom. We talk all about how she combined the skills she developed in writing, editing, and research as an editor at a major test prep company.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because salaries are not set-in-stone, and vary from one job posting to the next, this can become a source of confusion and frustration for teachers navigating a corporate environment. In this episode, I am going to break down how to research and negotiate salaries and battle popular misconceptions in order to help you make a well-informed decision when choosing your path. Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a career evolver, Natalie Ziemba was a high school English teacher for ten years and then left it all behind for a new path in 2013. Since then, she has leveraged her BA in English and MA in Teaching, growing in marketing roles both in and out of the educational ecosystem. Natalie thinks of herself as a “connector,” and she enjoys conversations on LinkedIn with other current and former teachers.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I interview Deidra Fogarty. Deidra is a DC-based educational consultant and master educator with more than 15 years of experience working in education. She is the founder of Black Girls Teach, an organization that provides professional development and culturally responsive curriculum development for schools and educators around the country. Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices