The Teacher Career Coach Podcast

Carol Cobb is a former kindergarten and first grade teacher who now works as a project manager. In this episode, we talk about how she used her experience in curriculum implementation to pursue a project management professional certification. If project management is a role that you are interested in learning about, this is one of the best episodes to help you understand it.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

Megan Wardwell is a former teacher who left the classroom after 13 years to transition into a role as a customer success manager. We learn how she picked this path, what resources she used, and what her role in EdTech customer success looks like.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

Kierra Kohlbeck is a former fifth grade math teacher who transitioning into recruiting. We talk all about how she knew recruiting was right for her and the steps that she took to find open positions and get interviews.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

Ashley LaGrow is a former elementary school teacher turned community experience manager. She is also the author of The Self-Care Plan for Teachers, which you can check out here.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

New Year's is one of my favorite times of year for reflection and goal setting. In this episode, I share my personal reflections on the past year and how I am using that to shape what my next year looks like so you can use the same process to make your next year your best year ever.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

Niles Mattier is the Associate Manager of Teacher Services at an art museum in NYC and a freelance curriculum writer. He was previously a middle school History teacher for four years.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

It's likely that you're going to hit a few roadblocks along the way that make you question if this dream of finding the perfect role outside of the classroom is actually possible for you. In this episode, we're addressing the most common roadblocks you may face during your transition out of the classroom.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 am talking to Leah Dawdy, a former teacher who left the classroom after wearing different hats for four years and now actually works as a program and volunteer manager for a non-profit.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

Dr. Janet Lainé, a former French teacher of 15 years now, has a new role that she loves as a training and development manager for a small tech company. I interview her in this episode of the podcast, but our interview actually focuses more on the perseverance and strategy that Janet brought to her career hunt, which were key factors in her success. You'll want to listen in as she gives tips of what worked and didn't work in her own 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

The goal is to find what soothes you in times of great stress, what will motivate you to keep going when you're faced with rejection, and help you continue to move forward even when you do hit a roadblock. That is why in this episode I am going to share the main areas that you can focus on and control so that you can push through the most challenging times and up successful on the other side.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