Tags: teaching

After attending a Careershifters workshop I had the energy to start researching how to get into teaching. I applied for a course, got a place and left my old job in less than a week - it was so easy when I finally decided to go for it. More

Go for it! Life is not about 'what if's?', but about saying "I did it!"...even if you then add, "And it wasn’t for me so I tried pole dancing next..." More

I had always enjoyed 'imparting my knowledge' and would often be assigned to look after 'the new recruit' and I discovered this also transposed to children too! More

If you want to be a teacher, do as much classroom observation as possible in different schools to get an idea of what kind of teacher you want to be. More

Be prepared to make a few sacrifices along the way, mainly time and money! But long term benefits outweigh short term hardships. More

If you do change and find that it's not what you hoped, you can always return to your previous career path - with more experience and a different perspective. More