Sure this question comes up from time to time, hoping for some anecdotal evidence. I an ~20 veteran educator, male. About 10 years in the classroom (middle school social studies), 7 in admin (district), 2 at state level.
Sure this question comes up from time to time, hoping for some anecdotal evidence. I an ~20 veteran educator, male. About 10 years in the classroom (middle school social studies), 7 in admin (district), 2 at state level. Don’t go state level. At least in my experience. Soul crushing. Easy, can be cushy even, but no creative freedom and bending to the whim of politics. I’m looking to go back to teaching in the classroom, possibly use that as a bridge to eventually get back into admin. I feel like the state of things currently are most schools aren’t hiring external admins unless we’re blindingly incredible. They’d rather hire an internal candidate, someone they know and feel they can “trust”. I’m a former middle school teacher, toying with the idea of taking a $5K pay cut to take on grading again and get my summer breaks + holiday time back. Want to go back to my roots of the Rocky Mountain region. Miss the kids. Miss the freedom of running my own classroom instead of cubicle work. But I haven’t taught since pre-pandemic. Am I asking for too much trouble? submitted by /u/Echo-Honest [link] [comments]