If you've been struggling with wanting to leave the teaching profession but don’t know how to find a career direction and path that's aligned with your strengths, values, and life goals - this mini guide is here to help you get started.
Imagine feeling clear instead of confused.
Imagine trusting yourself again.
Imagine having a direction that feels grounded so you can submit your resignation.
I created this mini guide using therapy informed tools that I wish I had during my own journey to find an aligned career path outside of teaching. I want other teachers to know that there are ways to be intentional while finding your way so you don't have to experience the lengthy emotional stress I did.
This mini guide is here to help you get unstuck and ready to take your next step, without needing to have it all figured out right away.
Ready to ditch the Sunday Scaries and finally be in a career that aligns with YOU?
Start here with my FREE mini-guide - 5 Steps to Find Your Next Career Move
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Aligned Careers After the Classroom
Strengths-based coaching for teachers and educators who want true career fit - not just a new job.
✔ A strategy built around you — so your next step fits your life, not a generic "jobs for ex-teachers" list.
✔ Sustainable Tools — so you keep moving forward, even when your resolve to leave wavers.
✔ A therapist's lens, not generic advice — so you leave the classroom for work that actually fits.
Most career advice for teachers stops at a list of jobs you might be able to do. This starts somewhere completely different — with who you actually are.
This is for you if:
You feel dread before work and you're tired of pretending it's normal.
Everyone says you're a great teacher — but you don’t feel that way.
Summer doesn’t reset you and you dread going back in the fall - more than just feeling disappointed that your vacation is ending.
You want to leave but can't picture what else you'd do.
You want a real career fit, not a teacher-adjacent job.
This is not for you if:
You want me to hand you a job title without doing any of the inner work. The clarity comes from the inner work. I can guide it, but I can't skip it for you.
You want emotional support to help you keep going in the classroom. That's real, important work — but this is about career change.
You're not sure you're actually ready to leave yet. That's completely okay! My single strategy session is built for exactly this: one focused conversation to get clear on where you really stand and what your next step is.
Why I’m the one to help you with this -
I lived it — as a classroom teacher, a music teacher, a school counselor, a one-to-one aide, an after-school program coordinator, and a school-based counseling supervisor. I've worn many hats in a school building. When you describe the specific exhaustion of it, the masking, the "I'd rather be sick than go in" mornings — I'm not imagining it. I remember it from a variety of view points.
And I'm a licensed therapist. That's the part that makes this different from any other career coach you'll find.
Typical career coaches help you make a plan (don’t worry, we’ll do this too). As a therapist, I'm also trained to help you work through the thinking patterns underneath — the people-pleasing, the self-doubt, the "but everyone says I'm so good at this" guilt, the fear of choosing wrong again. Those are the things that actually keep capable teachers stuck in work that doesn’t fit anymore.
Former teacher who gets it. Licensed therapist who can guide real, lasting change. That combination is the whole reason this works.
Aligned Careers After the Classroom is a four-phase coaching method that helps you figure out your real strengths, values, and what lights you up — and then build a career path that fits that. Not the next safe thing. Not a "teacher-adjacent" role you'll burn out of in two years. A direction that actually fits you.
Because the goal was never just to leave teaching. It's to land somewhere that feels like you.
Phase 1 - Foundation: Name what’s actually keeping you stuck.
The problem usually isn't that you're not trying hard enough. It's that you're trying hard in the wrong direction. We figure out whether you're dealing with burnout, misalignment, unclear strengths, or a story you've believed about your options — so you stop guessing and start working on the real thing.
Phase 2 - Identity: Reconnect to who you are.
You built your career around what made sense and what you were "supposed" to be good at. Now we rebuild it around you — your strengths, values, and the patterns of energy that tell us what you're actually built for. So you stop measuring yourself against everyone else.
Phase 3 - Alignment: Design a career path that fits.
This is where "all I have is a teaching degree" stops being a cage. We connect who you are to real roles, industries, and a lifestyle that works for your life — and use a clear decision framework so you choose from clarity, not fear or desperation.
Phase 4 - Execution: Move forward with grounded confidence.
Insight without action keeps you stuck. We build a realistic, paced roadmap plus tools to handle the imposter thoughts, comparison, and boundary stuff that show up the moment you start moving. You don't wait to feel confident — you build confidence by taking aligned steps.
Why you need a coaching program like this - and why now
Ask yourself how long you've been saying "next year will be better."
If you've already lost a few years to that sentence, that's the real cost of waiting — not in theory, in years of your actual life.
And the "teaching is stable, hold onto it" story is shakier than it feels. If you’ve been a teacher for any length of time, you know that there are multiple reasons why your position could get cut without warning. Budget cuts, schools closing, school politics, district restructuring - and I’m sure there are more that I’m not aware of. There are plenty of paths with just as much longevity and purpose that would actually fit who you are — and you might be far happier in one of them.
Could you figure this out on your own? Yes, I bet you could. It'll just take you a lot longer. It took me seven years to connect the dots after I knew teaching wasn't for me. The entire point of coaching is to compress that — with structure, accountability, and someone trained to help you get unstuck. You could figure it out on your own and take more time. Or you could hire someone who has experience and who can help you figure out what to do next before you hit next year and are saying that it will “be better” again.
What makes my career coaching program different:
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A therapist's lens.
We don't just build a plan. We work on the thought patterns, people-pleasing, and self-doubt that keep you settling — the stuff that follows you into the next job if you don't address it.
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Someone who's actually been in your shoes.
I know the building, the burnout, and the fear of leaving because I lived all of it.
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Strengths first, not a generic quiz.
We start from your real strengths (using CliftonStrengths - an evidence based career coaching tool) and connect them to actual directions — so the path we build is yours, not a template.
I can’t promise you'll walk away with a job offer in hand — and you should be skeptical of any career coach who does. But here's what I can promise:
If you do the work, you will not be where you started. You'll understand yourself more clearly than you ever have, you'll have at least one concrete next step, and you'll have real hope that teaching isn't the end of your story. I'm trained to help people shift their thinking and their actions to make lasting change. I can't make you do the work — but if you show up for it, something will shift.
My honest promise…
"But what about…" (the honest objections)
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Fair. I have lived off of a teacher’s salary and I know career coaching is a financial investment.
So let's count the other cost. How much is staying actually costing you — in stress, in lost time, in another year of dread? Coaching is a temporary cost to invest in your future without circling the same questions alone for another two years.
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Not working on this is exactly what keeps you where you are. We meet around your schedule, and you'll know the full time commitment from day one so you can prioritize it without it sneaking up on you.
I also offer shorter summer and school break programs designed to help you get some level of support in the time that you have. Sign up for my blog here to get first notice of when those come up!
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I get it — when nothing has shifted in a long time, it feels impossible that anything will. But that fear is part of what's keeping you stuck. As a therapist, guiding people through real change is literally my training. If you apply yourself, you won't end where you began. (See my promise above — I mean it.)
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Different tools for different jobs. Therapy helps you heal and process. Coaching helps you decide and move forward. You can absolutely do both — and my therapist training is why this coaching goes deeper than most.
Part of my story is that I met with a therapist and I realized I wanted to do her job. Before that, I spent 6 years doing a lot of the inner work I do with you in coaching. That therapist helped me on my journey, but the work we did was different than coaching.
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Start Here
Connect with me to see if career coaching is the right fit for you. We’ll meet for 30 minutes to have a relaxed talk about what your stressors are, where you’re getting stuck, and name one small step you can take to move forward today.
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Coaching Packages
Go here to learn more about the different coaching packages and services I offer - specifically for teachers who are looking to leave the classroom and are ready to find the career that’s right for them.
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Notes from a Former Teacher
Check out my blog that includes various parts of my journey of leaving teaching to becoming a therapist and exploring all the moments in betweem.
