The Teacher's Pivot: A 5 Step Guide to Your Next Career

Teachers have a unique role in that beyond imparting wisdom and knowledge on the youth, they are leaders, actors, problem solvers, data based decision makers, to name a few. These skills are transferrable to roles in other industries, when translated into corporate speak or the language of other industries. For example, lesson planning and curriculum design written another way are project management and strategy.

However, skills alone are often not enough to make a leap into a new industry, thus the genesis of this 5 step guide for tackling this process:

• Step 1: Identify Transferrable Skills

• Step 2: Resume Writing

• Step 3: Upskilling: New Learning for a New Role

• Step 4: Harnessing the Power of AI

• Step 5: Job Searching

The belief that teachers have skills that are transferrable to other industries, with the right help, is the basis for a new Think Plan Change course on Thinkific titled "The Teacher's Pivot: A 5 Step Guide to Your Next Career." Through this course, educators will gain an understanding of the current job searching landscape, how to make themselves a more attractive candidate, and how to tailor their resume and skills to a new industry and role.

Whether you are an early career educator, close to retirement, or just curious about what a job switch might look like, this course is for you. This course was developed specifically on Thinkific to highlight an available resource for educators for educational content creation as an avenue for new opportu.

Available on Thinkific for free for a limited time: https://dana-s-site-b896.thinkific.com/products/courses/teachers-pivot-course