The Adventures After Teaching Podcast
Sharing inspirational stories from teachers who have chosen to walk away from classroom to successfully transition to a new career. Advice, tips and ideas for exhausted teachers who know there's a difference between "giving up" and "having had enough". Join me to explore all things teacher burnout, career and business coaching and get plenty of ideas for your very own adventure after teaching.
Episodes
89 episodes
Getting Your Life Back: New Possibilities After Maternity Leave
“If they can do it, I can do it.”Former Primary Deputy Head Natalie was on her second maternity leave when she decided to explore her career options outside of teaching. With creeping anxiety about returning to work and worries about not...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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38:11
Lots to Love in a New Career: Exploring Transferable Skills for Product Management
“It’s about the right role at the right time.”After spending 14 years teaching mostly in Further Education, Head of Faculty Gareth left the classroom to pursue new opportunities. Whilst he found his time in education both valuable and en...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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34:36
A World of Difference: The Journey to a Community Education Role
This week, we hear from the wonderful Selini, a former primary school teacher who has made an inspiring transition to become a Community Education Coordinator for a large international charity. Selini shares her journey out of the classroom and...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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29:02
A New Pace in the Civil Service: Challenge, Enjoyment and Opportunity
“What’s the worst that could happen?”Former Primary Headteacher Adam, loved the job but wanted to move on before he reached the point of burnout. Securing an interesting ‘lifeboat job’, he quickly realised how valuable his skills could b...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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39:39
Becoming a Project Manager: No Regrets for a New Chapter
“It’s given me my life back.”Head of Drama Lauren loved many aspects of teaching but found that the out of hours working expectations were simply unsustainable, sometimes hitting 12 hours a day for 6 days a week! After taking a few month...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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32:46
Working with Wildlife: Overcoming Slow Burnout to Find Career Change Joy
“I didn’t realise it … I think I was slowly burning out.”Reception Teacher Georgi followed her passions into the world of education, but felt numb and burnt out by her last year in the classroom. Stumbling upon the Adventures After Teach...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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24:54
From Anxious to Happy: Renewed Energy in a New Role
Once a Secondary Drama Teacher and Head of Drama, Serena felt frustrated with the “other elements” of teaching and wanted more time to focus on the “important stuff” with her students. Returning from maternity leave, and battling exhaustion bot...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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39:15
Taking the Plunge into the Wider World
“I’ve got to try something different.”Former History Teacher and Assistant Head, Simon remembers “running on empty all the time”. Following a conversation on the playground, Simon experienced a moment of realisation that teaching was no ...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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39:10
"It's Life-Changing": Rediscovering Life After Burnout
“It had taken over my entire life.”Associate Assistant Headteacher and Head of Geography, Victoria found her ‘4 day working week’ became a 50-60 hour commitment, frequently working 12 hours on a Sunday. Struggling with feelings of not wa...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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30:56
Putting the ‘Life’ Back into Work-Life Balance
“It was fantastic until it wasn’t so fantastic anymore”Primary Deputy Head Giselle took a lot of positives from her teaching career, spending 23 years working in the same school with a “lovely team and a lovely community”. But, as a self...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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30:21
Coping, Not Thriving: Falling Out of Love with Teaching
“It wasn’t a choice anymore … I had to go.”After 21 years of teaching in Secondary schools, Lucy found herself falling out of love with the job. Throughout her career she’d tried different role and different schools, but no longer felt t...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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32:53
“I Feel Completely Different”: Exploring Diagonal Steps in Teacher Career Change
“I can’t be in this position next year.”Primary teacher Vicky loved so many things about teaching but, after 20 years in the classroom, she found that the scope of her role had increased so much from when she first started her career. Re...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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39:15
Stimulation Without Stress: Landing A Role That Ticks All The Boxes
“I wouldn’t go back.”Special school Assistant Head Clare was always taking care of others around her … not realising the impact that burnout was having on her own life. After finally giving herself permission to stop and being s...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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44:38
It’s Time to Let Loose! Being Open to New Possibilities on Your Teacher Career Change Journey
“I can’t do this anymore.”Secondary Science teacher, Susanna, was done with the classroom - but not with teaching! Still with a great passion for learning and for her subject, it was the commute, the pressure, and all those extra duties ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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26:23
Reigniting a Passion for Working with Young People: Fulfilment, Flexibility & Fun!
“I’m not prepared to give up any more of my personal life” After spending 12 years teaching in special needs schools, Assistant Head Rachel loved working with children and young people but found herself frustrated by the lack of res...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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32:32
A Story of Self-Rediscovery: Battling Chronic Illness whilst Job Hunting
One of our earliest Academy members, Laura joined Adventures After Teaching three years ago. After 17 years teaching Secondary Maths whilst also dealing with a chronic health condition, she enrolled in our free Stay or Go workshop and began to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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38:37
Turning a ‘Pie in the Sky’ Dream into a Reality
“I do love teaching … but I do not like the system.”Primary Teacher and Outdoor Learning Lead, Pauline was struggling with serious burnout. She tried a change of key stage and reduced hours but continued to feel like teaching was “just n...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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29:57
Leaving with Love: Finding Freedom Before Burnout
Former History Teacher and Head of Sixth Form, Kirsty loved her school but was fed up with the constraints of teaching … working long evenings and regular weekends, as well as having no flexibility around holidays. Now working in Co...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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28:33
Stepping Away Confidently: Moving on from School Senior Leadership
With so much love for her school and all that she’d achieved in her teaching career, Co-Headteacher Charlotte made the difficult decision to pursue a career change after “feeling depleted rather than energised.” Now in a brand new (...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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27:14
Escaping the ‘Trappedness’: Finding Joy in Work Again
After losing her passion for teaching, Michala left her role as Head of Humanities and whole-school Teaching and Learning Lead to become a Training Programme Delivery Manager for a national charity. Rather than being triggered by on...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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44:55
Loving Life as a Virtual Assistant
After 14 years as a Drama Teacher and Subject Leader of Performing Arts, Nicola moved away from the classroom and set up her own business as a Virtual Assistant, specialising in all things systems and tech. Nicola shares her experie...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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28:40
Embracing Remote Working within the NHS
A former Assistant Headteacher with 13 years teaching experience behind her, Amandeep transitioned out of the classroom and into an interesting new role as a Senior Education and Development Officer within the NHS. She shares her ex...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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23:07
Becoming a Specialist Teacher for Inclusive Practice
Join me this week where I’m chatting to Cathie about her empowering secondment into the role of Specialist Teacher for Inclusive Practice with her Local Authority. Cathie shares her experience of burnout after 27 years of teaching, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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34:25
Senior Leader to Head of Congregational Administration & Communications
Join me as I chat to Rachael about her move from leading Maths to finding a rewarding new role leading communications and administration in a Franciscan Missionary. Rachael was looking at operations and project management roles when she found t...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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32:14
Secondary History to Charity Administrations and Systems Officer
Caroline was a Secondary History teacher who has successfully transitioned out of the classroom to become an Administrations and Systems Officer for a local charity. Her journey out of teaching took a year and she reflects on he...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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29:11