Bye Teaching – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week I catch up with Jo Millet. 

Jo is an ex head of department and former history and politics teacher from London. She joined teaching through Teach First, then spent 8 years in both state and independent schools. 

Jo lives in Bristol and now runs her own marketing agency, Lean Content. She’s the host of two podcasts and is setting up another business in 2024. She's also written a few books on marketing and does stand up comedy in her spare time. 

Jo and I talk about:

• The importance of self belief without ego
• How it’s easier to start than you realise
• Struggling with being the little fish
• Getting fired from her first job out of teaching
• Starting again from the bottom
• Not giving up
• Being glad she was a teacher but also really glad she left

You can find Jo on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-millett/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jo_millett/). Or you can visit her website (https://leancontent.co.uk/) and listen to her podcast Niche Upon a Star on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/164BdOCvIXOBxVztUR9pXs) or Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/niche-upon-a-star/id1724724440).

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This week I’m chatting to an ex colleague of mine, Helen Hill. 

Helen is the founder of UnlikelyGenius™️ and co-founder of Be The Future. She is an all-around creative, providing writing, design & illustration, and learning tech. She left teaching after being diagnosed with MS and feeling pushed out as a result of a toxic environment. 

She now wants to shake up our outdated education system from the outside and support our overstretched teachers to teach about tough topics like climate change, world events, and mental health.

Helen and I talk about many things, including: 

• toxic work environments
• being pushed out of jobs
• neurodiversity and invisible disabilities
• and getting into learning design as an ex teacher. 

You can find Helen on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenhill/)  and Instagram (@unlikelygenius & @bethfuture.earth. Check out her websites for Unlikely Genius (https://www.unlikelygenius.com/)  and Be the Future (https://www.bethefuture.earth/). And, I highly recommend her book, Falling off the Ladder. 

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The first of many interview episodes… This week I talk to Katharine Matthews.

Katharine is a generalist freelance copywriter and content writer who left a 15 year career in English teaching during the pandemic to start her own business, The Absolute Word.

She works with businesses of all sizes and sectors across the UK and beyond from her base in the North East.

Say hello to Katharine on social media. You’ll find all her links here: The Absolute Word

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Desperate to leave teaching but don't know what else you can do? Teachers have a tendency to underestimate their skills. There are tons of things you're already doing that would be super valuable in countless other work settings.

In today’s episode I talk about:

• teaching adjacent roles 
• other teaching-related ways to make money
• taking a part time role while building up your business as a side hustle
• teachers' transferrable skills
• building a business out of your hobbies and other skills
• other business ideas for ex teachers
• identifying your skills & doing competitor research

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Worried about having to take a pay cut if you leave teaching? I was too. Now I out earn my old teaching salary every month. 

BUT I did initially take a pay cut. I wish I’d known then what I know now. 

In today’s episode we talk about employed roles, starting your own business, transitioning out of teaching with teaching adjacent roles, and how to plan if you’re desperate to get out soon. 

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Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

TES

Teachers pay teachers

Fiverr

People per Hour

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Want to know the 3 biggest fears teachers have when they think about leaving teaching? Then today’s episode is for you. 

I’ve talked to hundreds of burnt-out teachers who are desperate to get out. And there are many things that have them putting off making a plan. But these are, by far, the most common ones. 

Have you got other fears about making the leap? DM me on Instagram and let me know. You can find me @byeteachinguk

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Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

Google Digital Garage

Hubspot courses

Coursera

FutureLearn

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Are you a burnt-out teacher desperate to get out? Do you dream of leaving, teaching and doing something else? Maybe working from home, or starting your own business? 

In 2016 I was exactly where you are. Hating my job, desperate to get out, but not knowing how to make it happen. 

I now run my own successful copywriting business. 

Each week I’m going to share some helpful tips and insights about leaving teaching and running your own business. And I’m also going to interview other teaching escapees who have also made the leap. So hopefully you can learn from our mistakes and get to where you want to be a lot faster. 

And be free and say bye to teaching for good. 

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This week I catch up with Kerry Quinn. Kerry is a social media strategist and content creator who left a 14-year teaching career to start her own business, The Teacher Marketer. 

Listen in to find out how Kerry said goodbye to teacher stress and burn out in search of a better work-life balance. 

Say hi to Kerry on Instagram @the_teacher_marketer, join her Facebook group Teachers in Business, or download her free 90 day content planner.

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This week I talk to Inés Ivorra Harrison. Inés is a content writer for education and EdTech.

She left a 11 year career in teaching ESL and FLE in January 2024. She now works mainly with educational and EdTech companies across the globe from the comfort of her home near Barcelona.

Listen up to find out how Inés made the transition from teaching to content writing. We discuss:

-   How she deliberated over her decision to leave teaching

-   Taking a course in UX writing 

-   The different types of writing you can do as a freelancer

-   Becoming an EdTech content writer

-   Difficulties in finding full time employed roles outside teaching

-   Identifying transferrable skills that teachers have

-   The benefits and challenges associated with running your own business

Visit Inés’s website: https://www.inesivorra.com/

Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/inés-ivorra

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It’s series two of the Bye Teaching Podcast and today I talk with ex primary teacher Molly Scanlan. 

Molly left teaching in 2020 and now creates sustainable websites for social enterprises and other non-evil businesses. She’s also a co-founder of a social enterprise herself, a writer and a parent. 

Listen in for Molly’s take on our broken education system, teacher overwhelm and frustration, and the toll it can take on your mental health. 

We also talk about some of the strong transferable skills teachers have and how their work ethic can set them up to be really successful business owners.

Visit Molly’s website: https://www.mollygetsitdone.com/

Sign up for her newsletter: https://www.mollygetsitdone.com/signup/

Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scanlanmolly/

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