169- The Case for Taking an Entry Level job with Blake Fisher

The Teacher Career Coach Podcast

Daphne Gomez

Business, Education, Careers, Self-improvement

4.4 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Blake left the classroom to work in the tax field as an administrative assistant. She had no knowledge of taxes but her work ethic and professionalism contributed to very quick growth. We recorded this episode before she got a promotion! Blake is now a Learning and Development Coordinator at her tax office! Join us to learn how you can get your foot in the door and how it can open up a world of opportunities. Find Blake on LinkedIn. Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Teacher Career Coach podcast with your new host, Elizabeth Sudo.
0:04.6	She started her teaching career in 2014. She found she needed a career change after all the changes that pandemic brought to the teaching world.
0:13.7	So she transitioned outside of the classroom into an administrative assistant role and now works as an operations manager for a tech startup.
0:22.8	Get ready for discussions on all things related to teacher transitions, interview prep,
0:28.0	addressing burnout in the classroom, and so much more. Here's your host, Elizabeth Sudo.
0:34.8	Welcome back to the Teacher Career Coach podcast. You can find us on all your social channels at
0:41.2	Teacher Career Coach or on our website, teachercareercoach.com. Hi everyone and welcome back to this
0:50.3	next episode. Today I'm so excited for you to get to know Blake Fisher.
0:56.1	Blake's a former teacher and now an administrative assistant at a tax firm.
1:02.1	Join us today as we discuss the challenges of teaching and how an entry-level position can set you up
1:10.0	for success for learning and growth when you leave the
1:13.5	classroom. Hope you enjoy. Welcome back, everyone. I'm so excited to have Blake Fisher with us. Welcome,
1:21.7	Blake. Thank you. Well, we love to kick these off by hearing a bit about your educational journey. What got you into education in the first place?
1:33.0	Yeah. So I grew up in Connecticut and I went to prep school there and ended up going to Montana for college, which was like kind of a wild step in a like literally different
1:47.2	direction, but just very, yeah, I'd never been to the state before, actually. And I applied and
1:53.4	showed up for orientation and that had been it. So that was kind of like an adventure in itself. And when I
1:58.8	was in Montana, fell in love with like the outdoors and the environment because like Montana. So. And when I got to senior year, I was like, oh, you know, I like the environment. And I also was into like econ. So I was like wanted to explore that. But I don't know. It was like, senior year. It's just I like, I like, wanted to explore that. But I don't know.
2:17.8	It was like, senior year.
2:19.0	It's just, I like, I just need more time.
2:22.5	So I bought myself more time and I applied for Teach for America.
2:26.7	And it was like I was not like an elementary ed major.
2:31.4	Like I was in forestry.
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