S5EP10 How to figure out if you should change schools (and other big teaching decisions)

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

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🗓️ 9 April 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

This is the time of year when many teachers are facing huge decisions about their careers. You may not be sure if you're even going to have a job next year because your teaching position has been cut. Your decision might be whether to look for another teaching job, or find a different career altogether.

Others of you are wondering: should you stay home with your kids, or save up for another year first? Should you try to get a job in another school? Should you ask your principal if you can take that open spot in another grade level? Should you apply for that position as an instructional coach or an administrator?

In many ways, these are deeply personal questions that no one can advise you on. There are so many factors to consider and only you know them all, and understand the relative importance of them all.

So rather than give you advice about what to do, I'm going to teach you my system for making these kinds of big decisions. I've changed schools 5 times and grade levels 3 times, and relocated to other parts of the country for work twice.

And I always felt confident about the choices I made because I created a system that helped me think through every aspect of the decision and weigh the options not just on an intellectual, rational, logical level, but also on an emotional and heart level. Listen in as I share my process.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 5 episode 10 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.
0:05.0	I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and
0:10.0	truth into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the
0:14.0	week ahead. Today I'm going to share some thoughts on how to make big decisions
0:18.3	like whether to change schools or grade levels. Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript, links to
0:24.9	recommended resources, and to share your thoughts on the show. So this is the time
0:30.1	of year when many teachers are facing huge decisions about their careers.
0:35.3	And while that can feel like a burden, I think we should start by acknowledging that having
0:39.8	choices and options is a privilege because not every teacher has a say in these issues.
0:46.2	I know many of you aren't sure if you're even going to have a job next year because your
0:49.8	teaching position has been cut.
0:52.1	Your decision might be whether to look for another
0:53.9	teaching job or find a different career altogether. Others of you are wondering
0:59.2	should you stay home with your kids or save up for another year first?
1:04.2	Should you try to get a job at another school?
1:07.2	Should you ask your principal if you can take that open spot in another grade level?
1:11.7	Should you apply for that position as an instructional coach or an
1:14.7	administrator? In many ways these are deeply personal questions that no one can
1:20.2	really advise you on. There are so many factors to consider and only you know them all and
1:26.1	only you understand the relative importance of them all. So rather than give you advice
1:31.2	about what to do, I'm going to teach you my system for making these kinds of big decisions that don't have a clear right or wrong answer.
1:38.0	I've changed schools five times, and I've changed grade levels three times. I've relocated to other parts of the country
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