Why I Left Teaching

I had been teaching over seven years on and off. I left teaching once for a local tech job, but that had red flags all over it from the beginning.

Teaching was abrupt from the get go for me, especially in Texas. I was told I was only in charge of a few things. But when I got to my first school and they saw how competent I was, they asked me to do everything. It was overwhelming.

I signed my contract with only one coaching position, yearbook, and teach business and computer classes. When the year was over I was the IT department, the Senior sponsor, the custodian, the landscaper, the bus driver, a counselor, and the most envied/hated by the admin left there.

Looking back in hindsight, I should have learned to politely say no. I say that a lot now, lol.

But I wanted to be good at my job and be a team player. Being young and naive, that made my life really difficult my first few years of teaching.

But as I gained more experience I learned how the system work. Towards the end, I made it work for me. I learned how to turn down a lot of asks.

But from that abrupt start, it started to smooth out. But then Covid hit and really jacked everything up.

To be continued…….