Career paths for former teachers

These are the roles we see teachers move into most often. Each page explains what the work involves, which classroom skills carry over, and the current openings we track.

Customer Success & Support
Customer success teams help clients learn a product, hit their goals, and stick around. If you've explained the same idea five different ways before lunch, you already know the core of the job.
157 open roles →
Sales & Account Management
Account managers and education sales reps spend their days listening, presenting, and building trust. Edtech companies in particular value people who have sat on the buyer's side of the table.
505 open roles →
Instructional Design & Curriculum
Instructional designers and curriculum writers build the courses, lessons, and assessments other people learn from. It's the most direct translation of lesson planning into a corporate role.
14 open roles →
Training, Enablement & L&D
Trainers, enablement specialists, and learning & development teams teach adults: new hires, sales teams, or customers. Facilitation skills carry over almost one-to-one.
42 open roles →
Project & Program Management
Project and program managers keep timelines, people, and moving parts in sync. Running a classroom for a full school year is a long-running program with very demanding stakeholders.
88 open roles →
Operations & Administration
Operations, admissions, and coordinator roles keep an organization running day to day. Organized, detail-minded teachers often find these roles a comfortable first step.
170 open roles →
HR, Recruiting & People
Recruiters and people teams hire, onboard, and support employees. Teachers bring practice in reading people, mentoring, and handling sensitive conversations.
97 open roles →
Marketing, Content & Community
Content writers, marketers, and community managers explain why a product matters and keep users engaged. Educators who write well and know their audience do well here.
189 open roles →
Education & Academic Programs
Roles at edtech companies and education nonprofits that use your teaching background directly: school partnerships, academic coaching, tutoring programs, and more, without running your own classroom.
20 open roles →

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Career-Path Report

· Which roles fit which teacher skills
· What those roles pay (BLS wage data, sourced)
· Teacher-to-corporate translation tables
· A 30-day transition plan and search strings

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