My career as a curriculum designer, writer, and education consultant started a couple years ago. While I was teaching, I had a side hustle with an ed-tech company, but after having my daughter, I wanted to pursue my side hustle full time.

When Beth Wrobel was in her 23rd year of teaching, she began to experience the signs of burnout. She was overworked, undersupported, and not sure that she could continue at her current pace.

Searching for jobs is both exhilarating and exhausting. As you apply for job after job, it can be hard to get clear on what sets you apart from the other applicants. But it’s so important!

Working as a curriculum designer is a great way to use your creativity and education expertise. Want to get started with curriculum design? Follow these steps!

As teachers, we don’t generally see a lot of career options. We could change grade levels, schools, or become an administrator. But there are so many ways to use your teaching experience!

Teachers can do anything! Learn the invaluable skills you have and how to apply them outside of the classroom. Explore how to articulate and share your wide variety of talents.

We need teachers to write curriculum, to coach other teachers, to make education policy, to advocate for students, to stand up for teachers, to inspire radical learning, to change the landscape of education. We need teachers to do all the things they don’t have the capacity to do when they’re in the classroom.

After leaving the classroom in 2012, I created a hodgepodge of consulting and coaching jobs for myself. But after freelancing for a couple years, I knew I wanted to have my own business.