I had no clue what other profession I might possibly be qualified for, and now I have a concrete plan about my offramp from teaching and my onramp to a new career!
—PETER, High School Social Studies Teacher
You're standing at a crossroads in your career, but you don't which way to turn.
Each year, teaching loses a bit more of its shine...
The grading, lesson plans, and endless demands pile higher, while the satisfaction you once felt slips quietly away.
And yet...
You're a damn good teacher, and nothing compares to those moments when your students grasp a difficult concept—it's dynamite.
You wonder if somewhere out there exists a job that could bring that joy back.
You worry that teaching is no longer the stable job it once was. Education is changing so rapidly and it ain't looking good. Do you actually need a backup plan?!
You wonder if you're just falling into a pattern of "grass is greener" thinking.
Plus, let's be real, the summers off and teacher pension are pretty sweet and really hard to imagine living without.
The question you keep coming back to is...
"Can I keep teaching or is there something better out there for me?" (and if so, what is it?!)
I would definitely recommend this course to any teacher that feels burned out, overwhelmed, helpless, or stuck in their job.
—JAN, former 5th grade teacher, current 6th Grade High Ability Teacher
Why do you feel so stuck?
It's not that you lack the desire or motivation to make a change.
You're NOT an idiot.
It's just that...
You don't know what you want.
After years of prioritizing others—your students, colleagues, and family— you've lost touch with your own needs, desires, and interests.
Every time you decide to figure out your career once and for all, you end up reading about other people pursuing their dreams or staring at a job posting you don't even understand.
You've spent so long helping others find their path that you've forgotten how to chart your own.
You're paralyzed by fear & doubt.
There's a little (ok, a lot) uncertain about the times we're living in, and one thing you can actually count on is a reliable salary, benefits, and a schedule you've built your life around.
Plus, years of being told you're "just a teacher" and seeing few role models who've successfully transitioned have convinced you that your skills are too niche for another job.
You wonder, “Am I crazy to leave teaching?
Who would even hire me anyway?”
You're exhausted beyond belief.
Sunday nights, you stare at stacks of ungraded essays while editing tomorrow's lessons, answering urgent parent emails, and wondering when Sunday stopped feeling like a day off and started feeling like unpaid overtime.
After a quick peek at Facebook (where you wade through more bad news about the future of education), you open Indeed to search for other jobs, but then close it immediately—it's too much—your body just. wants. rest.
The thought of a career change when you barely make it through each day feels like climbing Mt. Everest.
You don't know where to begin.
No one ever taught you to make a career transition (you thought you'd teach forever)!
So you're winging it by making endless pros and cons lists, late night doomscrolling job postings, falling down the rabbit hole of teacher transition Reddit threads and Facebook groups, and prematurely updating your resume.
Nothing is working,
you still feel lost and confused.
You need a different roadmap.
Most career resources for teachers focus heavily on job search tactics—resumes, interviews, networking, and applications.
Those roadmaps teach you how to GET a job.
Which is incredibly valuable if...
You know you want to leave teaching and you know what you want to do instead.
But you probably don't know where you're headed. That's why you're here!
Job search tactics are a waste of time
if you don't know what you want for your career.
It's like planning a road trip without knowing your destination.
You can have the perfect map, GPS, and fully gassed car...
but if you don't know where you're going?
Best case scenario: you stay lost driving in circles.
Worst case scenario: you take a new job you won't even like.
Teachers at a Crossroads is the roadmap you need to get clarity about what's right for you.
Teachers at a Crossroads helps you figure out WHAT
you want for your career.
It meets you right where you're at, confusion and all.
Think of it as your guide to figuring out your next destination—whether it's more years of teaching, a break from teaching, or a whole new career.
It helps you answer questions like:
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Who am I at this phase of my life?
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What do I actually want?
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What matters most to me?
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What's possible for me?
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What work would make me happy?
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What's getting in my way of making a change?
This is the foundational work of making career choices
that are right for you.
Laura's course has helped me navigate my questions and uncertainties in ways I never could have done on my own. It transformed my mindset and way of thinking about my career, and now I'm confident about what's next, because I know what I want and what I bring to the table.
—CLARE, former pre-K teacher, current Logistics Coordinator
WHAT TO EXPECT
Phase 1: Create Your Career Compass
Modules 1-7
Complete reflection exercises and/or assessments to discover your unique skills, strengths, personality, values, and what makes you come alive. You'll create your own Career Compass—a navigation tool that guides you toward careers that align with who you are and what you want.
Phase 2: Explore New Horizons & Chart Your Path
Modules 8-10
Generate new career possibilities beyond the most common pathways, research what interests you through conversations and experimentation, and use your Career Compass to decide which pathways are a good fit for you. By the end, you'll have 1-2 specific directions or renewed clarity about staying in teaching.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything you need to make clear, confident decisions,
now and at any future career crossroads.
PRE-RECORDED VIDEO LESSONS
Ten modules with 30+ pre-recorded lessons totaling ~5 hours of content that you have access to as long as you need it.
PRIVATE COMMUNITY ACCESS
An optional small private online community space where you can ask Laura questions, share insights, and connect with other teachers navigating a similar crossroads.
RESOURCES
Everything you need to support you during the course, including templates, demos, links to assessments, career exploration tools, and more.
HOMEWORK
Assignments for every lesson to help you go deeper with the content.
1:1 SESSION ADD-ONS
Optional 1:1 coaching sessions with Laura at any point for half the price of her coaching fees (save $100)!
SELF-PACED STRUCTURE
Work through the course at whatever speed works for you—binge it during summer break, spread it over a year, or pause and restart as life demands.
Course pricing
Investment of $197
✓ 10 modules with 25+ video lessons (lifetime access)
✓ Assignments & reflection exercises for every lesson
✓ Relevant resources (assessments, exploration tools, templates)
✓ Small, private optional online community with other teachers
✓ Twice-weekly asynchronous Q&A responses from Laura
✓ Personalized Career Compass to guide your career decisions, now and in the future
✓ Optional 1:1 coaching add-ons (50% off)
✓ Start immediately—work at your own pace
Payment options:
PAY IN FULL
$197
total
3 MONTHLY PAYMENTS
$67
per month
I was lacking clarity about what I wanted in my career, but years of daydreaming about lots of different potential careers hadn't really gotten me anywhere. Laura's course got me through a rough patch in my career and gave me the sense of agency I needed to pursue a better work situation for myself.
—TRICIA, former teacher at a public school, current Elementary & Middle School Science Teacher at an independent school
THIS IS THE YEAR you breakthrough the confusion and get clarity
about your career
By the time you complete Teachers at a Crossroads, you'll have the clarity that makes everything else easier.
You'll know:
If you want to leave the classroom or stay with renewed purpose
What new careers are right for you
What you want for the next chapter of your career
You'll feel:
Equipped to make decisions from clarity rather than desperation
Confident in what you have to offer
Personal agency over your professional journey
More joy by reconnecting with what makes you come alive
You'll have:
Connections with Laura & other teachers
Tools to use again and again at future crossroads
A solid plan for moving forward with your career
What Teachers at a Crossroads students are saying...
My thoughts about teaching and my career were all over the place, but Laura's course changed everything. I got clarity and a sense of calm about my career that I hadn’t felt in a long time.
She helped me clarify my career goals and identify personal strengths I could utilize in new roles. I also learned valuable networking skills, which have helped me make connections and provided me with even more inspiration and confidence in my career transition.
—BA, former High School English Teacher, current Instructional Designer at a Community College
I took Laura’s course because I was a teacher without a lot of joy. I wanted to explore other career possibilities, but I felt like I could only be a teacher.
As I worked through the course, I felt the number of doors and possibilities for career alternatives begin to open and it allowed me to dream and plan for another career where I can be the best me.
—JAN, former 5th grade teacher, current 6th Grade High Ability Teacher
Hey there Teacher, I'm Laura!
I'm a career clarity coach for teachers feeling lost and stuck in their career.
I love helping teachers move through the muck of career confusion and onto a clear path forward. And here's what I've learned:
If you're uncertain about your career, you don't need resume help. You don't need networking strategies. You don't need a better LinkedIn profile.
You need CLARITY.
You need to understand who you are now (not who you were when you started teaching). You need to explore what's actually out there (not just the same 5 "teacher alternative" jobs everyone talks about). You need permission to want something different and a framework to figure out what that is.
That's why I created Teachers at a Crossroads.
Laura and her course were a pivotal part of my healing process as I shift from educator to the next phase of my life. The course was a life changer and a life saver.
—BERNADETTE, former teacher, current Grief Recovery Specialist and McKinney-Vento Advocate
Teachers at a Crossroads is different than other career change courses
There are other career change courses for teachers out there, but...
Here's what makes Teachers at a Crossroads unique
It meets you where you actually are
You're lost, confused, overwhelmed, or discouraged. You need clarity, hope, self-awareness, and confidence to make tough decisions; not resume support, job search tactics, or advice for a stage you haven't reached yet.
It's a career clarity course, not a job search course
Most courses focus almost exclusively on you how to get a job. But that's not what you need right now if you aren't clear about the kind of job you want or whether you even want to leave teaching.
It's time and space to do some soul searching, not a quick fix
You can't fast track meaningful career change. Making big life changes isn't an overnight endeavor. Answering questions like "What's right for me?" requires space for reflection, gathering information, and making sense of it all.
It helps you discover a wide range of career possibilities, not just the most common alternatives
There are so many options for teachers beyond the classroom! The course gives you strategies (and enthusiastic permission) to think outside the box of education adjacent roles like instructional design, curriculum development, and corporate training.
More from Teachers at a Crossroads students...
I had doubts about teaching, but I didn’t think I could find other work so I stayed as a default.
Laura’s course guided me through an honest exploration of what I want and have to offer in my career. It gave me confidence that I CAN do something else if I choose, and so I felt empowered to ask for the things I wanted to make my current job better.
—ROB, Middle School Social Studies Teacher
It doesn't matter where you are in the process of changing your career. You will become more aware of how your own thoughts and attitudes may limit your ideas of what's possible. Even if you decide to remain in teaching, you may think about your job in a whole new way.
—JENNIFER, Elementary EAL Teacher
Still not sure whether Teachers at a Crossroads is right for you?
Yes!
It is for you if:
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You're asking "What should I do with my life?" and not "How do I get job X?"
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You've tried to get clarity on your own but you're spinning your wheels.
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Your main strategy has been doom-scrolling jobs online, and it's not working.
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You've taken other online job courses for teachers, and you still feel as stuck as ever.
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You'd like to transform the way you think about your career, not just make a career transition.
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You like working at your own pace, on your schedule
No!
It's not for you if:
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You already know exactly what career you want (e.g., "I want to be an Instructional Designer")—you need job search tactics, not career clarity
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You want help with your job search. Resumes, cover letters, and interviewing—those aren't covered in this course.
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You need a job (any job) ASAP because you've left teaching and need an immediate income
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You aren't ready to commit your time and energy to figuring this out right now.
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You want a quick fix to your career dissatisfaction.
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You know you need external accountability to complete things (consider the live group cohort instead)
Make an investment in
a happier future
After all the energy, money, and time you've invested in other people (your students, colleagues, family, etc.), it's time to invest in YOU—
your career,
your life
your happiness.
Worth every cent (and then some!)
—PETER
The course is a mindset changer and motivation that is well worth the cost!
—LISA
—ROB
Taking this class was an investment. Every penny has been paid back to me a hundredfold in peace of mind and motivation. I wanted clarity. I got it. Way cheaper than any other midlife crisis!
15 day
RISK FREE!
GUARANTEE
Taking the course is risk free!
Take 2 weeks to test out the course and see if it's what you need. If not, let me know within the first 15 days of purchase, and I'll refund 100% of the cost.
Give this course a 15 day chance if any of the following resonates with you:
You're feeling pressure to make a decision
But you get stuck in your head turning over the same questions again and again without clarity.
You know change is needed
You feel it in your body. You hear your wise inner voice. "Something is not right. Make things better."
You want to enjoy more of your life
You know that your job has a huge impact on life outside of work, and you're ready to do what it takes to be happier.
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