Teachers at a Crossroads
An online course for exploring career change
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Are you wondering whether you have it in you to teach another year…or even another moment?
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Are you curious about other careers outside the classroom and whether you might enjoy doing something else?
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Would you like clarity about your next career steps?
This 10-week, live online course will empower you to approach the next chapter of your career with a focus on your own happiness and fulfillment.
No more sticking out teaching just because you don't know what else to do.
No more waffling back and forth between "stay or go."
You’ll discover exciting new career possibilities and take stock of what’s important to you, what you have to offer, and what brings you joy.
Whether you decide to remain in the classroom or start down an alternative career path, you'll get greater clarity about what you want, a better understanding of who you are, and increased confidence that you're pursuing work that is right for you.
Enrollment for the spring 2023 course is now closed.
Stay informed about the Fall 2023 course by joining the waitlist.
This course is for you if:
1. You're not sure whether to leave the classroom or recommit to teaching, and you'd like to be able to make this decision with more clarity and confidence.
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2. You know you want to leave teaching to pursue a different career path, but you don't know what you want to do instead.
You might be feeling:
Confused about what you want for your career. One day you feel the positive impact you’re making on your students' lives, and you can't imagine anything better. But the next day, you feel under-appreciated and over-worked and wonder why you're still doing this.
Disappointed that teaching might not actually be your forever job. You invested a lot of time and energy into training and growing as a teacher. Teaching has been your entire life, and it's a huge part of your identity. Was it all for nothing?
Stuck in the classroom with no good career alternatives. You can't imagine what else you could do with your skills and experiences. Your inner critic is loud and insistent that "You're not qualified for anything else!” You're surrounded by other teachers and feel a million miles away from different careers.
Afraid of change. The unknown of another career has you frozen in your tracks.
Guilty for even considering leaving your students. You're a good teacher, and you know the world needs strong teachers. You wonder if you should just set aside your own happiness for the “greater good.”
Totally lost about how to move forward. Your process of figuring out your career feels disorganized and unproductive and is comprised mostly of worrying and fretting about your future.
By the end of this course you will have...
01.
Clarity
about what you want for the next chapter of your career.
02.
More joy in your work
by reconnecting with what makes you feel curious, interested, and excited.
03.
Confidence in your skills and strengths
because you've identified
what they are and can see
how they relate to your work and other careers.
04.
A growing network
of people
to help you widen your perspective, think through your career questions, and tap into new resources and ideas.
05.
A personalized list of career alternatives
created with your own
values, strengths, and
interests in mind.
06.
A plan
for how to seek more joy as
a teacher or how to leave the classroom for a career that's
a better fit for you.
"Laura’s course has totally transformed my mindset and way of thinking about my career. I’ve been teaching for 12 years and this course has helped me navigate my questions and uncertainties in ways I never could have done on my own. Her framework helped me figure out how my strengths and interests line up with other career possibilities. Now I’m navigating what’s next for me with confidence, because I know what I want and what I bring to the table."
Clare
Who's teaching the course?
Hi, I'm Laura! A career coach committed to helping educators reconnect with what brings them joy and find work they love.
I created this course for teachers because I kept hearing from my teacher clients, friends, and husband: “I don’t know if I want to teach much longer, and I definitely don't know what else I could do.”
This course is my version of shouting to the mountain tops, “There’s so MUCH you could do! You have so much to offer! If you’re not happy with your work, let’s do something about it!"
This course focuses on your happiness and fulfillment, because I want you to have work that makes you feel good.
You'll explore new career possibilities that align with what you want, what you care about, and what you have to offer. This can't be accomplished by simply looking at a generic list of "career alternatives for teachers" because you want work that's a good fit for you.
At the end of this course, it will be clear to you whether you want to recommit to the classroom or pursue a different path, and you'll know what to do next to make it happen!
I built this course based on 10 years of helping my clients find the career clarity they need to make confident steps toward something better. I've also been an educator myself, creating meaningful learning experiences for others throughout most of my career.
What my coaching clients say about me...
Kate
"Laura can help you reconnect with why you're here on this planet at this time, and manifest something greater for your career path and your life."
Theresa
"Laura is a joy to work with and just a wonderful human being to have cheering you on!"
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Corry
"Laura was an excellent guide and made me feel comfortable and confident throughout my career exploration process."
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"Leaving the classroom was a huge step for me. I was daunted by finding a job outside of a school and skeptical that I would. After working with Laura, I felt confident that I was pursuing opportunities based in truths about my personality, strengths, interests, and values. I saw more clearly what I had to offer and how my teaching experience could translate to other roles or industries."
Taryn
Get excited about your career again!
Don't miss this low price for the pilot course.
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What's included in the course?
The course is 10 weeks and runs March 21 - June 6. You will receive new content every other week (biweekly) to help you move through the course along with Laura and other participants.
However, you can also choose to go at your own pace.
PRE-RECORDED VIDEO LESSONS
Six modules (~15 pre-recorded lessons), teaching you the mindsets, strategies, and tools I've honed over ten years of career coaching. All content is downloadable and is available for 12 months after the start of the course.
ASSIGNMENTS
Exercises, reflections, or prompts accompany every lesson and will keep you focused and engaged in meaningful ways. This is not busy work! The work is designed to help you go deeper and farther faster. In order to get the most out of the course, you should expect to put in about two hours of work per week.
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
You'll receive all the information you need to do your assignments with ease, including relevant templates, assessments, and demos.
LIVE WEEKLY CALLS (Optional)
Join Laura and other course participants for a Zoom conversation/Q&A each week. This is an excellent way to share time and space with other teachers having similar experiences and to get unstuck from parts of the course that might be more challenging for you.
What will you learn?
Module
01
YOUR CAREER NARRATIVE
Create a more positive and hopeful approach to your career by examining your assumptions and beliefs and learning how to work with the voice of your inner critic.
Module
02
YOUR SUPERPOWERS
Build your confidence and self-awareness by identifying your skills and strengths through assessments and feedback from people you trust.
Module
03
YOUR COMPASS
Calibrate your career compass by prioritizing your values, desires, and enjoyment and minimizing external influences.
Module
04
YOUR OTHER CAREER POSSIBILITIES
Discover what else you can do for work through research, conversation, and imagination.
Module
05
YOUR CAREER "FIT"
Evaluate your career possibilities for alignment with your strengths, skills, values, and enthusiasm by asking questions, gathering information, and tapping into your intuition.
Module
06
YOUR PLAN
Set your career goals with concrete next steps to keep you moving forward, either toward more joy and fulfillment in the classroom or toward a new career.
Don't finish another school year just hoping for better next year.
And don't miss this low price for the pilot course.
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Still not sure whether Teachers at a Crossroads is right for you?
Give this course a 30-day risk free 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.
30 DAYS
RISK FREE!
GUARANTEE
Taking the course is risk free!
You're protected by a 30-day money back guarantee.
Taking this course is an investment in your future - a more joyful, fulfilling career awaits! All investments cost something, whether it's time, energy, or money. In this case, I believe that $280 is an investment worth making, for all the clarity, confidence, and momentum you're going to get for your career. But...
If you're feeling like $280 is a pretty significant chunk of change for a course that you don't know will help you, I understand.
I recently invested a lot of money in an online course, and the thing that made me feel OK with such a big financial investment was the money back guarantee. If it wasn't serving me, I could cancel. Phew!
I want to offer you that same sense of freedom to invest in yourself. By the end of 30 days, you'll have received access to the first two modules of the course.
If you don't feel totally motivated by what you're learning about yourself and your career by April 20, 2023, let me know and you'll receive a full refund.
You deserve work that
brings you joy.
Imagine waking up on a Monday morning with happy anticipation for the week!
Work you look forward to is out there. Sometimes you just need a little help making it happen.
I’ve created the roadmap you need to find your version of career happiness. So all you have to do is jump on board and enjoy being guided through a process that is fun, clarifying, eye-opening, and energizing. I'll be with you every step of the way.
With admiration,
Laura
