The Bookend: A Teaching Career Change After 25 Years in the Classroom

from If Teachers Ruled the World · host Leah Cleary

Are you actively choosing your teaching career, or just never choosing to leave? In this episode, Leah Cleary talks about her own teaching career change after 25 years in the classroom. What led her to resign, why she is trading AP history and department chair for seventh grade ELA, and what teacher work life balance actually looks like when you finally choose your whole life over your resume. If you're navigating teacher burnout and career transitions, or just carrying a weight you can't quite name, this episode's your permission slip. Listen in.

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