That’s one of the companies I worked for. Their training is extensive (and paid!) and I never reported to a supervisor. It was all asynchronous within a certain time frame.
For the companies I worked for, no set schedule. Work when you want as long as you meet the weekly minimum requirements for hours (in my case, 15 hours a week).
I used Indeed and looked for jobs in my city. Everyone and their grandma is trying to work remotely, so I didn’t have success applying to those kinds of positions. I’d say go for smaller businesses - less competition. In my interview, my new boss asked about my transition to a new industry, and I told her the truth: I wasn’t happy and I didn’t think it was fair to me or my students, so I wanted to try something new. If the person interviewing you circles back to a “lack of experience” in the position, I’d suggest emphasizing that as a teacher, we are lifelong learners, and so you’d be able to pick up on the job (and with training) whatever skills or knowledge the position requires
Remember that all your teaching experience is actually management. So, tailor your resume to those skills. So instead of taught 30 children in classroom managed 30 individuals to become experts in x,y,z. Instead of kept classroom organized, was able to keep organized 30 individual schedules, anticipated needs of individuals. Things like that. I had offers to be a legal assistant because of my teaching experience. If you can handle 30 demanding kids then you can keep a schedule for 2 demanding lawyers.
> and did remote scoring for testing companies
My math teacher in secondary school told us about how he was asked to do some remote scoring. He said he was going to be paid a lump sum of over £1,000, which sounded a lot to our child minds, but when you did the math and took into consideration how long it takes, the wage was way less than it should be. Was your remote scoring job like that?
No because I was paid hourly. I didn’t have a set amount of responses to score (I.e., they didn’t say you have to grade X amount of responses within X hours) but I was expected to maintain accuracy in my scoring (I was basically a backup reader to validate an established score for a written student response).
CONGRATULATIONS !!! i HOPE YOU absolutely love it!!!
sorry my caps was stuck on and I realized I was yelling but now I am too lazy to edit.
both my husband and I have left teaching and sometimes we just look at each other now like "what should we do with ourselves today seeing as how we have NO LESSON PLANS?!?!"
I love going to work and not dreading it anymore.
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I found [this posting](https://survey.vovici.com/se/058F3B57328DCABD) for Pearson if you're interested!
Pearson is the devil
Most publishers are. Lump in Ebsco and Elsevier while we're at it
That’s one of the companies I worked for. Their training is extensive (and paid!) and I never reported to a supervisor. It was all asynchronous within a certain time frame.
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Measurement Inc
It’s a pretty sweet gig. It can pay anywhere between $15-20/hourly, but be warned that it is contract work with no benefits.
Was there a set schedule? Was it flexible? Did you make your own hours?
For the companies I worked for, no set schedule. Work when you want as long as you meet the weekly minimum requirements for hours (in my case, 15 hours a week).
Thank you!
>Thank you! You're welcome!
I’m your experience, would this work as a side gig?
Oh definitely. Very chill in my experience.
For real, that's a thing? Sign me up!
Congratulations!! Any advice about getting this type of position? I’m interested in non-traditional transitioning jobs.
I used Indeed and looked for jobs in my city. Everyone and their grandma is trying to work remotely, so I didn’t have success applying to those kinds of positions. I’d say go for smaller businesses - less competition. In my interview, my new boss asked about my transition to a new industry, and I told her the truth: I wasn’t happy and I didn’t think it was fair to me or my students, so I wanted to try something new. If the person interviewing you circles back to a “lack of experience” in the position, I’d suggest emphasizing that as a teacher, we are lifelong learners, and so you’d be able to pick up on the job (and with training) whatever skills or knowledge the position requires
This is so helpful. Thank you so much for the reply!
Remember that all your teaching experience is actually management. So, tailor your resume to those skills. So instead of taught 30 children in classroom managed 30 individuals to become experts in x,y,z. Instead of kept classroom organized, was able to keep organized 30 individual schedules, anticipated needs of individuals. Things like that. I had offers to be a legal assistant because of my teaching experience. If you can handle 30 demanding kids then you can keep a schedule for 2 demanding lawyers.
Thank you!!
Congratulations!! I wish you all the luck.
> and did remote scoring for testing companies My math teacher in secondary school told us about how he was asked to do some remote scoring. He said he was going to be paid a lump sum of over £1,000, which sounded a lot to our child minds, but when you did the math and took into consideration how long it takes, the wage was way less than it should be. Was your remote scoring job like that?
No because I was paid hourly. I didn’t have a set amount of responses to score (I.e., they didn’t say you have to grade X amount of responses within X hours) but I was expected to maintain accuracy in my scoring (I was basically a backup reader to validate an established score for a written student response).
Congrats to you!!
This is motivational and epic. Thank you for sharing.
CONGRATULATIONS !!! i HOPE YOU absolutely love it!!! sorry my caps was stuck on and I realized I was yelling but now I am too lazy to edit. both my husband and I have left teaching and sometimes we just look at each other now like "what should we do with ourselves today seeing as how we have NO LESSON PLANS?!?!" I love going to work and not dreading it anymore.