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Teacher Transition Obstacles

Here are just a few of the hurdles I had to overcome in order to exit my career in K-12 education.

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Going to Therapy for Workplace Trauma

Confession… I needed therapy to get through my last year as a teacher. In fact, I had a whole mental health team at my disposal consisting of a psychiatrist, a therapist, and my primary care physician.

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Free Teacher ➡️ ID Chats

Are you a teacher looking to transition to instructional design who wants free guidance? Starting this upcoming Monday, I will be setting aside a few time slots weekly for free 1:1 chats.

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Tips for Landing Your First ID Job

The hardest job hunt will be the first. The lesson for transitioning teachers is to broaden your job search for your first official ID role.

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Overhauling a Teacher Resume

Teachers looking to break into the field of corporate instructional design need to redo all of their application materials.

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Working Through Summer

This is my first summer working my full-time job, ever. So what’s it like working a corporate job all summer?

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Digital Portfolio Content

When building your digital portfolio, I would recommend including a variety of these work samples.

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How to Stand Out as an ID Candidate

The job market for instructional design is competitive, and I have had many aspiring IDs ask me how they can stand out amongst a pool of hundreds of applications.

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How Teachers Can Get Experience Training Adults

Being able to demonstrate that you have experience developing employees in the workplace will highlight your instructional design acumen.

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TPLD is Changing, Y’all

TPLD is a group of former educators who help current educators with their job transition to the corporate world of L&D, for free. We aren’t going anywhere, but we are evolving.

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