Step Two: Identify Skills

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What are you looking to do when you transition careers? Are you going to return to college to learn a new career? Are you going to hire a career coach to help you identify marketable skills? Are you going to participate within a group to learn to adapt your skills to a world outside of teaching?

Let’s take a look at transferable teacher skills:

• Active Listening
• Adaptable
• Auditing
• Complex Problem Solving
• Content Creation
• Coordination
• Critical Thinking
• Flexibility
• Growth Mindset-Always Learning
• Instruction
• Inventory Control
• Judgement & Decision Making
• Learning Strategies
• Management & Personnel Resources
• Monitoring
• Project Management
• Proofreading/Editing
• Reading Comprehension
• Service Orientation
• Social Perceptiveness
• Speaking
• System Evaluation
• Time Management
• Writing

Obviously, we teachers wear many hats and this list is not comprehensive. Sit down and write a list of your VALUE, your skills. You are much more than “just a teacher,” as I am often hearing from others. We have so much value to offer the world!