Leaving the Classroom: A Teacher Transition Podcast
This podcast is for teachers ready to transition out of the classroom and into a new career. Each week, I will share stories about what I have learned moving from education to the corporate world. I will answer the most common questions and share my best tips to help you get started! If you are considering leaving the classroom, this show is for you! Kristi Oliva is a Learning Program Manager for Worldwide Customer Service Assessment Strategy at Amazon. She drives a global program to design high-quality assessment methods that correlate with performance-based business solutions. A successfully transitioned teacher, Kristi is also a Guest Faculty Member and Mentor for IDOL courses, where she has helped hundreds of professionals enter the instructional design field by providing group mentoring and one-on-one coaching.
Episodes
In this episode, Kristi Oliva provides tips for teachers planning their transition out of the classroom.
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1. The importance of mapping out your journey and identifying a clear destination or target career path to avoid feeling lost.
2. Steps to research potential post-teaching careers, identify skill gaps, and address qualifications needed for the target role.
3. Details about an upcoming "Teacher Ditch Day" event o...
In this episode of Leaving the Classroom, former teacher Kim Brooks shares her journey of transitioning from the classroom to holistic wellness curating.
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- Kim's story of teaching for 18 years in elementary school both in the US and internationally before feeling burned out and resigning.
- How she discovered yoga and other holistic practices to help manage her stress and fibromyalgia, leading her to get certificat...
In this episode, Kristi Oliva interviews former teacher Chris Shamblin about transitioning out of the classroom and preparing financially. Chris shares his journey of leaving the classroom after experiencing burnout and wanting more fulfillment in his career.
Kristi Shares:
- Her experience with burnout leading her to leave the classroom after 15 years of teaching.
- The toxic culture in education that discourages self-care and lea...
In this episode, Matt Gjertsen, former Air Force pilot and owner of Better Every Day Studios, shares advice for transitioning teachers looking to become instructional designers.
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- Advice for interviewing successfully and highlighting one's skills in a resume
- Tips for standing out in a competitive job market and creating an effective portfolio
- How to ask the right questions in an interview to determine career...
In this episode of the Leaving the Classroom podcast, host Kristi Oliva interviews former teacher Molly Schloesser about making the transition from her career in education to new opportunities outside of the classroom. Molly shares her experiences teaching third grade for several years and deciding to pursue a change, as well as her ongoing job search as she works to transition into a new role in customer success or account managem...
In this episode of Leaving the Classroom, former teacher Sarah Bainter discusses her journey from the classroom to a career in instructional design. She shares her experience going through IDOL courses Academy. Sarah reflects on translating her teaching skills to her new role and the differences between developing content for children and adults.
On this episode Kristi shares:
- Sarah's background as ...
In this episode, Kristi Oliva shares her journey transitioning from teaching to a career in instructional design. She discusses initially pursuing a master's degree with the goal of becoming a professor. Kristi highlights how she discovered IDOL Academy and gained far more practical skills and knowledge applicable to her new career through their program compared to her master's degree.
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In this episode, Kristi Oliva interviews Kristen Bahls, a former teacher turned Senior Learning and Development Specialist.
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- Kristen's story of transitioning from teaching to instructional design, including how she discovered IDOL Courses and landed her current role in just 6 weeks.
- The top 3 skills Kristen feels she brought from teaching to her new career in instructional design - adaptability, time manageme...
In this episode, Kristi Oliva interviews former high school math teacher Andrea Hanson about her journey from leaving the classroom to become a successful entrepreneur and business coach. Andrea discusses how she started with network marketing before opening her own boutique. She shares her experience with following her intuition despite fears and overcoming challenges when transitioning out of teaching.
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- How ...
In this episode, Kristi Oliva discusses 3 ways for teachers to gain work experience outside of the classroom when transitioning to new careers.
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- Tips on finding a local small business to gain experience through unpaid case studies and portfolio building
- Advice on taking on contract work to gain client management skills and experience
- Suggestions for using a fictional client scenario to build a portfolio if ot...
In this episode of Leaving the Classroom podcast, host Kristi Oliva interviews Amar Kumar, CEO of KaiPod Learning.
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- About KaiPod Learning, a company that helps educators start their own microschools. Amar discusses how microschools can provide a personalized learning experience for students while also giving teachers more flexibility and impact.
- About KaiPod's Catalyst program, which provides training and resour...
In this episode of Leaving the Classroom, host Kristi Oliva interviews Pamela Wynter about her experience transitioning from teaching to becoming an instructional designer at a nonprofit organization. Pamela discusses her background as a teacher and how she discovered IDOL Academy, deciding to make the transition out of the classroom. She describes her journey through the IDOL program and landing a job as a senior manager and instr...
In this episode of Day in the Life of a Corporate ID with Samiya Hai, Kristi Oliva interviews her friend Samiya about her career transition from teaching to becoming an instructional designer.
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- How Samiya decided to make the change from her 15-year teaching career after feeling unsafe returning to the classroom during the pandemic
- That through the IDOL courses Academy program, Samiya was able to get her first i...
In this episode host Kristi Oliva discusses three steps for teachers who want to leave the classroom for a new career. She talks about picking a new career path through research and networking, discusses rewriting your resume to focus on results and skills instead of just tasks, and addresses practicing interviewing skills since interviews are important for getting jobs outside of teaching.
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- Why picking a ...
In this episode, Kristi Oliva interviews Amanda Kulik about her experience transitioning from teaching to becoming a corporate instructional designer. Amanda details her journey from getting her master's degree to finding IDOL courses Academy to landing her first instructional design job.
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- Her journey from getting her master's degree and teaching for 15 years to discovering IDOL courses Academy and landin...
In this episode, Kristi Oliva discusses three ways she has learned to adapt to working in a male-dominated corporate environment after transitioning from the female-dominated field of teaching. She talks about managing her emotions, participating in meetings, and stopping unnecessary apologizing. The goal of the podcast is to help other teachers gain confidence and skills to make a career change.
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- The three ...
In this episode, we discuss how to overcome self-sabotage and embrace your potential.
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1) Identifying patterns of self-sabotage and finding where you dismiss yourself before others get a chance.
2) Embracing challenges like getting 100 rejections as a way to take opportunities without fear of rejection.
3) Keeping a record or journal of rejections to track progress and reframe rejection as a non-emotion...
In this episode, the host Kristi Oliva discusses the importance of cultivating an abundance mindset and how it can lead to happiness, success and fulfillment. She shares three ways to develop an abundance mindset: awareness, challenging scarcity thoughts, and surrounding yourself with abundance-minded people.
In this episode, I talk to Gretchen Johanson. Gretchen is a former teacher, guest faculty, and member of IDOL courses Academy. She now works as an instructional designer for Zillow. She discusses how she transitioned from teaching to her current role.
- Gretchen discussed her journey from being a teacher for 9 years to transitioning to various instructional design roles, including freelancing, contrac...
Quitting a job, especially teaching, is a major life change that usually comes with a mix of emotions. Whether you're leaving the classroom because you're worn out or just craving something different, the emotional ride that follows can be intense. Today I am talking about how to cope with the emotions that come with leaving the classroom. I give you 10 tips to stay focused on your goal but maintain your sanity along the way.
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