HeyJaredLane Switch Podcast
Success stories from teachers who left the classroom successfully to pursue new careers. We hear from teachers all across the US who transitioned out of education into new journeys.
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Rethinking Life Beyond the Classroom (opens the original)
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I sat down and spoke with Amber Letters who shares her unconventional journey from an English and communications grad who started teaching in a Florida alternative school with no formal pedagogy training, she learned quickly that relationship-building is the core of effective teaching. Her story offers a candid look at the emotional toll of COVID-era teaching, the deep bonds formed by looping with students from 6th–8th grade, and how systemic pressures and unsustainable expectations can push eve
The Skill Everyone Came to Her For Became Her Career (opens the original)
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Dani Patterson was the teacher who saw an unused SMART Board in the library and asked if she could put it in her classroom. Soon, other teachers were asking how she was using it. Her principal began involving her in professional development, and an interest in classroom technology eventually became a master's in instructional technology and a move into district-level technology leadership. Today, Dani is a Customer Marketing Manager at PowerSchool, after first spending about three years training
You Don't Have to Leave Behind What You Love About Teaching (opens the original)
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Jess and David Maldonado entered teaching together, eventually worked in the same school and department, and supported each other through the challenges of the classroom. But they also knew teaching wasn't necessarily going to be their forever career. David eventually found an opportunity training educators to use curriculum, with Jess making her own transition months later. Roughly a decade after leaving the classroom, they've each built different careers around parts of teaching they still val
She Didn't Want to Go Into Sales, Then It Became Her Career (opens the original)
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Bailey Bray left the classroom early in her teaching career without corporate connections, referrals, or a guaranteed next step. She initially explored curriculum development, but something interesting happened during her job search: her transferable skills kept getting more traction in sales. Bailey took the opportunity and started as a Sales Development Representative in 2024. She later became a Team Lead and, in March 2026, stepped into her current role as Manager of Sales Development at Powe
The Career Opportunity That Was Already in Her Classroom (opens the original)
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After 10 years teaching first and second grade, this former educator found her next opportunity somewhere surprisingly familiar: a company behind a math program she had already used in her classroom. That experience helped her transition into an Implementation Manager role, where she learned tools including Jira, ClassLink, Clever, and Salesforce while supporting school districts across 36 states. But her career transition didn't end there. After more than four years, a layoff led to another dif
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