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The Salary Decision You Need to Make Before You Apply
Before you apply anywhere, I want you to have one number written down.
Your "walk-away number."
The lowest salary that keeps your life where it is today.
Most educators skip this step.
Then the first salary number in their search comes from the company. It shows up as a required box on the appli...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Oct 10, 2026
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job search
leaving teaching
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salary
teacher career change
walk-away number
I Audited My Course. Here's What Happened to the Educators Who Took It.
I did something this month I should have done a long time ago.
I checked my numbers.
Thursday morning I shared the headline in a LinkedIn post. This is the full version, with my work shown... how I counted, the rules I counted by, how fast people moved, and where they went.
How I counted
I talk...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Oct 03, 2026
career change accelerator
course outcomes
former teachers
jobs for former teachers
teacher career change
teacher to corporate
The 10-Minute Resume Test: Can I Tell What You Were Responsible For?
Okay. Pull up your resume.
I want you to look at it with me for 10 minutes. If you rewrote a bullet after my LinkedIn post Tuesday night, keep that one open. It gets tested today.
I've read 500 educator resumes since spring, and I keep running into the same problem. I can tell the person worked ...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Sep 12, 2026
job search
teacher career change
teacher resume
Before You Learn AI, Learn the Job
You have no idea.
I mean that literally.
You have no idea what the job you’re applying for actually exists to accomplish. And I think that is making your career change much harder than it needs to be.
(Okay... maybe not you personally, but a ton of career changers, for sure.)
I spend a LOT of ti...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Aug 22, 2026
ai skills
teacher career change
You're Going to Be OK.
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“You’re going to be okay.”
That is one of my favorite things my dad has ever said to me.
He sai...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Aug 01, 2026
leaving teaching
teacher career change
A non-linear career isn't a problem. It's normal.
I haven’t had one linear identity.
I’ve had chapters.
I went from graduate teaching assistant, to Teach For America teacher, to math assessment specialist, to computer science implementation coach, to curriculum editor, to curriculum developer, to learning and development manager, to professiona...
by Stephanie Yesil —
May 02, 2026
teacher career change
How to find the "business problem" you actually solve.
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by Stephanie Yesil —
Jan 03, 2026
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Your Principal's Feedback Doesn't Matter Here
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We've all been there. You had to sit through a post-observation meeting and walked out feeling smaller than you walked in.
The comments stab you in the gut. “Needs stronger data use.”“Too quiet in meetings.”“Could improve time-on-task.”
Blahhhh, blah b...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Nov 29, 2025
teacher career change
“I don’t have a portfolio. How do I show I can do the job?” Use my Proof-of-Work Technique.
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by Stephanie Yesil —
Aug 30, 2025
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The 5-Minute Reset for When You're Too Drained to Focus on Your Career Change
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The Challenge We’re Solving Today
You’re staring at your screen, mentally bouncing between a dozen things.
"I need to finish grading these, but I also have a meeting in 10 minutes. And I still haven’t replied to that email… Ugh, I totally forgot about that project update. And my AP just emaile...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Feb 01, 2025
teacher career change
Stop Upskilling. Start Unlearning These Horrible Lies.
Raise your hand if you've ever had one of these thoughts:
“I’m not good enough for this role.”
That's "Imposter Syndrome" telling you that you don't belong.
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“Companies won’t value my background.”
That's "Confirmation Bias"- you've seen someone else say it so you think it's true.
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“I’m not get...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Jan 12, 2025
teacher career change
You're An Imposter.
READ TIME - 4 MINUTES
Ever felt like a popped balloon when reading job descriptions? Floating one second and totally deflated the next?
You tell yourself one of these three things:
1)Â "I'm not qualified for this."Â
2) "They'll just overlook or ignore me."
3) "What am I thinking?! I'll never land...
by Stephanie Yesil —
Jan 12, 2025
teacher career change