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This newsletter is a labor of love.

But it does have expenses.

These are our current operating costs:

During our launch months, I self-funded these expenses, in addition to donating 10-15 hours per week of labor to research and write two posts per week.

In the first four months, I single-handedly brought readers:

• 17 interviews with a diverse range of former teachers, amplifying and giving voice to the experience of leaving teaching

• 9 resource posts, including roundups of free job boards and resume resources

• 12 reported and narrative posts on phenomena in the teacher transition world, from teacher stigma to grief, the end of the DOE to the normalization of crying in your car

• Our first guest post!

There are numerous blogs, forums and social media groups, but nearly all are attached to a particular brand or coach. Many censor the information and resources shared in order to funnel users to their own products and services. Leaving Teaching is different. We offer an independent space, for teachers and by teachers, to navigate everything from the job application process to the grief that often comes with leaving the profession.

There is no other publication dedicated exclusively to the teacher transition process.

If you believe in this newsletter’s mission and want to continue to see it grow, consider supporting this work by becoming a Leaving Teaching member.

Not only do members get the joy of helping this publication thrive, they also get special perks:

• Access to exclusive discount codes for our favorite and most trusted folks working in the teacher transition space

• Extra behind-the-scenes posts not available on the public website

• Stickers! Mailed right to your house!

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