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Where Your Money Goes

This newsletter is a labor of love.

But it does have expenses.

These are our current operating costs:

Monthly Operating Costs

Newsletter hosting: $39
Zoom Pro: $15
Transcription Editing (by a former teacher!): $200
Promotion: $80
5 hours per week labor (1 post + admin): Donated

Currently Monthly Expenses: $334

Amount Needed (+10% Stripe Processing Fee): $372

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. (Yes, it was a little nuts.)

What Your Money Does

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

19 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
14 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!

Your support enables me to continue to do this work. The more we bring in, the more we can do: run more interviews, pay guest contributors, offer more opportunities to network and connect.

Remember, there is no other publication dedicated exclusively to the teacher transition process.

What You Get

When you become a Leaving Teaching member, you not only help this publication thrive—YOU thrive as well.

Members get special perks to help them in their career transition:

Member Perks

Access to exclusive discount codes to our favorite and most trusted folks working in the teacher transition space
- 10% paid subscriptions to Skip’s Job Board
- 50% Erin Lewber’s focus role and resume blueprint courses
- 10% Tyrina Lassiter’s coaching services
Entry into monthly giveaways: Each month, you’ll have the chance to receive a free coaching session or resume review from a trusted career coach
Access to members-only virtual events & workshops: Network and build community with other teachers, and receive tips and ask questions to trusted leaders in the teacher transition space
Stickers! Mailed right to your house!

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Thank you for helping to sustain this space for teachers to share their stories and support each other in the transition process.