The Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching
Sharon Cawley and Sarah Dunwood talk to former teachers about exiting from the classroom and thriving.
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The Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching
Latest Episodes
087 - Danielle Crossland - Classroom to Bookkeeper
In this episode, Sharon and Sarah are joined by Danielle Crossland, a former secondary maths teacher whose story offers a refreshingly different perspective on leaving the classroom.Danielle taught for ten years after starting her...
086 - David Fountain - Classroom To Consultant
Today, Sharon and Sarah sit down with someone many of you already know from the Life After Teaching community - David Fountain, the teacher-turned-educator who has made understanding the Teachers’ Pension Scheme his personal mission....
085 - Elaine Mackechnie - Classroom to Maths Tutor & Course Creator
This week, Sharon and Sarah sit down with the brilliant Elaine Mackechnie, known to many as Maths with Mrs Mack - a tutor whose journey out of the classroom has inspired hundreds of teachers to rethink what’s possible.Aft...
084 - Re-Release - David Myers - Part 2
Part 2 of this re-released conversation follows David through the most painful stretch of his journey - and into the life-changing transition that brought him back to himself.In this episode, Sharon and Sarah explore:The coll...
083 - Re-Release - David Myers - From Creative Teacher to Breaking Point, Pt 1
In this powerful two-part replay, Sharon and Sarah revisit one of the Pit Pony Podcast’s most talked-about episodes - the story of David Myers, a maths teacher whose experience captures both the brilliance and the brutality of modern tea...
Fan Mail
Wow! Another great episode that I enjoyed on my morning walk, the walk I have only been able to start doing since my exit from the classroom. Key moments for me: - the reference to the day we all had to go back to school for a day only to be locked down immediately. That day goes down as my worst ever day in the whole of my teaching career (and the kids weren't in school). I shed a little tear at that part of the podcast. - Sarah mentioning the one bit of the job that many of us will always miss... that magic that's created between ourselves and our students when it's just us, doing OUR thing. - the reference to this being the autumn of our lives. YES, this is our time, a time to be brave, to put ourselves first after decades of not doing so and believing that we are in NO WAY too old to live oht our crazy dreams (I WILL play violin on a festival stage in 2025!!!) - and finally, when Helen see that poor teacher and thought "rather you than me" and the empathy she felt for him in that moment. So much more that resonated too, amazing work Sarah and Sharon. Nicola Cavlj xxxx
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