A career in education is rewarding in more ways than one, as you get the opportunity to shape a number of young lives. Even though a lot of people equate the education field with teaching, there are a number of alternative education career options in areas like social work, counseling, and education administration. In this blog, we will discuss some of the non-teaching education career paths that you can explore.

Jobs in Education (Besides Teaching):

1)   Career Counselor:

A career counselor helps students identify and pursue a career that is aligned with their goals and strengths. As a counselor, you will be evaluating clients on a one-to-one basis, and reviewing their subject strengths, hobbies, and talents to recommend the most suitable career options for them.

Colleges and universities often hire career counselors to help their students make the right educational or professional choices.

2)   Camp Director:

A camp director will work with the students outside their classrooms, and can be employed either on a part-time or a fulltime basis, depending upon the specific responsibilities. Camp directors organize various camping activities, organize teams, operate programs, and hire assistants.

You should consider becoming a camp director if you like working with children and young adults, and have good organizational, survival, safety, communication, and leadership skills.

3)   Lifestyle Coach:

Lifestyle coaches (also called ‘life coaches’) assess their clients’ personalities and profiles, and guide them regarding their goals and aims. A lifestyle coach should have a positive and vibrant relationship with their clients.

As a life coach, you can either start your own business, or work for life-coaching or educational institutes – either way, you can play a key role in helping other people improve and optimize their lives.

4)   Corporate Trainer:

Large organizations hire specialist corporate trainers in order to help their employees learn new concepts or skills. As a corporate trainer, you should be able to conduct sessions in an interesting and interactive way, while delivering useful information that your attendees can implement in their professional and personal lives.

Some companies, especially those with a lot of new employees, even hire corporate trainers on a full-time basis.

5)   School Psychologist:

School psychologists have a number of crucial roles, such as helping children overcome various challenges, understanding and resolve any negative feelings or emotions, and diagnosing specific psychological conditions in children. Other than that, school psychologists can also conduct group therapy, and help address social problems (bullying, for example) affecting classrooms.

A school psychologist can either work for a single school or multiple schools, depending upon the specific responsibilities and the kind of employment contract they have signed.

Final Word:

To sum up, teaching is a crucial and important educational career, but it is far from the only one. Higher Education institutes further expand on options available in education careers.

If you are looking for an alternative career in the education landscape, we hope that the options discussed in this blog proved useful for you.