Careers maps professional routes for educators: salary bands, promotion criteria, additional qualifications, and the roles teachers move into when they leave the classroom, including instructional design, edtech and administration. Earnings figures are sourced. For teachers planning a next step and schools trying to keep staff.
The technology coordinator route keeps you in the building, adds ten to twenty percent to most salary schedules, and runs through certifications, not master's degrees.
Teachers moving into instructional design typically land between $60,000 and $90,000, but the range depends on sector, tools, and how much of the classroom you are willing to stop selling.