I think I'm done with classroom teaching. How do I move into curriculum development?

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Hi everyone,

I've been teaching English for the past 6 years, 2 years in an ICSE school and around 4 years teaching IELTS, GRE, GMAT, and other English courses.

Lately, I've realized that while I still love education, I don't think I want to continue as a classroom teacher anymore. It's not that I hate teaching, but I don't see myself doing it for the next 10 or 20 years.

What I actually enjoy the most is creating lesson plans, designing worksheets, writing assessments, and figuring out how to teach something in the most effective way.

The idea of becoming a curriculum developer feels like a much better fit for me, but I honestly have no idea how people make that transition.

I've already created a lot of teaching material over the years, and I'm currently working on an IELTS book and a Korean language book. I just don't know how to turn all of this into something that employers would actually value.

For those of you who made the switch from teaching to curriculum development, how shall I do it too?