Upon graduation, she returned to her old junior high school to be a counselor and teach home economics. Not an accredited teacher at the time, she spent her summers at National Taiwan Normal University working toward certification and taking classes which included paper-cutting, weaving, and Chinese macrame.
畢業後，吳志芬接到老校長的聘書，回到母校龍岡國中擔任輔導和家政老師。由於她不是師範科班出身，暑假還要到師大補修教育學分，以及選修專業技能﹘﹘包括了剪紙、編織、中國結等。