I have family in Florida and I'm long overdue for a visit home, so we'll stay with family and take the tests over the course of a couple of days. I hope to take the social sciences, earth and space science, biology, and perhaps the math subject area tests along with the general knowledge and professional knowledge tests.

Does anyone here have any direct experience with Abu Dhabi public schools? Psyguy has such an incredible breadth of knowledge regarding every region and situation regarding international schools that I somewhat doubt the depth of his knowledge.

I've been lurking on this forum for a few months now, and I'm now ready to ask a question of my own. My wife and I are currently teaching English in Korea and are also pursuing our certification through the Teacher Ready program. From what I've read here, we won't be competitive applicants for most international school positions until we have at least two years of post-certification experience. The problem is, we enjoy living overseas and don't want to go back stateside to work. We've recently learned that some schools in the middle east are less stringent regarding experience, so we've begun to look into that. So, finally, my question is: if we taught our certified subjects at Abu Dhabi public schools, would that experience count towards the two years teaching experience seeming required at so many "real" international schools? From what I gather, these positions (Abu Dhabi public schools) require teaching certificates and include all of the normal responsibilities of a regular teacher.