Teacher Ready will put you on the path to get certified to teach in Florida. Once certified, your certificate looks like every other Florida teacher’s certificate, regardless of the path they took to get theirs.

I doubt schools will give a rat’s patootie how you get certified, as long as you’re certified - that goes double for math teachers.

I'm kind of freaking out about my prospects. I've applied to about 60 schools on Search and tieonline; of these, I've gotten three interviews. I've gotten another five personal emails from schools (i.e. not autoreply emails indicating that they will be interviewing later) but haven't heard anything from them since then.

The thing that concerns me is this: I haven't heard anything from the schools that are attending that BKK fair that I am interested in. I'm not deluding myself into thinking I can get into a Tier 1 school, but I figure with my qualifications I at least have a shot at a midrange Chinese school. I haven't heard a peep from these guys.

I talked to my Search associate and he said he looked at my file and saw no flags. Is this lack of response standard? Are they so inundated with applications that they just don't bother to reply? Is it still too early? Or am I setting myself up to spend $1500 to go spend four days of getting my self esteem bashed against the wall?

I'm registered with Search and am planning on attending the BKK fair in January. However, reading all the posts about how difficult it is to secure a position (unless you're uber qualified) is giving me pause.

Me: Single, American, male, mid-40s, no spouse, no dependents
Subject: IB English Lit A
Certified English 6-12 teacher
Teaching experience: 14 years
International school experience (one school): six years at a (very) third tier school
IB teaching experience: In my third year
I'm also the IB Coordinator at my school (very small program) and Extended Essay coordinator.

I feel like my limited IB experience will preclude me from getting a job at a Tier 1 school; if that's the case, then what's the point of attending the January fair? On the other hand, if I don't try, I will never know, right? (and I do tick some of the boxes - IB experience, single).

For those who have attended, how do you rate my chances? Thanks a lot.