I have recently received a PU letter, which allows me permission to return to China, and continue to work for my university job. Since I have been home in the US for the last 6 months, I have carried out all 7 of my Teacher Ready online lessons {the 8th lesson can only be done upon completion of your field experience}. I have also completed almost all of my exams.

I have not been hearing from anyone here in the US regarding a potential Field Experience position, even though my advisor has reached out to several schools. I recently read that it may take up to 16 weeks to find a field experience position. From my experience in China and trying to find field experience in the past {before making the decision to temporarily leave China}, the process was a lot quicker, having heard from a potential mentor within about 2 weeks.

Anyway, I wanted to seek out your opinion, because I was wondering whether you think it would be better for me to conduct my field experience here in the US, or whether I should complete it in China. My gut feeling says that it might be easier for me to secure a field experience mentorship in China.

A couple more things to add:

(1) Would I need to find 2 years of experience teaching in USA {after field experience} before I can secure a full-time job at an international school in China, or other Southeastern country? Or would it be relatively straightforward to find a full-time position overseas once my field experience is completed? {I have 10 years university ESL teaching experience, just not experience in a high school}

(2) Is it still possible to teach full time at a university WHILE completing the field experience? For instance, teaching two classes at my university in the morning, and then attending my mentorship in the afternoon?

Thanks for your input.