First, could we all please try to spell words correctly.


Second, my wife went to work overseas, Vietnam actually, with a lot of luggage/baggage, depending upon how you want to view it.

We left Search in Cambridge with no interested schools. On our own, we were able to sweep up 5 Skype interviews. We chose the school in Vietnam for many reasons but the most important for "savings potential". At least that is what we learned was the preferred jargon for a positive earnings:spending ratio.

In short I'd say go to Vietnam or some similar low-cost of living area. Also, I don't know if the school was tier 1 or 5 but it wasn't the best or the worst, in my opinion.

Now, the dirt. We have 3 children, one of us is certified with several countable years in public education but working outside of education for the past 2 years. The other was trained as a teacher in college but never received a certification until right before we moved to Vietnam. We were hired and repeatedly pushed to sign the contracts. Which of course, we learned, were not real contracts at all because the real ones are actually signed at the school.

As you can see, we not only were hired but our children and experience did not seem to be a concern. I knew of many other people at this school who were either not certified or did not teach in their field of certification but were still "teachers".

Truthfully, when we return to teaching overseas, we will have 2 instead of 3 children, many more years of credible service, and seeking only tier 1 schools. Of course we will have patience in our search.

Good luck.

PS If you have IB experience, then possibly look at schools that are not IB accredited but are trying and waive that experience like a huge flag!!

PSS If you are hired by a school that is not WASC accredited and you want to claim those years as experience if/when you return to teach in the states, you probably won't receive credit for them. Just FYI.

We stayed at the Hampton a couple years back. Good price, ~100 and free underground parking.