I was contacted by SEARCH and you are all correct about this not being a good idea. I'd rather not risk getting kicked out and just hope for the best by playing by the rules. I didn't realize just how serious it was.

In any case. Thank you Psyguy, Walter, and Sid for your advice; as always, I get a little smarter with every post that I read.

Kristian

I'll get to the point:

- Bachelors in physics
- I'm a physics and chemistry teacher with two years experience with AP
- Certified by state of Florida to teach math as well
- My wife has a bachelors in health and is certified to teach biology and chemistry (2 years experience)
- we have no dependents and are both 25 years old

Were on a waiting list for Cambridge and looks like our only "official" option would be to attend San Fran. I've sent emails out and filled many applications with schools who need a physics/math/chemistry teacher but haven't gotten any replies.

Would it be okay for us to show up to Cambridge with no invitation anyway? I've read this as an option before but don't know how to go about it.

Thanks for any and all advice.

Kristian

Thank you for the replies. PsyGuy, from what I've seen, I've figured as much about the Toronto Fair. I'll express to my associate that I would much rather prefer the invitation to the BOS fair.

We had another question:

Both of us have Temporary Teaching Certificates, of which mine expires on June 30th. They give these out in florida to those who didn't major in education before becoming teachers.

Is this a problem with international schools? I only need to take 2 online classes for my Full Professional Certificate, but my wife can't meet her requirements for the Full Certificate before June.

Any advice on this?

Thanks again.

My wife and I have wanted to teach abroad for some time now and finally decided to register with Search Associates. I have been teaching AP physics and Chemistry for 2 years now and am certified to teach high school math. On the other hand, this is my wife's first year teaching biology, but she is also certified to teach chemistry and math.

I heard that the Boston fair is much more active than any other fair, but our advisor wants to send us invitations to the Toronto Fair.

Will this lower our chances of finding "better" positions? Are our qualifications good enough to land us in a good situation to begin with?

PS: we have no dependents and are looking to find jobs in Asia (China, Taiwan, etc.)

Any insight would be greatly appreciated and thank you to those have contributed to this website ... it has been invaluable to us.

Kristian & Desiree.