American and Indian Teaching Couple—Advice Please!
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:19 am
Hello,
I'm an American currently living and teaching at an IS in India. While I was here I met my lovely wife, and she transitioned from 6 years of corporate IT to teaching. First, I'll provide a brief rundown of our credentials, then I'd really appreciate it if anyone would be kind enough to answer the questions below.
Me: DP Language and Literature/ToK Teacher
- 5 years experience
- B.S. Literature and Communication, M.A. Teacher Leadership
- IB Examiner, Lang and Lit
- American license, ELA 5-12
Wife: MYP Design Technology/Tech Integrator
- 2 years experience
- B.A. Information Technology
- American license, Computer Science 7-12
Oh, and we have no dependents :).
I was just wondering:
- Do schools see couples with different passports as a problem? What about an Indian passport?
- How might we fair as a package in terms of our subject combination? I was hoping ToK might help me or the fact that she's flexible as a teacher or tech integrator would help her.
- Any other advice on how to market ourselves? I'd like to think that, as an interracial couple, we embody internationalism!
I'm an American currently living and teaching at an IS in India. While I was here I met my lovely wife, and she transitioned from 6 years of corporate IT to teaching. First, I'll provide a brief rundown of our credentials, then I'd really appreciate it if anyone would be kind enough to answer the questions below.
Me: DP Language and Literature/ToK Teacher
- 5 years experience
- B.S. Literature and Communication, M.A. Teacher Leadership
- IB Examiner, Lang and Lit
- American license, ELA 5-12
Wife: MYP Design Technology/Tech Integrator
- 2 years experience
- B.A. Information Technology
- American license, Computer Science 7-12
Oh, and we have no dependents :).
I was just wondering:
- Do schools see couples with different passports as a problem? What about an Indian passport?
- How might we fair as a package in terms of our subject combination? I was hoping ToK might help me or the fact that she's flexible as a teacher or tech integrator would help her.
- Any other advice on how to market ourselves? I'd like to think that, as an interracial couple, we embody internationalism!