If I were me, knowing what I know now, I would try to get a job in an international school and stay on that lucrative and tax free circuit (there is a circuit) and stay there for my entire career. The economy and all the cuts in funding make it so, practically speaking, only teaching couples need apply. It is because the schools save so much money on housing when they hire couples. I guess I was meant to experience those 37 years in school buildings in the U.S. but hey, at least I can share what I learned at the very tail end of my career. I think of Sean and his wife in Chicago doing this. Yeah, the international school circuit which I had never even thought about is a sleeper but a keeper. And the shift is toward TPRS. Just sayin’.
