We were lucky enough to find an opportunity to teach exactly where we wanted to live, so now all we had to do was move. Easy enough, right? Most moves involve renting a moving van or hiring someone to take all your worldly possessions across the country, but when you move 400 miles away from …
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After attending the Alaska Job Fair in Houston
I felt overwhelmed with information after the job fair. I wanted to create a giant spreadsheet with all the information I received for each district then do a side by side comparison of the top 10. But, who has time for all that with a full time job? So I did my usual approach which …
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What I learned from the job fair.
We went to the job fair, so now what?? I went to the Alaska job fair in Houston on a fact finding mission, with a notebook and pen in my hand. I knew we both had interest in Alaska. I didn’t know if it were likely for us to be able to find positions in …
Off to the Alaska Job Fair June 2019
When Loana and I looked into how teachers were hired in Alaska, we found that one of the avenues was the Alaska Teacher’s Job Fair. What is unusual is that it is held in 3 states outside of Alaska. We decided to attend the Job Fair in Houston, Texas, since it was the closest location …
Introductions
Hi I’m Robert and I’m moving to Alaska. Easy enough. I decided 15 years ago to go back to school part-time to work towards becoming a teacher. I always told anyone who said I was crazy to go back to school at 40, that I would be teaching students in Alaska someday. When I brought …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on our new blog. I’m just getting this going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when we post new updates.