Getting Our Teaching Certificates

The title says it all.  Zach and I are going back to school to get our teaching certificates.  We got e-mails this week saying that we are in: "Congratulations!  You have been accepted into the October 2013 TeacherReady®cohort."   We are going through TeacherReady which is a 9-month online certification program out of Florida.

About 3 weeks ago, some friends of ours (J & K) brought to our attention that they had applied for the program which starts the first week of October.  They mentioned that we could start in the February intake if we wanted.  We discussed it that night and decided that if we could get into the October intake, we would go for it.

You might be wondering why we are doing this.  Neither of us really had any intention of becoming teachers.  After being abroad and seeing what opportunities are open to us, we decided that getting teaching certificates was our best bet.  For a few months now, Zach and I have been planning with J & K to teach in the Middle East starting sometime in the Fall of 2014.  Having teaching certificates opens up many more jobs for us and pay would be a lot better.  We also talked about getting jobs with the DOD (Department of Defense) teaching abroad.  We would be employed by the U.S. government, working oversees.

I know for many friends and family, this is hard to news to hear.  I've already had several questions about being abroad:
1.  Are you EVER coming home?
2.  Don't you like us?
3.  What's wrong with the U.S.A.?

Short answer?  We love what we're doing and want to do it for as long as we can.

So it starts.  Classes begin on September 30th!  Wish us luck.

If you want more information about the program, click on the TeacherReady link above or visit their Facebook page.