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04-16-2009, 07:13 PM
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From UK to California - high school teacher
Hi,
Im 23 and currently teaching in the Private sector (secondary/11-18- English) I have Bachelors Degree in English and a PGCE in Secondary English. By the time I am looking to apply I will have had two years teaching experience.
My plan is to travel around USA (mostly California) on a work visa next year- just working bars etc- to get some idea of where I would like to live and if it is even right for me.
I would like to know if I have a good standing for eventually immigrating (providing I have a school to sponsor me) and how I would go about that?
Is there anyone who has done this or has a good idea of how it works?
Thanks,
Holly
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04-16-2009, 07:23 PM
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04-16-2009, 07:55 PM
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I did search the topic initially but it didn't come up with anything helpful.
The UK is ok-plenty of beautiful areas all over, and the majority of people want to stay in it, just I don't particularly...who knows, after I visit US next year I may decide it's not for me.
It would also be nice just to have a discussion with someone on here, so dont just try and bump me off with other links that arent entirely relevant to me since none of them exactly meet my requirements...anyone else out there actually mind chatting with me about it?
Thanks
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04-16-2009, 08:08 PM
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The best thing I can think of would be to contact a school district where you may want to work. The Human Resources department at large school districts will have certainly run into your particular circumstance before and can be the most helpful at answering your specific questions.
You've got to be impressed by the effort Charles put in to compile those threads for you though. There should be something of worth in reading at least some of them.
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04-16-2009, 08:35 PM
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Financially and governmentally right now, California is a mess. Teachers are being laid off in droves, if you can believe the news. For years, they've been working on making class sizes smaller--now they may be reversing that trend in order to save money. I would think it will be a few years before teaching jobs are easily available again.
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04-16-2009, 10:38 PM
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Go to Mexico, hire a coyote, etc ... seriously, it sometimes seems more difficult for legit immigrants to get in, versus illegals.
Have you considered the student visa route? It might be easier than trying for a work visa just now.
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04-17-2009, 04:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles
Doesn't anyone want to stay in the UK?
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I forget where I read this, but 2008 saw the highest level of immigration from the UK to the US since 1961. (Britain right now is just as much of a mess as California.)
Being a fellow native Californian who's a little older than me, Charles, you should know very well that Brits have been attracted to California for a long time, since Old West days, and accelerated by the film industry (which has attracted large numbers of Brits from Charlie Chaplin to Sasha Baron Cohen). You're old enough to remember the influx of Brits fleeing the bleakness and economic troubles of postwar Britain for the beaches, sunshine, and prosperity of 1950s/1960s California, not to mention the popularity of the Beatles and Rolling Stones making a British accent sexy to local females, (which has continued to the present day - Latinas seem to be especially fond of Brits even more than other Californian women.) Even accents considered declasse in the UK like the Glasgow accent seem to sound "cultured" to many Americans. If you think that the "myth of California" is still unreasonably strong amongst many Americans who don't realize how things changed, it's even stronger amongst young Brits.
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04-17-2009, 05:43 AM
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Ta for info...I did look at most of the threads and most of it was helpful yes, its just nice to actually chat to someone...also I am very aware that California may not be the place we all think it is over here in Brit...hence the reason Im going over there first on a working visa.
As for school crisis over there: Im not planning on going for a couple of years anyway.
Can I apply independently to private schools over there or do I have to go through the Californian equivilent of local authority?
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04-17-2009, 05:45 AM
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ps: Very impressed with Charles, and am grateful!
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04-17-2009, 04:09 PM
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Your chances of getting a job are unknown to me. The Central Coast of CA, to me is the nicest area to live all things considered. Basically the coastal areas from Monterey down to Santa Barbara. I live in San Luis Obispo County. It's a nice place to be.
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