Yes. If the school has 501c3 status, you will qualify for PSLF. Even if it's not 501c3, it may still qualify based on its not for profit status, but you will need to check. I am 3 years into my PSLF payments and my husband is 6 years into his - all from working internationally.

I can't answer your question about the AP curriculum. In my experience, however, AP classes are predominately offered by "American" schools.

"A LOT of Math jobs."

Please, please let this still be the case in 2 years when I try to find a new job.

PsyGuy - Please, please quit calling it TeachReady. It is TeacherReady. Also - and this is an honest question - when did they stop being a cohort model? I was in the program several years ago when it was a cohort, and have been recommending it based on that since then. If it has changed, I would like to know so that I can give people accurate info.

Motivators: Compensation. A manageable workload and freedom in the classroom.

Regrets: Absolutely none.

Fellow math teacher here who also was in the position where I was looking for a job before I was officially certified/had finished my field experience. I have also been privileged to be a part of a couple of different hiring committees in the past few years. If you send me your resume, I'd happily take a look at it for free. ektramath(at)gmail(dot)com.

>>Are you allowed to contribute to a Roth IRA while teaching overseas?

My understanding is that you can only contribute to an IRA if you are not filing under the FEIE. In other words, the amount you can put into your IRA is based on your taxed income. If you take the exclusion (which most international teachers do), you can't contribute.

From my personal experience (which apparently is completely different to PsyGuy's...):

1. This is dependent on the college, not the country. You want to look at colleges/university that have programs in English OR (ideally) are affiliated with a US university.

2. As common as any other job as an expat. Do your due diligence.

3. This will depend on the university. My job is 12 teaching hours a week, plus 4 lab hours and 4 office hours. I also spend about 4 hours a week preparing for lectures. I don't see the other teachers unless we're in the office together, so the interpersonal drama I have to deal with compared to my high school job is minimal.

4. Teaching is a stressful job regardless of the level. And yes, you are going to be a cog in the system to some extend. However, I do feel like I am having some effect on my students lives, and that makes it worth it to me.

5. I can only speak for the teachers I personally know, but the ones that are happy people are happy and the ones that would be miserable anywhere aren't.

6. Unless you're planning to get a Ph.D, you're going to be limited to lower-level college courses. You could always go into industry though, if you decide teaching isn't for you.

7. I do, but again, this is going to depend on the school.

My school gives everyone a PD allowance, which is enough to cover the majority of expenses of one of the major conferences or workshops in the ME/SEA. It's up to the teacher to ask for it and to decide which PD opportunities they'd like to pursue. A shockingly large percentage of our faculty never use it, even though the "application" process is a quick 1 paragraph explanation of why you feel that course would benefit both you and the school. I will never understand that.

Johns Hopkins has an amazing Ed Tech program that is online. It's $25,000+ though, which might make it an untenable option for some people.

Try http://www.reddit.com/Teachers

Pakistan is 67, I believe.

Western Europe

I'm about halfway through Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators. To be fair, it's required for my last grad school course (yay!) but it's fairly interesting from a professional perspective. A couple of other books that I've glanced over recently are Fostering Algebraic Thinking A Guide for Teachers 6-10 and Making Sense of Algebra: Developing Students’ Mathematical Habits of Mind. For physics, you can't beat Arons' Teaching Introductory Physics, but it is admittedly a bit of a slog to read. I'm only about halfway through.

I can't respond about Brunei specifically, but this is fairly common in the Middle East. Depending on his skills, you could always ask the school if they could hire him for part-time office work, as a sub, etc. so that they could sponsor a visa for him as well.

<<There's no such thing as a first tier school if that school happens to be located in a highly dangerous place such as Zimbabwe or Nigeria.>>

In another thread, many people (including yourself) said that the schools with the best packages and benefits were first tier. So now they're not? What tier would you call a school that is fantastic in every other aspect but happens to be in a questionable location?