I have a couple of questions that maybe you'd be willing to help me with.

Is there anywhere that you can see a salary schedule? It's not on their website right?

People say the healthcare is good. What about dental? My son is currently in braces is orthodontics an option at all?

My wife takes thyroid medicine everyday. It seems that prescription drugs are available, but if your on something specific is it better to get stuff in the states?

Thanks for all of your input =]

Sorry to have started another QSI debate =]

sevarem: Thanks for your comments, I appreciate your viewpoint and it's nice to hear from someone in QSI. I gather from what I've read here on the forum that central Asia (Kazakhstan) is a likely starting place for teachers. Are there other likely starting places for couples? Just trying to find out all I can in advance.

PsiGuy: Thanks for the clarification with certification, sorry about the confusion I created there =].

There might be one more wrinkle with a California clear. California's new issue is BTSA. All new teachers have to do it to get a clear and apparently your have to be teaching in Cal for two years to get it. Any one have any input on that?

Thanks for the replies folks =]

durianfan: Thanks for the help. My wife will be working on clad and will have it done this year, but we'd like to be overseas at the start of next school year so I was wondering if the fact that it's just provisional at the moment would be an unbeatable roadblock. Sounds like we have a little hope.

As to my wife getting employed at my school. Well it's not happening anytime soon. Our whole county is suffering from declining enrollment. There hasn't been a job in our community that my wife fit, in the last two years and I'm guessing it will be two or three more before that could change. Our community is shrinking. Plus we really want to teach overseas.

sevarem: There is a possibility of getting her Utah renewed, we actually started investigating that option. It will be a major pain in the butt, but is a possibility. From the reading that I've done on the forum so far QSI really takes a beating, but it does seem more likely that we could get a job with them than other places. I know the stans don't seem all that glamorous, but I guess that's just all part of the adventure.It's not where we want to end up, but I think we'd be willing to go just about anywhere as a starting point. For all the bad that people say about QSI I'm also hearing that the housing is good, the pay isn't bad, you can move around within their system and dependents aren't as big a deal.

As for dependents, my oldest school age will be a junior next year (so only two years for her) but my two younger are in elementary. Does the fact that my oldest will be out of school quicker help my situation at all?

Thanks for all the help.

Psyguy: Thanks for your reply =]

I guess it's a preliminary certificate that she holds not a provisional. She needs to complete clad training to get her California clear. Is she employable by someone like QSI with a preliminary credential?

I get that we are a hard sell. I know that SS and English aren't hard to come by for schools. So QSI is a possibility, what other 2nd or 3rd tier schools should we look to?

My wife and I are wanting to go international, and we're wondering if we'll make it.

I have 18 years teaching experience and am currently teaching at a high ranked school in California. I have a masters in ed and a masters in ed tech. I am credentialed in social studies. I teach world & US history, gov, econ and yearbook. I've taught English, humanities, health, speech and debate and a bunch of other classes over the years (but mostly history). I was also a debate coach for 13 years.

My wife has been a stay at home mom for 17 years. Has never been hired to teach, but has been a sub for 2 years (our youngest is now in school). She has an expired Utah credential, and a current provisional California credential in English and social studies. We live in a small town in California and there is declining enrollment all over our county, so there sin't any hope that she will get hired at a local school to get a couple of years teaching experience.

So my questions are:

1. Is is possible for my wife to get hired with a provisional credential, and what would that mean in the long run (as in, say she gets hired but then her provisional credential expires down the road).

2. I know we aren't 1st tier school material, but what schools should we be looking at. I know people will say 2nd or 3rd tier schools, but could someone suggest actual schools?

We are willing to go anywhere really. We are looking to become a part of a community and would rather commit for longer times where possible.

Oh and we have 3 school age kids and a son who will graduate this year.

Thanks for your input, and hopeful solutions.