Hi, all,
Well, here is sit in WV, and got an urgent email from a principal at Dillingham, AK high school wanting to hire me to teach art there. I have my application in with Alaska Teacher Placement, and had actually forgotten it was there!
The principal was really enthusiastic about hiring me, but since I am near completing my MA, I declined his offer, telling him I want to finish this degree first.
I also went online and looked at the town of Dillingham, which is on the Bering Sea, looks like a fishing industry village (where they dock for the TV program "Deadliest Catch," and it looked really cold and desolate. My pay there would actually be LESS than I am currently making as they do not allow more than 5 years' experience with any new teacher, and I have 21! Also, real estate is nonexistent, and those few properties which were for sale were $500.000 and above!
I've also done some research in the ATP website, and they state that any new teachers are likely to be offered "bush" teaching positions in the "Alaska bush," rather than the more moderate climates.
Oh, well...so much for my wild hair adventurous spirit!
Patty