The beginning...
The adventure is beginning. Really, it began months ago, but it's real now. Last fall, I registered for the UNI Overseas Placement Fair and began researching overseas schools, compiling my resume and letters of recommendation, and writing my personal statement and cover letters. In December, I began contacting schools that would be at the fair, expressing my interest in their open positions. I heard back from quite a few asking me to stop by at the fair for an interview. After student teaching ended in mid-January, I spent two frenzied weeks researching my top schools in detail and prepping for my first real teaching interviews. And then, the date of the fair arrived. The UNI job fair was a whirlwind of intense decision making. After the round robin interview-sign up, I walked away with 9 scheduled interviews, although three of the schools I was most interested were scheduled in late interview slots on Saturday, and those positions ended up being filled before the time f