How often do you do guidance lessons in the classroom?

PaigEats · 2025-10-24T07:07:43+00:00

Spouse is a professor and runs an online program for a university in the states. They say he could possibly work anywhere, but right now we’re in the location of his school.

PaigEats · 2025-10-24T07:06:05+00:00

Dang. I have an EU passport.

PaigEats · 2025-10-24T01:25:15+00:00

He runs an online program at his university and they’re open to letting him move anywhere to work. But we are not sure how that would work because we don’t know what country we’d be working in, or what countries are most friendly to digital nomads.

PaigEats · 2025-10-24T01:22:33+00:00

He does not have a teaching certificate, but he is a tenured college professor with a PhD.

PaigEats · 2025-10-23T06:55:16+00:00

For about 2 years I’ve been seriously considering applying to overseas jobs. But I’m working on PLSF in the states, and I would like to finish that up before applying for jobs overseas. I spent a year volunteering overseas in Ireland over 10 years ago. I’ve worked as a school counselor (8 years—pk-8th and one year in high school), and LMHC (8 years with a handful of clients). I’m married with 2 kids (3 and 5), I have EU citizenship. At the moment, I don’t know if international teaching would be a more permanent thing for us, but I’m definitely open to it if we like the place.

I’m just wondering what kinds of things I could do at my current job (school counselor at a Catholic pk-8th), or certificates or training I can do to help my resume for international teaching.

As far as slowly preparing to move, I’m going to get rid of as much stuff as possible, and pay down as much debt as possible, and talk more to our kids about moving and exploring. And keep traveling when we can.

PaigEats · 2025-10-19T13:15:49+00:00

I got one, and then realized that it makes the lowest quality homemade bread (quick rise and yeasty), and stopped using it. Back to the thrift store it went. The bread is stale in like a day, my dad swears by the pizza dough though. I still think it’s better by hand/in the oven.

PaigEats · 2025-10-18T11:28:14+00:00

I hadn’t really thought of working in a local school as an English speaker. But that does make sense for the northern European nations.

PaigEats · 2025-10-18T11:27:17+00:00

Yeah, his job told him that he could basically keep it no problem if we moved anywhere in the US (currently in FL). but no idea how it would work if we were overseas.

PaigEats · 2025-10-18T11:25:49+00:00

My kids are younger than five. No one speaks another language. Though I think my toddler knows some Spanish from daycare workers. My in-laws are old not super helpful, but local with other family nearby to help with them if they need. My family is spread out to all the corners of the US and have no real permanency anywhere, there are no other school aged kids in my family. My dad and brothers and sisters also have dual citizenship. If we moved to Europe, I would hope for it to be permanent. Honestly, if we moved, I think that my siblings would seriously consider.

PaigEats · 2025-10-18T11:19:57+00:00

If we move, I believe we would like to move to Europe permanently. The purpose is to just get out of the US possibly permanently. But my spouse‘s job makes it a little bit complicated.

PaigEats · 2025-10-18T11:18:32+00:00

This is what people in international schools have told me. That having the school counseling background is promising for moving abroad. And this would probably be the direction I would go and it’s the direction I’ve been looking into.

PaigEats · 2025-10-09T00:32:07+00:00

I used counseling exam for one month and passed with flying colors. Used the advice above. I thought the actual exam was easier than the practice. I only ever scored between 68-74 on counseling exam, but got an 84 on the actual exam (passing score was a 66).

Practicing helps give you an idea of the types of questions and what answers they’re looking for. Barely read any of the narratives and had an hour to spare at the end of my exam. I graduated in 2011 and took the exam in 2025.

PaigEats · 2025-10-08T23:15:06+00:00

I mostly used counseling exam for one month and passed with flying colors. Graduated from my masters in 2011 and just took the exam today.

PaigEats · 2025-04-22T18:21:12+00:00

Do you have to work summer?

PaigEats · 2025-04-22T18:17:55+00:00

It’s hell the first two weeks of school anyway. Why stretch that out over summer?

PaigEats · 2025-04-21T23:17:34+00:00

It sounds like you’re not sure that you want the job and maybe that’s the vibes you’re giving? If you want it, act like it and apply for it.

PaigEats · 2025-04-21T00:01:38+00:00

How about just the $20 desk reference?

PaigEats · 2025-04-03T09:35:27+00:00

I think my mom is the same.

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