Jerseygirl

No. Private schools tend to be very demanding.

Note...the schools I know of are in New Jersey. Florida may be different.

Nutmegger

Daylight is exactly what I missed when I moved to the US! In the northeast it is dark around 8 pm in the summer, whereas in the UK I remember wonderful long summer evenings, still light up to 10 pm. Decades in, I still think about those summer evenings, one of the few things to get me nostalgic.

fiken1

It is the winter where it is dark at 4pm and doesn't get light until 9.30-10am it gets really depressing

In the summer we do get daylight from 6am till 10-10.30 but doesn't seem worth the horribly long winter

I have been told that I am very highly qualified in teaching and that is an asset to the employers but still feel a bit lost

Nutmegger

Where in the UK is it not light until 9:30 am in the winter? That's a new one on me!

fiken1

Scotland! haha it is already getting dark now and its 3.15pm

Lord PercyPercy

Judging by most Florida schools, you're vastly over qualified.

FL teaches are paid very poorly and suffer budget cuts regularly due to the shortsightedness of whichever governor is in office at the time.

If it's just purely sunlight you're missing there are many other options around the world (and in the US) that would likely pay more and give more support to you through the process.

As to your question whether the lifestyle is different, not according to the teachers I know. They're always busy, often have to take 2nd jobs and end up buying a lot of their own supplies because the school cannot provide them.

christmasoompa

Move elsewhere in the UK then maybe if you can't get in to the US? Something to consider anyway.

fiken1

I don't want to work in England the English education system bothers me for a variety of reasons and the lifestyle would actually be worse.

I had also considered California and looked at Australia. I am a SCUBA diver and love the idea of being able to go diving more frequently than I can now.

Hotscot

Europe? Mediterranean? I enjoyed scuba diving around Tenerife.

(While there are exceptions, generally over here teachers are treated like crap and are overworked/underpaid. Although I've seen posts in the past about British School organisations based here if you really wanted to pursue this.)

christmasoompa

Why do you think the lifestyle would be worse in England, what is it that you're hoping to achieve with a move other than lighter evenings? If you can let people know what you're hoping for in terms of lifestyle etc, then somebody may be able to suggest somewhere to fit the bill.

Oz may be possible (I've no idea on their requirements in terms of visas), or Hotscot's suggestion of the EU would be a good one - no visa needed and lots more sunshine than the UK.

Good luck choosing somewhere!

sir_eccles

Just wait until you see what they do in Florida!

Pulaski

You are not the first person to have been "offered a job" in the US by an employer who has no way of obtaining a visa for the prospective employee, so the job offer is unfortunately completely worthless, unless you have a lineal relative or sibling who can apply for a visa for you (all except for visa applied for for parents by their adult children take a number of years to be processed and approved anyway).

Jerseygirl

Not necessarily...my daughter's school sent a panel of interviewers across the globe to hand pick suitable teachers. An English accent is seen as prestigious in many private 'old money' schools in the NE USA.

Pulaski

There are IIRC six British American Schools, that were absorbed into a larger international school operating company a couple of years ago. ALL the teachers are British, and the school obtains the requisite visa for teachers offered a job. I competition is fierce.

There is one here in NC, in Charlotte, and we considered it for little Miss P. We were very impressed with the program and teachers. The major drawback was the small size of the school as a whole, about 10-12 pupils per year, with a total student body of about 130 (probably upto about 150-160 now that a sixth form has been added - when we looked the program only ran to age 16).

Pulaski

Yeah, but per the OP, they told him to get his own visa, so obviously they are at best unfamiliar with the process, and at worst not really interested, or at least not interested enough to put themselves out.