Download or read book Moving to Hawaii to Teach written by Kimberly Theisen and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest employment opportunity in the state of Hawaii - have you heard about the teacher shortfall this year in the Hawaii public school system? For the last academic year the Department of Education was actively recruiting on the US mainland to fill over 1600 teacher jobs state-wide. Every year the number seems to go up; there's more opportunity for mainland teachers thinking about a career change and relocating to our beautiful state, but there's also a growing need to make this critical decision with your eyes wide open. Each year many teachers like you move to our islands for a career change with expectations which are ultimately not met, and end up moving back to the mainland disappointed and broke. We don't want this to happen. It's bad for you, bad for students, and bad for the community. We live here. We have a lot of experience with the Hawaii public education system, and we want to help you go into this decision with the best possible chance of success. We wrote this book for you to better prepare you in your decision to take a job as a teacher in Hawaii. We discuss recruitment and working for the Hawaii public school system, and how to prepare for the mental challenges. We give advice for navigating the difference in cultures, talk about getting your stuff to the other side of the planet, and much more. You could do all this planning and decision making on your own, but why should you have to? We've gone through this, and so have many of our close friends. Let us help you make the best decision for you, and get you prepared for success when you move to Hawaii to teach!