I've lived in IL all my life and have always wanted to see other places. I'm attending my first year at a jc this fall, and I've just started looking for places I'd like to finish my schooling. Since I have no particular college in mind, I thought, hey, why don't I go somewhere interesting? I've been interested in seeing Alaska for a few years now. I started looking at colleges there. But I don't know how it would work when I got home (IL) and tried to find a job. Would going to Alaska create a lot of problems for me, what would I have to do so I could teach in IL/anywhere if I did go to Alaska? P.S. In case anyone suggests I do a study abroad program at a college in my state, I'm already planning a trip through my jc to Austria. I've been saving since middle school, and I don't think I'd be able to pay for two abroads.
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Most states practice something called reciprocity, which makes it easier to get a job in another state. For example, when I became licensed to teach in the District of Columbia, I became eligible for reciprocity in 30 different states. It helped that American University's education program was nationally certified, though Hawaii only required that my program be regionally certified. When I moved to Hawaii, I did have to take an extra Praxis exam that was not required in DC. Ironically, I had to take one of my Praxis exams again. Although I'd beat the cutoff score for Hawaii by about 12 points, I'd missed the DC cutoff by one point, and I had to be licensed in DC before I could be licensed in Hawaii.
