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Some pointers:
Immigration is a federal issue.
Teacher licensing is a state issue.
Recruitment of state teachers is a school district issue

The visa is an H1b -- you'll need two of them sponsored by your employer. The visa can be converted to permanent residence (aka green card) at the whim of your employer. Best to find out if/when they do this while negotiating.

Google <state name> and teacher license to find out what hoops you need to jump through to get the license. There are 50 states and a handful of odds and ends, so there are that many authorities. An employer is going to be happier if you're licensed or ready to be licensed..

I'm never quite sure of this site but it appears to show you who's sponsored H1bs before in the education sector.....and therefore might again. Whatever you do, don't waste money with 3rd party recruitment agencies.

Mortgage comes later. If you want to be better prepared, both get a UK Amex card now, spend a few quid on it every month, and pay off in full when the bill arrives. This allows your US credit history to be kick started after arrival.

 

@@There is "partner visa". Either both of you get a visa or the other one will poind hop via B1/2.
@@Google "foreign teacher US". Enjoy:>)
@@This has come up frequently in the past. Why do you not use the search option?
@@As posted before - you will need US Certification unless you teach at a private institution
@@Public schools do not sponsor visa; some have gone through agencies in the past in very rare cases
@@Have you followed the US news lately? The school district I live in is one of the top 50 US wide - laying off from cleaning staff to science teachers.

Good luck to you in your endevor.

 

Class Teacher

I am currently a UK teacher (in my second year of teaching) and I will be moving to the USA this summer to teach in New York as a full-time school teacher.

The process to teach in the US from the UK is relatively straight forward providing you have been teaching in the UK for at least 2 years (this is the US requirement). You first need to find a sponsor; EPI and Participate are two organisations which don't require you to pay any fees, however, they only work with schools in states like NC, SC, VA and FL.

In order to work in more desirable states such as NYC, CA DC, you will need to pay a significant fee to a designated sponsor. I went through a sponsor organisation called 'Teachers Council'. Whilst you do have to pay a large fee to have them sponsor you (approximately $3,000), teachers wages in places like NYC, CA and DC are considerably more than less-desirable states; therefore, it all averages out in my opinion. For example, as a 3rd year teacher, I was offered $68,000 per year for a particular school in New York.

If you want to work in California, the process is more tricky. Unlike most other states whereby you can work as a teacher in some schools without having a state-specific teaching permit (just your QTS from the UK), in CA, almost all schools require their teachers to have a valid state teaching credential. I applied for this online (approximately £300) and had to submit many documents from the UK. Although I have now secured a job as a teacher in NYC, I have also been granted my teaching credential for California, allowing me to teach in all schools in California if I wanted to. This preliminary teaching credential is for 5-years and so I intend to relocate from NYC to California in a few years time to teach there.

If anyone needs anything clarifying about the process, please feel free to reach out to me....

 

Class Teacher

I am currently a UK teacher (in my second year of teaching) and I will be moving to the USA this summer to teach in New York as a full-time school teacher.

The process to teach in the US from the UK is relatively straight forward providing you have been teaching in the UK for at least 2 years (this is the US requirement). You first need to find a sponsor; EPI and Participate are two organisations which don't require you to pay any fees, however, they only work with schools in states like NC, SC, VA and FL.

In order to work in more desirable states such as NYC, CA DC, you will need to pay a significant fee to a designated sponsor. I went through a sponsor organisation called 'Teachers Council'. Whilst you do have to pay a large fee to have them sponsor you (approximately $3,000), teachers wages in places like NYC, CA and DC are considerably more than less-desirable states; therefore, it all averages out in my opinion. For example, as a 3rd year teacher, I was offered $68,000 per year for a particular school in New York.

If you want to work in California, the process is more tricky. Unlike most other states whereby you can work as a teacher in some schools without having a state-specific teaching permit (just your QTS from the UK), in CA, almost all schools require their teachers to have a valid state teaching credential. I applied for this online (approximately £300) and had to submit many documents from the UK. Although I have now secured a job as a teacher in NYC, I have also been granted my teaching credential for California, allowing me to teach in all schools in California if I wanted to. This preliminary teaching credential is for 5-years and so I intend to relocate from NYC to California in a few years time to teach there.

If anyone needs anything clarifying about the process, please feel free to reach out to me....

Class Teacher

I am currently a UK teacher (in my second year of teaching) and I will be moving to the USA this summer to teach in New York as a full-time school teacher.

The process to teach in the US from the UK is relatively straight forward providing you have been teaching in the UK for at least 2 years (this is the US requirement). You first need to find a sponsor; EPI and Participate are two organisations which don't require you to pay any fees, however, they only work with schools in states like NC, SC, VA and FL.

In order to work in more desirable states such as NYC, CA DC, you will need to pay a significant fee to a designated sponsor. I went through a sponsor organisation called 'Teachers Council'. Whilst you do have to pay a large fee to have them sponsor you (approximately $3,000), teachers wages in places like NYC, CA and DC are considerably more than less-desirable states; therefore, it all averages out in my opinion. For example, as a 3rd year teacher, I was offered $68,000 per year for a particular school in New York.

If you want to work in California, the process is more tricky. Unlike most other states whereby you can work as a teacher in some schools without having a state-specific teaching permit (just your QTS from the UK), in CA, almost all schools require their teachers to have a valid state teaching credential. I applied for this online (approximately £300) and had to submit many documents from the UK. Although I have now secured a job as a teacher in NYC, I have also been granted my teaching credential for California, allowing me to teach in all schools in California if I wanted to. This preliminary teaching credential is for 5-years and so I intend to relocate from NYC to California in a few years time to teach there.

If anyone needs anything clarifying about the process, please feel free to reach out to me....

Hi,
Your message has been very useful. I just wanted to ask, did you apply find a sponsor prior to gaining your teaching credentials to teach in California? If I use EPI could I then use Teacher council, or do I go straight to Teachers council? I would like to end up in California.

 

It looks like these are exchange programs. What visa will you be issued?
68k for NY State or City?

 

Class Teacher

J1 Teacher Visa

 

J1 Teacher Visa

This is a totally different situation from someone wanting to move to the US as a teacher with a work visa (with the intention of the move being permanent) and entering the US as part of a (temporaty) exchange program.

 

FYI, the J1 teacher visa allows you to work as a full-time teacher in the US for up to 5 years. At the end of the 5 years, it is possible to go onto another type of working visa for further years. On that visa, you are able to apply for residency.

 

J1 duration is tied to the specific program it was obtained for. Adjustment of Status is possible IF you find an employer willing and able to sponsor you. There are two options for self sponsorship for Green Card and employment is not one of them.

 

I even know a good job guarantee for teachers. Especially for writing teachers.

 

Hey guys, I just saw that the topic is trending again and I'm sure some of us are looking for the best possible solution to teach in the US with J1 Visa so this company caught my eye -<snip> It's looking promising. Does anybody have an opinion about them?

 

Sorry, but any time someone posts a link to a commercial website on their first post, we have to assume that they are doing advertising for them. Feel free to discuss how to find teaching jobs in the US, but until you establish yourself as a forum member we ask you not to promote specific businesses.

 

Im married to à US citizen. I am just waiting for my green card.

 

Hi, thanks for this post… could you let me know how long the process with Teachers Council normally takes?

 

To message someone, hover your cursor over the person's avatar on the left of any post they have made on the thread. You'll get a pop up window with several buttons on it - in the lower right corner should be a button to message the person. Unfortunately, gilmore12345 hasn't been on the forum for quite some time now - but the system should send them a notice and maybe that will inspire them to check it out.

 

Can one do private messages when one has only one posting?

 

Hi everyone, I would like to apply for the J1 teacher exchange programme and want to teach in CA. I am not sure how to start the whole process...... Can anyone recommend an agency? Many thanks

 

Teacher Program

<p>Foreign teachers have the opportunity to teach in accredited primary and secondary schools in the United States.</p>

j1visa.state.gov

According to this web site it lists program sponsors

 

Not surprising they want a SS number of Taxpayer Identification number...... that shows you are a legal immigrant to the US.
So unless you get a job offer with a work visa - which will then entitle you to a SS number - you are not able to be eligible for the Teacher Credentials.

There is no getting around it ..... I thought you were going the J1 route with a sponsor....

Thank you for your response. Yes, the J1 route but I was not aware of having to find a sponsor first. CCUSA advised me that I needed to get the credentials first....... obviously that is not the way forward. Any advice on finding a sponsor? Thank you very much!

 

Crawford provided you a link.. you just needed to spend a few moments looking through it and you would have found....

Designated Sponsor List - BridgeUSAParticipants | BridgeUSA

Want to know where your J-1 visa program sponsor is based? Check out the official locations of all J-1 Visa-designated sponsor organizations.

j1visa.state.gov

You can filter by State and Program.

There is also a separate page where you can filter by sponsor and program based on countries that the sponsor operates in.

 

In the link to J1 under teacher is a list of potential sponsors. The instructions are very detailed.

 

Hello, I would like to teach in the USA also but does anyone know what the age limit might be? I will be in my mid to late 50’s and I’m worried this might be too old.
Many thanks.

 

Teacher qualifications are regulated on a state by state basis, however recognized exchange programs may have different requirements. Do an online search for "teacher exchange programs usa" to find what's out there. (However, these are exchange programs and may require that you return back home after a year or two.)

 

Update on my last post:
I am originally a UK teacher who now lives and works in NYC for the last 3 years as a teacher.

The process to teach in the US from the UK is relatively straight forward providing you have been teaching in the UK for at least 2 years (this is the US requirement). You first need to find a sponsor; EPI and Participate are two organisations which don't require you to pay any fees, however, they only work with schools in states like NC, SC, VA and FL.

In order to work in more desirable states such as NYC, CA DC, you will need to pay a significant fee to a designated sponsor. Whilst you do have to pay a large fee to have them sponsor you (approximately $3,000), teachers wages in places like NYC, CA and DC are considerably more than less-desirable states; therefore, it all averages out in my opinion. For example, as a 3rd year teacher, I was offered $68,000 per year for a particular school in New York in 2020. There is ANOTHER sponsor who I ended up going with that actually had the school pay my fees, so I did not incur anyway.

If you want to work in California, the process is more tricky. Unlike most other states whereby you can work as a teacher in some schools without having a state-specific teaching permit (just your QTS from the UK), in CA, almost all schools require their teachers to have a valid state teaching credential. I applied for this online (approximately £300) and had to submit many documents from the UK. Although I now work as a teacher in NYC, I have also been granted my teaching credential for California, allowing me to teach in all schools in California if I wanted to.

If anyone needs anything clarifying about the process, please feel free to reach out to me....

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Will you please set a link to a fee based sponsor? Thanks.

 

https://teacherscouncil.com/teacher-exchange-for-teachers/

 

Never heard of a fee paying sponsor. Maybe this is a 'teacher' thing ?

In other industries if offered a job, the prospective employer must pay for all visa fees and admin fees to obtain the work visa. The applicant does not pay for these (and there are no other 'charges' that I know of)

 

I guess it must be a teacher thing, which is a shame, considering they're such a needed workforce.

 

Thank you so much for getting back to me — I really appreciate it.

I now have a Social Security Number, a US bank account, and my teaching credentials are currently being processed. That said, I’ve been feeling quite disheartened lately, as securing a position in California has proven far more difficult than I anticipated — most schools are unwilling to sponsor a visa, no matter how qualified one may be. It’s frustrating, especially knowing how much I have to offer.

Thank you again for your time

 

Thank you - this is an exchange program.

 

Hi,
Your message has been very useful. I just wanted to ask, did you apply find a sponsor prior to gaining your teaching credentials to teach in California? If I use EPI could I then use Teacher council, or do I go straight to Teachers council? I would like to end up in California.

Thank you so much for getting back to me — I really appreciate it.

I now have a Social Security Number, a US bank account, and my teaching credentials are currently being processed. That said, I’ve been feeling quite disheartened lately, as securing a position in California has proven far more difficult than I anticipated — most schools are unwilling to sponsor a visa, no matter how qualified one may be. It’s frustrating, especially knowing how much I have to offer.

Thank you again for your time

Yeah! I had to reach out to many schools before I found any potentially willing to act as my 'host school'. What I found more effective was to put the visa stipulation near the bottom of my resume and then once I had interviewed with a particular school, I made it explicitly clear again at that point. So at least the school had by that time had the opportunity to see me (virtually) and my teaching style etc to know if they really wanted me and so would be more willing to support/sponsor. Good luck though!