Why Japan? Why DoDEA?
Well to put it simply, that was the location when the job was offered to me with DoDEA (Dept. of Defense Education Activity). And you're probably wondering how did a single, Texas girl like myself even consider teaching overseas? The idea was put into my head a few years ago from my sister when she had mentioned she wanted to eventually teach with DoDEA. Fast forward to spring 2019 and a random May night, I searched for "teaching for DOD" and up popped the website to apply. From there I completed the (lengthy) application, not really expecting anything since I was still a rookie teacher, and I knew going in how difficult it would be to land a classroom job. 2 months later I got numerous referral emails, which basically was an automated system that forwarded applicant information to principals that requested applicants for specific, open positions. I got referred tons of times but nothing came through until August of that year. I had received an interview request for a GT...