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Leaving Illinois?

Jun 28, 2016

Howdy,

Like many of you, I am a teacher here in the great state of Illinois. My wife, two kids and I are looking to leave this joint. Have any of you successfully left IL to teach in another state? Could you please share your experiences and I would like to narrow down my search to out west (Washington State, Oregon, Colorado, ect...) or even the Northeast (Maine, Mass, ect...). I am certified in Special Ed and ESL and teach in a higher end High School dist so my pay is pretty well, but so is the cost of living. I need a change!!

Thanks, Louie

sped I successfully left Illinois, but to work outside of education. That said, there are a couple of things for you to consider:

1. The cost of living for the places you're looking as high, or higher, than the Chicago area. New England and Pac Northwest typically have much higher COLs than Chicago, and a lot more than Downstate. Of course, the...See MoreI successfully left Illinois, but to work outside of education. That said, there are a couple of things for you to consider:

1. The cost of living for the places you're looking as high, or higher, than the Chicago area. New England and Pac Northwest typically have much higher COLs than Chicago, and a lot more than Downstate. Of course, there are parts of these regions that have lower costs of living, but they either are more sparsely populated or more economically depressed. These areas have lower demand for teachers and/or pay less.

2. The thing I've noticed about teachers who want to move is that they somehow think they're going to end up at the same point on the salary schedule in the new district/state. If you're on step 15, you look at step 15 in other districts. Unfortunately the way teachers are compensated, they usually lose when they move. Many districts have clauses in their union contracts which limit how many years a new teacher can be given. Others have policies that impose the same limit. Usually it's a max of 5 to 10. If you're in a good paying district in Illinois, with a good amount of experience, then you're probably not going to make as much money. It may be way below what you're making now. Most of the teachers I know who make a move sacrifice a lot of salary unless they're moving from the South, where the pay is very low, to somewhere up north. Then, they may make more in a place like Illinois even with only a few years on the salary schedule.

Believe it or not, administrators are more likely to get a raise or take much less of a hit when they move. If you are able to make a move into admin, you might consider that.

On 6/28/16, lrkerme wrote: > Howdy, > > Like many of you, I am a teacher here in the great state of > Illinois. My wife, two kids and I are looking to leave this > joint. Have any of you successfully left IL to teach in > another state? Could you please share your experiences and I > would like to narrow down my search to out west (Washington > State, Oregon, Colorado, ect...) or even the Northeast > (Maine, Mass, ect...). I am certified in Special Ed and ESL > and teach in a higher end High School dist so my pay is > pretty well, but so is the cost of living. I need a change!! > > Thanks, > Louie

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