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Considering Re-location... Would really appreciate any help

by CO Music Teachers

Nov 1, 2008

My wife and I are considering relocating at the conclusion of this school year. I have a BA in Music Education from the University of Illinois and hold current Illinois and Colorado Teaching Licenses (K-12 Music). I am currently in my third year of teaching band and choir. My wife's degree is in music performance. She has experience as a PERA, and is currently completing an alternative certification program while teaching Elementary Music. We currently live in a small mountain town in Colorado. We are used to cold weather and prefer cold weather to hot. We are pretty active: we like to ski (cross-country, telemark, and downhill), fish, hike, mountain bike and camp. We also enjoy city life however (such as going to the opera, theatre, symphony, fine dining, and wine tastings). We would like to be somewhere where we have access to both.

One of the most difficult things about our current situation is the cost of living compared to our salaries. We would greatly appreciate any su...See More

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rw It sounds like you'd want to be in driving distance to Albuquerque or Santa Fe for all of those sorts of cultural experiences.... make sure you look into the charter and private schools and not just the public schools (more likely to have music teacher jobs)

Dec 16, 2008

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