So we are going to be in Greeley for the next two years, until spring 2011, when I will be done at UNC. But what then? We've thought about moving to Denver, Springs, Fort Collins. But one thing that I can't stop thinking about is moving to New Zealand.

In my field (or what will be my field) of Early Childhood Education, there are opportunities for teachers. This is from TeachNZ:

Early childhood teachers (ECE) - new professional registration requirements for early childhood teachers in New Zealand, and the high participation rate in early childhood education are placing pressure on ECE teacher numbers. At this point there are no UK ECE qualifications that are equivalent to 3 -year NZ ECE diploma or degree.

I would have to provide originals of my Master's Degree and transcripts to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, then register with the New Zealand Teacher's Council. Then I'd have to get a work permit. The TeachNZ site says that for early childhood teachers, I only have to produce evidence of registration and a letter of a job offer in order to get a work visa. The visa would allow me to enter New Zealand where I would get a work permit.

In Auckland, the university is doing research that Dre is highly interested in, and we would be able to bring the cats and Moby with us. There are a lot of ECE jobs posted in the NZ Education Gazette. So what's holding us back? Leaving family behind, primarily. I would come back if my parents needed help, but I worry that I would feel huge guilt if they didn't get to see us and their grandkids a lot. That's really the main thing that I would need to resolve in my mind before we would go.