[jasonbvr]

Hola everyone, hope you all had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day and recovered quickly. S-93, here is my few words of advice for your situation.

As far as I know you will be just fine getting a teaching job with your degree in Early Childhood Education. Also with the experience you have, you may even be in a better position to find a job faster than your husband. I would not recommend Nova to just about anyone. I have rarely met teachers who are thrilled to be working for them. They do have Nova kids' schools which may be what you are really interested in, but I have heard that Aeon is a much better company to work for and from the offers I have seen they pay more. They also have a special branch of schools that are specifically for children.

I would also keep an eye out for companies and shools seeking a couple to work for them. You will occasionally spot these types of postings on ohayosenei.com. Maybe they would be willing and able to schedule the two of you in a way that makes it possible to have one parent at home with the kids all the time. This would not be the case if you were both doing the ALT thing like me. You would both be out of the home during the day so in that case you would have to think about finding childcare.

Now all this being said, Nova might be a good solution for the two of you if you can't get work from a private conversation school or somewhere like Aeon. But I would definitely recommend at least one of you working in a conversation school so that they may be able to make a schedule suitable for taking care of your children.

Any questions about children, I would put them to Nyororin who has the thread "I Live in Japan!" She is always helpful and knows much more about this aspect of Japanese life than I do. Best wishes to you and your family, JBvr