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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 5307938, member: 5787"] What a unique opportunity. I've known plenty of teachers who've tried out unique locations at various points of their lives and all were very happy they at least tried it out: a recently divorced empty nester did curriculum work and PT teaching in New Mexico; a current co-worker from the midwest took a gig in Oman, ended up living there for 20+ years to raise his family. A single middle-aged guy took a gig in Boulder after a serious medical concern, stayed four years and really cherished the adventure of that. I guess the biggest question is would you want to be that isolated during the school year? Year-round population is 14k, so it's an opportunity to truly engrain yourself into the community. If I were in your situation, I'd do the long-term rental situation. See if there are any unique Vrbo/AirBnbs that typically don't book in the winter and negotiate one-month or multi-month stays, depending on your interest. I had a friend who taught in Westport in a year and found some really cool rental spots in town at very reasonable rates, I'd assume there are plenty of opportunities like that in Nantucket. Also, I just checked their pay scale...not bad! (lol). Honest take: most likely won't be a long-term landing spot, but at the very least, I think it'll be really cool to try it out for at least a year. You mentioned small class sizes: I teach in a small, international school and my biggest class is 13 kids, so that makes a huge difference in terms of both classroom management and just general community feel. Less authority figure and more positive role model. [/QUOTE]

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