{"id":1303,"date":"2015-08-07T19:16:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T05:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2019-02-11T08:04:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T18:04:46","slug":"move-to-hawaii-to-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/hawaii\/move-to-hawaii-to-teach\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Single Mom with Two Children Move to Hawaii to Teach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible for a single mom &#8211; or dad with two children to move to Hawaii from the mainland USA to be a teacher in the Hawaii school system?<\/p>\n<p>I received a comment today from a woman that wants to move to Hawaii and teach school. She&#8217;s the single mom of two children and really wants to move to the islands as a teacher. She didn&#8217;t mention which one or which area she&#8217;d live but apparently she&#8217;s serious because she&#8217;s getting certified to teach in Hawaii now.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a good feel for how little is needed to live in Hawaii with kids and finding a &#8220;safe&#8221; place to live. I guess with tax breaks and child support it might be possible but I wouldn&#8217;t have a clue really.<\/p>\n<p>Is it possible? Is anyone doing it now that cares to share their experience?<\/p>\n<p>Is it realistic for someone to move from the mainland to Hawaii, setup everything and live life happily in Hawaii as a teacher?<\/p>\n<p>Besides that &#8211; how are the schools in Hawaii to teach at? Any comments on that? I have not put a child through the Hawaii school system &#8211; have you or someone you know?<\/p>\n<p><big>Learn more about Moving to, Living in, and Working in Hawaii:<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/hawaii\/legitimate-home-business-opportunities\/\">Hawaii home business opportunities?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/hawaii\/moving-to-hawaii-and-finding-a-job\/\">Moving to Hawaii and Finding a Job<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/hawaii\/home-based-business-startup-in-hawaii\/\">Hawaii Home Business Startups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/hawaii\/move-to-hawaii-to-teach\/\">Move to Hawaii to Teach?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/hawaii\/moving-to-hawaii-use-twitter\/\">Moving to Hawaii? Use Twitter.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/hawaii\/life-in-hawaii-living-hawaiian-style\/\">Living in Hawaii &#8211; Hawaiian Style<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/life-philosophy\/control-your-life\/want-to-change-your-life-move-to-hawaii\/\">Want to Change Your Life? Move to Hawaii!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Want to <a href=\"\/category\/hawaii-nei\/moving-to\/\">Move to Hawaii<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible for a single mom &#8211; or dad  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":13006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,2338],"tags":[1324,1325,1323],"class_list":["post-1303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawaii","category-questions-about","tag-hawaii-teacher","tag-teach-in-hawaii","tag-teaching-hawaii"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can a Single Mom with Two Children Move to Hawaii to Teach? 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