Planning on it..

I am a Deaf Education graduate student that plans to move the minute school is over! I will have my graduate degree in August 2011 sometime, and I know I have a lot to do and plan for before I make a move. I have been enamored by the UK my entire life and will not give up on my dream. I had wondered if I was signing up for this forum a bit too early, but it seems that a lot of useful information can be found and I could benefit from information here. I am considering picking up a Special Education licensure to help me get a job in a school in the UK. I know from the Border Control website that Special Education teachers are in need right now, and I want to live somewhere up North... we'll see what happens. Advice would be great. Hope to see you all around the forums!

Welcome and best of luck :o)

Hello and Welcome-- It is never too early to join us

Welcome to UKY!  The North is a great place to live. You may wish to consider coming over as a student or look at educational qualifications to understand the cultural and linguistic differences:

http://ww2.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/special_education_needs_teacher_job_description.jsp

And British Sign Language courses: http://bda.org.uk/index.php

More BSL / Deaf education courses:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cts/en/courses/interpreting_british_sign_language.htm
or
http://www.uclan.ac2.com/courses.html
http://www.uclan.ac2.com/courses/PGDipBSL.html

Here's postgraduate Deaf Education / BSL qualifications in the UK:

http://ww2.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Find_courses_and_research_gs/p!eefXfmd?action=search&2waynocompress=1&keyword=deaf+education&x=0&y=0

http://ww2.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Find_courses_and_research_gs/p!eefXfmd?keyword=deaf+education&action=refinesearch&2waynocompress=1&newkeyword=bsl&x=0&y=0

Courses that are QTS give you qualified teacher status.

HTH. 

Welcome to UKY!