Unfortunately, @ACollegeFan, I don’t know anything about the USD program. My daughter did the Stanford STEP program. As @mom60 points out, it does help to get a credential in the geographical region in which you want to work. My D was living in the Bay Area and wanted a job in the area–cost of living is high but some districts, especially in the Silicon Valley, do have higher-than-average pay scales. Some did find jobs elsewhere; I recall a French teacher who got a job in Southern California. But as I said, everyone in her English cohort got a job. Some were regular pubic schools, some charter, and some private.