Moving with Teenager

Normally if you move to Europe you'll need to learn the host language depending which country you'll reside. It's not that easy to get a job in Europe unless you're being transferred from your home office in US.

Maybe you can find a country that you would like to teach English then go from there. You'll also need to apply for working visa and residency, and there's a lot of paperwork to do before you can actually move.

It is not something you can do overnight.

I agree, it sounds like the best option would be for you to look for work as an English teacher and go from there.  If you manage to get work in one of the American Schools, your daughter could probably attend for a reduced rate, but the CELTA won't help with that....there are job fairs for the American schools, so you may want to look at that.  Construction work is looking like it will be tougher everywhere for a while, but your husband can probably find work of some sort, though it may be under the table.

I'm just wondering how your daughter is feeling about the move?
We moved out to Portugal 18 months ago with my then just 13 year old daughter - now at 14 she just wants to get back to the UK asap - it turns out that it was a very bad time to move her away from her school and friends. My 8 year old daughter has integrated much better.
I guess if it is only for a limited time period and you are keeping your home in the US it may be easier for your daughter to adapt to life in a foreign country. Also, my daughters are having to go to school in Portuguese, which has been a pretty steep learning curve for them.

Good luck with it all!

Patricia

Visas for Europe are NOT that easy to obtain for US citizens - as bluefish says you'll need to sort yourselves out with employment in advance...

Unless you intend working illegally, and in the likes of France this means no insurance/social cover.