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RIF Permanent Tenured Teachers Suitability Evaluations

by Dr. Ali Fant

Oct 26

I am at a DoDEA school teaching subjects I am not certified nor trained to teach. In July 2025, DoDEA announced newly transferred RIF teachers faced suitability evaluations to keep their jobs. This situation led to severe mental distress. As a re-employed DoDEA annuitant, I am considering my options. Suggestions?

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haha Sorry to hear about your troubles. Are you still provisional? If not, then it :should" take a fair amount of effort and paperwork to try and get rid of you. Things are very different lately and ultimately they can and do whatever they want, but if you can avoid giving a good case against you, you should be OK. Hang in there!

Nov 2

Dr. Ali Fant I am not provisional. I am permanent tenured. Told suitability evals trump other considerations since the 07/25/2025 EO 14356 implementation for DoDEA. I have a mental health Form WH-580-E prognosis from doctors to be on leave from teaching until 01/16/2026. Filing the WH-580-E means offices above me have to justify their own continuing suitability...See More

Dec 1

AP interview questions

Nov 12

Does anyone have any of the AP interview questions? I cannot seem to find them. TIA

General knowledge

Sep 4

I'm gonna take my general knowledge test this month and i don't know know if its easy to take all sections together or just start with the essay

DODD Chatboard Still Active?

Aug 25

The most recent post on my screen is from May 8th?

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haha To be fair, it's been pretty dead for a while. Most questions/discussions about working for DoDEA seem to be happening over on the FB page (I am assuming, haven't looked in quite a while).

Aug 29

Bob R/CA Sorry about the glitch making people think they need to post more than once - it's on my list... :o)

Sep 3

Change to DoDEA Target Job Titles and DoDEA Qualification

Sep 2

This was sent out from DoDEA this morning:

DoDEA has updated the titles and qualification standards for multiple target jobs to better align certification titles and course work requirements with State Boards of Education of the United States and its U.S. territories. This includes Advance Placement certifications. The updates can be found...See More

AAPS interview questions

May 8

Does anyone have/recall the interview questions for AAPS?

by KMC

May 3, 2024

I am presently working/living overseas (SE Asia) and was contacted to interview for Dodea Guam.

I recall reading that you shouldn't say where you are in the interview..or something as it effects benefits?

If I get the job I plan on heading stateside this summer anyhow before it begins. (I think)

Not sure how I hide where ...See More

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Jay Congrats KMC, best of luck to you.

May 10, 2024

Dr. Ali Fant Hi KMC. I am living/working at the US Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Middle School since February 2022. In December 2024, I received (and accepted) a Reduction In Force (RIF) with me requesting several different schools. In January 2025, I found out I was assigned to Yokosuka Middle School at the HQ of US Naval Forces, Japan. I also found out on ...See More

Mar 10

DoDEA EAS Annual Reset SY 25/26

Jan 23

From DoDEA:

Greetings,

It's time to update your Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) application in the Employment Application System (EAS) for School Year (SY) 2025/2026. Everyone is required to update ONLINE, no matter how recently your application was submitted. Please complete your annual update by 11:00pm CST on F...See MoreFrom DoDEA:

Greetings,

It's time to update your Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) application in the Employment Application System (EAS) for School Year (SY) 2025/2026. Everyone is required to update ONLINE, no matter how recently your application was submitted. Please complete your annual update by 11:00pm CST on February 4th, 2025. Recruitment for the 25/26 SY will begin February 5th, 2025, however, your application will not receive consideration until your update is complete. Once your application is updated/finalized you will begin receiving consideration for future vacancies.

When updating your application, please do not forget to change the year of consideration to SY 2025/2026 and update your availability date in the Target Location and Date (Overseas/Stateside) section of your application.

You must ensure all aspects of your application are true, up-to-date and reflects your ability, experience, and training as accurately as possible. All 9 sections must be updated. Once you have reviewed each section, click "submit". A green check mark will appear next to the section to confirm it has been successfully submitted. A green check mark will also appear next to "Finalize your application" to confirm that your application has been finalized. Applications must be complete and finalized to receive consideration.

**Before submitting, be sure to update the School Year to 2025/2026 to be considered**

If you have questions regarding your application, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions page within EAS.

If you are a local applicant residing in the overseas area on sponsors orders (Military or Civilian), you must attach a copy of your sponsor's orders to your EAS application. The orders should be labeled under Military Spouse Preference.

Worldwide applicants that wish to be considered for overseas positions must choose every country where they are willing to work. If an opening becomes available for a location that you have not selected, you will not be considered for that opening.

Thank you for your continued interest in teaching with DoDEA.

openings at the virtual school

Dec 30, 2024

Does anyone have any knowledge of any positions at the virtual school in Germany opening up?

Thank you!

Dr. Ali Fant To my knowledge, DoDEA Virtual School is based out of DoDEA HQ WASHDC. One of my certs is DoDEA Virtual School. Speculation based on my 09DE2024 RIF Notification is DoDEA is preparing for increased students in DoDDS Germany in SY 2025-26. Be sure where the schools are you would be serving in Virtual School because of the Time Zone differences.

Dec 31, 2024

Icanread Actually the virtual school has a hub in Okinawa and Germany due to the many time differences of students.

Jan 14

RIF Reduction in Force Information Requested

by Dr. Ali Fant

Dec 22, 2024

Just received my first RIF. Principal took great care to explain my present Teacher Position (CTE Middle School) was going away not because of any Teacher Performance Appraisals but because our school population had a projected student population drop to < 250 for SY 2025-2026. I am one of 3 teacher positions to be eliminated.

The prin...See MoreJust received my first RIF. Principal took great care to explain my present Teacher Position (CTE Middle School) was going away not because of any Teacher Performance Appraisals but because our school population had a projected student population drop to < 250 for SY 2025-2026. I am one of 3 teacher positions to be eliminated.

The principal volunteered to sit with me through the RIF online computer application and to consider what geographic areas I would want to teach at. Then I learned something new that HaHa touched on before in why some teachers do not list all their certs. As of January 2025, I had only two certs on my "official record" although the principal stated she had review my record of certs from my initial EAS application very carefully. She told me to consider what areas of DoDEA would advance my personal DoDEA teaching goals. A South Korea CTE job would place me in a location to continue weekend Chinese Language classes at local Korean universities. With six more graduate Chinese Language credits and passing the ACTFL test I would certify for the Texas Chinese Language Certificate. I believe American children should learn the Chinese Language, but there are not many Chinese Language certificated teachers in DoDEA.

By only having 2 certs officially as of the RIF Date, DoDEA will try to place me with those same two certs in other parts of the world. The online application revealed DoDEA Japan did not appear as an option for CTE Middle School. South Korea, England, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe appeared as CTE Middle School choices from the drop down menu.

This kind principal pointed out that if I did not like any of the choices DoDEA offered for my RIF, I would have time to submit my other 12 certs from official state certs again. Because of the SCD in Block 31 of my SF-50 (Scheduled Computation Date - compares US Government employee senority), I could "bump" another less senior teacher for a cert just added to my RIF portfolio.

However, the danger with adding additional certs is that most of them have DoDEA Curriculum standards (CCRS -College Career Readiness Standards) that I would have to be certain to teach the students. My present CTE Middle School cert does not have Curriculum standards. The CTE cert High School does have curriculum standards which I would be required to teach. I had heard this from our prior CTE MS Teacher, but this was the first time I heard this from the Principal.

The principal suggested I waited to see what DoDEA offers the RIFing teachers and then make my decision. RIF Notification Letters were issued 09DE2024 and responses were due back 13DE2024. Then, the government makes offers two weeks later.

RIF Notification Letters are used to prove "Notification of Involuntary Excess Status." This letter qualifies RIF employees for CTAP, ICTAP, and RPL as an excessed federal employee.for a higher hiring priority on USAJOBS.

Any information on the DoDEA RIF process would be appreciated.

Dr. Ali Fant, Computer Technology Education

Icanread Did you get a placement for next school year?

Jan 14

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