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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

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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

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DoDEA EAS Annual Reset SY 25/26

by uh89

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.

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openings at the virtual school

by emma20

Dec 30, 2024

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

Thank you!

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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

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

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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

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Icanread Did you get a placement for next school year?

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ENI $5k incentive

by Becky

Nov 4, 2024

I am planing to resign in June 2025 from an overseas position (I am due for RAT). I am planning to beging applying to DoDEA overseas again in 2026. I have many hard to fill certs and I'm interested in hardship locations.

If I take the ENI and let them know now will I be able to be rehired in the future? Many people have told me signing an ...See More

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IsItFriday? Hi Becky,

Let's unpack this a little, shall we.

It sounds like your ultimate goal is to continue your employment with DoDEA in another location. Is this correct?

There are a number of ways of achieving this goal, one of which you outline in your OP.

One negative about your plan is your uncertainty over the ENI an...See More

Dec 2, 2024

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Dr. Ali Fant Somewhere in the DoDEA OPM Bible (Office of Personnel Management), I read that any incentive pay had to be paid back to the government if you re-hired within a certain time frame. I recommend NOT taking the incentive pay package and wait for the RIF Notification Letters to drop. That is what the teachers did at my school. Many of our teachers thoug...See More

Dec 31, 2024

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Teacher to Assistant Principal

by Just Me

Sep 20, 2024

I have been a teacher for 17 years with the past 5 being in DODEA overseas( including this year). If I were to get an assistant principal position what step would I start on? I'm over a step 10 now.

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IsItFriday? All DoDEA experience would count. Advance yourself several steps.

But, why didn't you just ask your current Admin? Or didn't they know?

Dec 2, 2024

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haha Apparently, you would start on the first Step, unless you had experience as an admin (or related experience that they would accept) AND had not already used that experience for salary/step credit.

Dec 9, 2024

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References in Application

by GingerZin

Oct 30, 2024

Hello all!

I'm thinking about possibly reactivating my application for the 25/26 school year. I had a question about references. I have three already listed and filled out from about 8 years ago. My understanding is that these are just a part of the application, and if I was to actually get an offer, I would need to provide three current r...See More

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haha Is there a date associated with the references that a principal might see? If so, you might want to update them. If not, it's tough to say. You may want to go ahead and update them. You never know what might or might not appeal to or appall a prospective hiring principal. But it's also probably not a deal breaker one way or the other (unless HR tel...See More

Oct 31, 2024

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IsItFriday? Update your references.

Smart Principals want current references and will sometimes check them in advance of the interview, or in advance of making the final pick.

There days Principals are more likely to follow the HR script and timeline, but some still go off reservation.

Is there an upside to keeping out of date refere...See More

Dec 2, 2024

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A couple of issues

by aktionjaq

Jun 11, 2024

I had 2 interviews in my desired location and references were checked for both. Yesterday I received an offer from interview #1. During the interview I was told I was being interviewed for a specific grade, but my offer says mixed. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The other issue is I would prefer location #2, as I'm more comfortable and experie...See More

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aktionjaq Well haha, you were right, they didn't want to give me LQA and paying what landlords wanted was just going to be too much of a dent to the pocketbook (they seemed to know exactly how much LQA was because the cheaper yearly rents were exactly what I would have gotten) and had to decline. I guess I'll keep my ear to the ground to see if they change t...See More

Aug 21, 2024

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haha This is one of those instances where I would have been happy to be wrong for you. Yes, they have gotten pretty hard core about the conditions needed to award LQA etc. But, you never know what the future might hold. And like you said, if you ever wind up back in the states you can always reapply for DoDEA.

Aug 23, 2024

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Interview

by Jay

May 6, 2024

Good morning everyone,

I have an interview for a kindergarten teacher in Germany. So, I am curious what the pay would be for a Master's degree plus 18 and 7 years of experience. I was also curious about the COLA and whether there are any standard interview questions. Any help is much appreciated.

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Jay Update: I received my final job offer today, and I am off to Germany! What a journey it has been.

Jun 26, 2024

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haha Congrats! Enjoy the ride. Remember that you can request a 3 month pay advance if you need it. Also, get your TSP deductions set up right away so that you don't lose out on the gov't matching.

Jun 27, 2024

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Inquiring minds want to know

by Woodsie

Jun 18, 2024

I am starting my application for 24/25 SY. I have 13 different certs and I am hoping most of them will transfer to DoDDS. I have picked my locations as Italy and Spain (I know I am limiting myself but I hate cold or damp weather). My question is, what's the policy on bringing in your own supplements/vitamins for those countries. I have an auto-immu...See More

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haha No specific information about either of those countries. We used to be in Europe and the situation changed every few years, although there was generally a way to work around most restrictions. Try googling and/or asking questions of the consulates.

Jun 19, 2024

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