somedayNo I am not sure. I Don't have math certification i am juat short on the 30 so I was just going with the information that had been shared by Bubblehead in the past. I have enough credits for my other areas.
HelpOthersIt may be too late, but completing a DoDEA internship can help. Adding the coursework to be special education preschool qualified may also help. Honestly, just experience will help and getting great references.
Take a look at the DoDEA Pre-K and K qualifications and make sure you will be qualified by DoDEA standards. Many elementary teachers end up not being qualified for PreK and K with DoDEA due to some specific courses that they want and the fact that their state cert is usually a K-6 or something like that and DoDEA's ES certs are more like 1-8 with ECE being separate qualification areas.
Make sure you are qualified in as many areas as possible, get your application in and hope for the best. Other than marrying an active duty military who gets orders for a base overseas with a DoDEA school, there is not too much more you can do right now.
If it doesn't happen right away, start teaching stateside and keep your EAS active and updated.
Can anyone give me insight into how the timeline might work? From what I understand I am waiting to hear from HR for an initial/tentative offer. After they contact me I will need to do a background check and that has to clear before I could start. I've heard timelines on those range from 2 weeks to over 2 months. I'm assuming they'd want me to start as soon as my paperwork comes back approved, but that doesn't really give me the opportunity to provide notice. Am I missing something? Could I start while waiting for the paperwork to come back? Will HR give me a tentative start date? I will do what I must to make this opportunity work but I really don't want to burn any bridges along the way if it can be avoided.
HelpOthersThey may be waiting to readjust all the people already working in the district who have chosen to have a different position next year first then. I don't know why else they would say there is a hiring freeze.
I am looking over my transcripts and wondering if Mass Communication and Public Speaking will count for hours towards an English Certification? Does anyone know?
DodeaHopefulFrom DODEA website: A major in English or a minimum of 30 SH in English. A maximum of 5 SH in speech and/or journalism may be counted toward meeting this requirement. Course work must include English literature, American literature, the teaching of composition (writing process), and a minimum of 12 SH in upper level English courses.
Can somebody give me the email address for Patty Lesjack-Davis at DODDS recruitment. Or do you have another email address for somebody that may have time to respond. I have a question about a course before I register to take it.
SpedTeacher74T. Rob, it is my understanding that it is difficult to get a job in the U.K. because there are fewer schools and not many transfer out of the U.K. once they secure a job there. I don't think it is more difficult for any other reason than those.
SoIllinoisI figure its extra tough just for the language as it would be easier to move there for language purposes. That is not my reason but could see that is the case. But, they still will need teachers so keeping my fingers crossed!
This is a huge goal for my family. I'm looking to do anything I can to make myself a more attractive candidate, even if that might be additional schooling to qualify to teach math, or other subjects. Thank you so much for any insight!
Health is indeed offered by D...See MoreNo problem. It varies with MS generally needing 24 and Secondary needing 30 hours. Yes, the state cert generally means that you would need half of that for DoDEA.
You can check out the requirements here if you have not already:
sglucaThank you again! Without having my transcript in hand I know I'll be qualified for PE, Health, ESOL, then possibly Math and science.. or very close, so some classes may be in my near future. Very excited to begin this process, so thankful for all the great info tonight!