Please make sure you have completed your application in EAS. Even though it says "teacher" vacancies, school psychology positions are also filled through EAS.
HelpOthersFollow the "EAS" link in the first paragraph of the page linked below even though it says "Teachers" it is also used to hire school counselors, school nurses, and a few other non-teachers.
They will generally arrange and pay for the travel/tickets for you and your family. Once at the new location you generally receive TQSA to pay for lodging/a hotel until you get into a house or apt. For that, you generally pay for lodging and food and submit requests for reimbursement every 10 days.
As for on or off base, it will vary by specific location, at least in Japan. Some locations require one or the other, some off you the choice (but the options or lack of them can also change every few years). I can't really speak to Korea.
I will be graduating next year with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (grades 1-6) and a Bachelor's in Liberal Studies with a reading concentration. I will be licensed to teach in Massachusetts. I will also be completing an accelerated Master's program and will have my Mater's in Moderate Disabilities (graes preK-8) one year after finishing my Bachelors degree.
With these degrees, is there any chance I would receive a job or at least an interview? I know that having teaching experience would make me more qualified, however I think that I personally would prefer to move abroad earlier in my career. I recently spent four months studying at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic and know that teaching abroad is something I want to do. While I know there are other programs that might be less competitive, the benefits of the DoDEA are really attractive to me.
(1) To be LQA-eligible, individuals (including former Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) educators) returning to the U.S. from DoD employment overseas must physically reside in the U.S. or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from the time he/she applied for employment until he/she accepted a formal offer of employment.
I read on here, somewhere, that it was suggested to reach out and contact the school if you received a referral. Thoughts on contacting the district Sup. if you do not know the exact school? What to say? Has anyone done this before for an admin role? Wondering if it matters
HelpOthersI miss-read the initial post. Yes, if you are applying for an administrator position, include a cover letter, references, a resume that shows you have all the experience you say you have in the questionnaire related to the application- this could mean a 5-10 page resume- follow the suggestions in USA Jobs for creating a resume. It really does need ...See MoreI miss-read the initial post. Yes, if you are applying for an administrator position, include a cover letter, references, a resume that shows you have all the experience you say you have in the questionnaire related to the application- this could mean a 5-10 page resume- follow the suggestions in USA Jobs for creating a resume. It really does need to include the information mentioned in the requirements to even be considered qualified by HR before a list is sent to the District Superintendent's Office. If you can find a way to contact the DSO secretary rather than directly contacting the Sups and chief of staff, that might be better, but as long as you have everything in USA Jobs, you obviously want the position (unlike EAS where the application is from a pool of applicants that may not be interested in that location). When the district is the one doing the choosing and interviewing, they may decide the location for that individual after interviewing for several different locations, rather than interviewing for just one exact location at a time. This way one interview will work for all the possible vacancies, especially as one person is moved and the domino effect occurs.
The significant thing is that the position is NTE, and comes will a built-in expiration date.
The other teacher? Doesn't matter. That person might return. They might return early. They might transfer/relocate/get promoted , or any one of a hundred other changes in their career.
They might never even return. They might die, perish the thought!
You would be an NTE, and that position will never automatically become a permanent career position.
You might get lucky, and slide into a career position at the end of the NTE, but don't count on it..
HelpOthers@IsItFriday? I thought that was why they pretty recently announced that the only non-US citizen teachers had to be for the host-nation class and not for any other classes.
Yes, it's absolutely connected to the lawsuit, in which DoDEA was caught in flagrante delicto.
But there was a lot more to that lawsuit, than a simple implied admission that DoDEA was blatantly in the wrong. People were wrongly denied jobs. People's careers and opportunities were wrongly curtailed.
Financial damages!
Did DoDEA quietly settle? What was the payout? Or are they using the same underhanded legal tactics employed against the union? (Delay, delay, delay.) Enquiring minds would like to know.
I really wish that Stripes would do a better job of following up on lawsuits like these. Just a tiny bit of investigative journalism please.
Just want to confirm that if you hold an overseas Dept of Defense position...including Guam/PR, you are required to pay federal taxes and cannot claim foreign earned income exclusion? I ask as I have been working in international schools overseas and have enjoyed qualifying for this..but suspect this isnt the case with a govt job.
HelpOthers@KMC. If you are hired from the USA (living in the USA for at least a year and from application to final offer), the recruitment benefits basically pay for your cost of living (housing and basic food). The health benefits are not cheap, but are comprehensive. Other than that, the rest of your income is expendable (savings, vacations, etc.).