Make sure to include all three school counseling areas on your application (ES, MS SS).
the ration is 250 students per school counselor and this ration is hired out by the school, not the district. Some work at two schools, but most are assigned to one school . The USA Jobs position might be for an ISS. There has been a vacancy for school counseling ISS in the US for a while and I think now there might be one at Headquarters too.
I believe there are current vacancies, so please make sure your application is active and your certs and transcripts have been uploaded to show the current or next school-year, not previous years.
Lots of people retired in November, December, January, February, and even this month. None of them paid back their LQA for the summer of 2020.
You must have a transportation agreement to collect LQA.
But LQA is not connected to your RAT, which sometimes has to be repaid if a person doesn't complete the full one, or two year tour.
Am I right? I think so. But the interpretation of your District office trumps everything. It's no use quoting my post in this thread if you get into an argument with the District office.
But there is a way to win an argument with the District office. Simply read the LQA regulation, and quote it to them in all your emails.
Am I missing something? Are you getting fired? Are you the person that is still on probation?
HelpOthersI believe in order to not pay for summer LQA that you must work through the end of October (or other date within October). That is why most people retire after this date. If you retire/leave earlier, you would owe back for the summer LQA.
hahaDoDEA is generally all about the credit hours. I believe DoDEA would want you to provide transcripts showing 15 credit hours of coursework dealing with gifted education, regardless of whether you have an endorsement or certificate (check the requirement page to confirm).
SlcjklI recently got my DoDEA gifted cert - I technically got 3, because the requirements are the same for eled, ms, and secondary: 15 credit hours. It's likely that you'll need to produce 15 credits in gifted education coursework, regardless of your endorsement.
Maybe this is crazy and I am overthinking things, but does HR blacklist people? I only ask because I sent an email asking about a referral, response never came. I have also emailed recently about p.e. qualifications, and again no response. I don't mean to sound panicked, but it's hard not to be.
Anything is possible, but it's more likely to be a combination of indifference/incompetence than a personal conspiracy against you. You can have your EAS locked if you turn down an offer (and probably a few other things) but even then, I don't believe that cancel you completely or make you persona non grata.
In the past, if an HR person found you annoying and/or just couldn't be bothered to do what they are supposed to do, you could get access to a supervisor and try and get them to give the squeaky wheel some grease. I had to catch a supervisor at a job fair (when they still had those) before I got all of the "qualifieds" that I was supposed to have.
IcanreadThey can submit resignations at any time. Lots of people PCS throughout the year, often following an active duty spouse. In addition, teachers can retire at any time of year. Also, teachers may get an internal transfer (rare but a possibility) or a promotion (moving into admin) which would leave a vacancy.
hahaThere is usually an email that comes out around this time of year telling you to renew and review your application for the upcoming year. Hiring starts anytime after that with the lion's share of offers usually happening between March/April and August (although some hiring goes on throughout the year).
hahaIn Germany we obtained prescriptions both on base and on the economy. In Japan we generally get everything on base, but have also worked with Japanese Dr's and could get things filled locally. I know people who have/do get mail order medications but don't really know the details.
US style medical insurance plans, like those in the FEHB, are written by lawyers, and designed to obscure information, to prevent them from being compared easily.
On top of that the available services are dependent on the exact location, which is difficult to plan for in advance. (Unless you want to research the local medical services at each location for our 159 school.)
Medical services in foreign countries are generally cheaper than in the US. But the medical insurance plans in the FEHB carry American price tags. This means that we pay for expensive US medical insurance which then provides less expensive local medical services overseas.
That's just the way it is. Good luck with the research.
I have 8 years of experience K-12 in SPED, I'm the lead for my school, and I'm a mentor teacher for the local (major) university. My husband has 2 years of experience as a teacher of record teaching his own Biology class on an alternative cert at a high-performing high school. He is, as of this month, fully certified on a regular certificate.
We applied only to Europe, as my father (a vet) was insistent we only apply in Europe.
We applied about a month ago. I have been marked as "qualified" in all the areas I applied for. I don't know when they marked me as "qualified", as I never checked my application because I think it's a long shot. I suspect I was marked as qualified about 2 weeks after I applied because there's a date listed next to my areas of qualification. I haven't gotten any emails from DoDEA, nor have I been contacted in any way.
My husband is still marked as "pending" for the areas he applied for. Seeing as how he is still waiting for the Dept of Ed to send him his actual certificate (but we have confirmation it is coming in the mail, COVID is making it take forever), could this be why his application is still pending when mine is not? Could this also be why we haven't heard anything?
We had to list each other's SSNs on our applications. Does that mean that if one of us is hired, the other will have a better shot of getting a job, too? I don't understand why DoDEA asks for our spouse's SSN.
My father tells me that I am likely to find a position due to my qualifications and that my application may "carry" my husband's. He is hopeful we go to Germany because he was stationed there. I am nervous to accept this because all I have read online is that hoping for a position in Europe (particularly Germany) is basically equivalent to hoping I'll find a unicorn in my backyard.
Does anyone have insight on this? Am I wasting my time with even applying?
@isitfriday? We only applied to Europe because we were not o...See More@haha My husband should meet qualifications for Biology. His undergrad was in Biology from a major university. I'm not worried about him not being qualified, I'm just wondering if they're waiting for the Dept of Ed to bother to send us his official cert to mark him as qualified.
@isitfriday? We only applied to Europe because we were not originally planning on working for DoDEA. We were going to move back to the Midwest and my father recommended we apply to Europe. We applied to Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium. I also think you'd be suprised what my father told me. I was aware of the Fraulein stereotype. There isn't another woman he's holding out for- he would have no qualms telling me or my mother about that. My parents may remain married, but they've never been married for love. He was there when the Wall fell and left shortly after, so he knows things are different there now. He's now a federal contractor with most of his work in Europe, so he wanted to have a kid nearby if possible. It's more of "always say yes because you can always say no" situation. We're not banking on a DoDEA position, we're just seeing if we can go. I don't see working for DoDEA as a make it or break it thing. I'm perfectly happy staying in CONUS and continuing to work for a public school.
@isitfriday? We only applied to Europe because we were not o...See More@haha My husband should meet qualifications for Biology. His undergrad was in Biology from a major university. I'm not worried about him not being qualified, I'm just wondering if they're waiting for the Dept of Ed to bother to send us his official cert to mark him as qualified.
@isitfriday? We only applied to Europe because we were not originally planning on working for DoDEA. We were going to move back to the Midwest and my father recommended we apply to Europe. We applied to Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium. I also think you'd be suprised what my father told me. I was aware of the Fraulein stereotype. There isn't another woman he's holding out for- he would have no qualms telling me or my mother about that. My parents may remain married, but they've never been married for love. He was there when the Wall fell and left shortly after, so he knows things are different there now. He's now a federal contractor with most of his work in Europe, so he wanted to have a kid nearby if possible. It's more of "always say yes because you can always say no" situation. We're not banking on a DoDEA position, we're just seeing if we can go. I don't see working for DoDEA as a make it or break it thing. I'm perfectly happy staying in CONUS and continuing to work for a public school.