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RAT travel

by cook16

May 2, 2017

Do you have to have your official passport to take RAT? If so is it possible to leave on your tourist and then come back with the official one?

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haha I don't believe any travel would be deductible unless it was a required work expense (and those would likely be paid for/reimbursable by DoDDS and so not deductable).

May 2, 2017

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HelpOthers Renewal Agreement Travel (RAT) in one year locations is every summer and for two year locations would be every two years. However, I think if you are transferring or think you will transfer, RAT can be impacted, so I would follow the link included by tech_ed

May 2, 2017

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For those needing SPED classes...

by SpedTeacher74

May 2, 2017

For those of you, who like me, need to take a class or two to certify in additional special education areas, I emailed a course description for a course I was considering from University of Laverne and got this response.

"The course description presented would be creditable across several of DoDEA's special education categories. For examp...See More

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Spound28 0429 for Sollars ES

May 2, 2017

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happyteacher OH wow - PreSchool! Good for you!! Good luck :)

May 2, 2017

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Anyone get hired for the Daegu American Sch. FLES position?

by elvato

May 2, 2017

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone got hired for the FLES position that was open at Daegu American School. I think it was for K-3 FLES Thanks

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TeacherMama K in Daegu I'm sorry :( I'll be crossing my fingers for another opportunity for you!

May 2, 2017

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elvato Thank you, you're very kind.

May 2, 2017

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Mod/Severe LI

by FunspedTeacher

May 2, 2017

Has anyone else interviewed for the position at Guantanamo? May as well try to find out if someone else got it through this site...

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Online college recommendations

by SandArt to Iwakuni Math

May 2, 2017

Hello,

I was just reading a post about Laverne college being a great resource online, but someone posted another college where they got both their bachelor's and master's degree. Can't remember the name.

I have both a bachelor's and master's already, but my husband is considering finishing a degree while we're in Japan next year...See More

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TeacherMama K in Daegu I liked WGU (Western Governor's University) it is online, accredited and there are no irritating group work activities.

May 2, 2017

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SandArt That's the one I was thinking of, TeacherMama. Thanks!

May 2, 2017

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Tech courses

by TeacherMama K in Daegu

May 2, 2017

I'm getting my masters in Instructional Technology, which ironically is fairly light on the tech courses. So I won't meet the DODEA requirements for the Educational Technologist position.

Anyone have reccs for somewhere to take courses in web/graphics design, programming, multimedia, etc.?

May 1, 2017

Administrators, if you have any control over this, please keep the ads from covering the content.

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This chatboard in beta - you can help...

by Bob R/CA

Apr 24, 2017

We are working on a new version of the chatboard, which more intuitively streams your discussions, and makes it easier to start discussions and comment on existing ones. Please hammer on it as you will, and let us know what you think, and any bugs you encounter in your use.

Also, if you haven't added an avatar, you can do that by clicking ...See More

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HelpOthers Sped Teacher74. You can click the sort drop down and review "list of new posts" or "list of new topics." Start at the top and work your way down. Hopefully you will not miss anything this way.

Apr 30, 2017

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angel FYI can't read comments beyond the 25th one of a topic. It will not expand further. I'm speaking of the "Wait time by interview and offer" topic.

May 1, 2017

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Helpful info from my experience

by EmilyG

Apr 28, 2017

Thought I would post some info about my experience so far- I was offered and accepted a position in Germany earlier this week. I have literally been stalked by Germany this year for some reason- 3 interviews, 1 I missed from not being able to access voicemail in Spain, and a 5th request for an interview by phone from a principal this morning. I had...See MoreThought I would post some info about my experience so far- I was offered and accepted a position in Germany earlier this week. I have literally been stalked by Germany this year for some reason- 3 interviews, 1 I missed from not being able to access voicemail in Spain, and a 5th request for an interview by phone from a principal this morning. I had my interview for the position I was offered back at the end of March, and then 2 more interviews shortly after. I received the offer from the initial position I applied this past Tuesday, so for me it took a month to receive the tentative offer. I was contacted for interviews both by phone and by email- each place was different. Some would ask when I was available and work around it, and others would pick a time and ask me to interview then. I assumed I was selected for the first position, because a person from HR started contacting me suddenly asking me to complete some more forms as quickly as I could. She has been extremely easy to contact and very helpful. I just spoke with her earlier today about the call I received about an interview this morning, and she realized that she hadn't made my account inactive yet, so if you are offered the job, your account won't necessarily go inactive prior to being offered the position (or even 2 days after and you may end up on more referral lists until it is taken care of.) The principal this morning said he had a halftime position for my husband as well, so I asked HR about that- they said that because I had been selected and accepted the job at the first place I was interviewed, that it was my only option and I could not switch at this point- it was either take it or decline and be taken out of the pool until the following year. She even mentioned that you could be processed and literally 48 hours from boarding the plane and turn around and decline and there was nothing they could do to force you to work. My husband is still eligible as a CONUS hire up until we set foot in Germany, then he would be a local hire. I was contacted about getting passports for myself and dependents the day after I received the offer, even though I hadn't sent in the acceptance/declination form yet. If you are selected, there will be a specific HR person assigned to your 'case' and they will be your fileholder, and in my case, she has been excellent at answering phone calls and responding to emails in a timely manner. Another thing I discovered- although you can choose part time or full time on your application, CONUS hires are only for FULL TIME- but local hires can be anything. That explains why I was active in the system for a few years, but only this year started getting inundated with interview requests because I had only selected part-time. There seems to be quite a few SLP openings this year- any other SLPs on here?

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oregonslp Haha, thank you for the input! I am qualified for the Assessor role as well. EmilyG, I'm in the Greater Portland Metro area, how do you like Utah? Even if we don't land in DODEA schools next year, we are very motivated to get out of Portland and we've been curious about Utah. SandArt, I didn't get to see her feedback directly, but there are some ot...See More

May 1, 2017

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EmilyG The economy is really good in Utah right now, and all the districts around the Salt Lake area are doing big pay increases to try to attract teachers (everyone in my district gets 11.6% pay increase next year) and the caseloads aren't nearly as insane as they were when I were in Oregon- I remember meeting an SLP from Beaverton who had 120. Here it's...See More

May 1, 2017

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Official Passport Question

by Teach

Apr 30, 2017

For those of you who recently filled out the passport paperwork...what did you put on the DD1056 for sponsor's civilian grade?

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Redclover711 I left the civilian grade part incomplete because my teacher pay listed on the tentative did not have my verification of experience forms included yet and I did not have an updated pay grade yet. Nothing was mentioned and she said she received it just fine and was hand walking it to state the next day.

Apr 30, 2017

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haha Good to hear. We probably left ours blank when we first applied too since we would not have know what to put. When you go to renew there is an example/detailed instructions that make the rounds and they tell you to put the GS 11 bit. Once you are in your application no longer gets the special treatment and goes through more normal channels apparent...See More

May 1, 2017

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