I was checking my transcripts on EAS and noticed that all the ones that were scanned from hard copies are red! This is my 8th year using EAS and this has never happened. Is this new? Does anyone else have this problem?
To be clear, this happens when I actually open the files I uploaded.
I have been waiting for my Visa to Italy for 6 weeks now. I emailed my Visa specialist and she said that Belvoir DOD Visa HQ has shut down twice for Covid. However, they should be taking my Passport to the Embassy next Tuesday or Thursday.
BubbleHead711My Passport Specialist Emailed today to say the Visa's are back and she will be overnighting them. 7 weeks to take care of something that was actually done in 4 business days
somedayAnd now I just got a reminder email and the 0300 is gone from the position. Deadline is 1430 CST. This was just strange because it appears they were searching inactive EAS applications to fill the referral list but it isn't an internal position because it specifically states of you are a current Dodds teacher you do not qualify.
I hope you are doing well. After a month or so of waiting I was finally given a tentative offer. Ironically, the location is the birth place of my husband. So far we've lived in the states and he was getting his green card. Additionally, I worked at international schools and he's always had residence visas through me and my school sponsorship. So I could be eligible for LQA since we are back home but I'm not sure how it applies for someone who's married to a "local" . We have no residence in Korea but he just so happens to be born there. Do you think this would impact the kind of benefits received? Additionally if anyone has insight on Osan Middle School please let me know.
Li LaoshiOsan is a great spot! Wonderful area. Good principals come and go, nothing you can do on that. Once you work on an Air Force base you get spoiled! No worries about a Korean spouse, lots of DoDEA teachers are married to locals. Good Luck!
Li LaoshiOsan is a great spot! Wonderful area. Good principals come and go, nothing you can do on that. Once you work on an Air Force base you get spoiled! No worries about a Korean spouse, lots of DoDEA teachers are married to locals. Good Luck!
It's understandable if you want to go home especially this year. In a normal year DoDEA teaching positions are not as advertised. There is very little honest, transparent information available (other than the salary scale which tends to blind young teachers from MS, SD, ND...etc.)
Just tread carefully. Don't assume any financial debt, just because you want to go home. Don't sign anything. Get "good" advice. And then, still continue to refrain from signing anything.
Smart District Superintendents will "waiver" your return home without imposing any financial debt upon you. But you may have to be patient and wait for them to have that lightbulb moment, when they realize it's better for everyone to let you go, rather than try to financially threaten you to force you to stay.
Sometimes Superintendents forget that things can get ugly when they try to force a square peg into a round hole.
For this Fort Bragg position, my name and telephone number (only) were on a list of computer generated possible teachers for Middle School Math and Middle School Computer. No System Generated Referral Notice received. Interview is for tomorrow.
Position Description said these two positions are "POSITION EVALUATION: Virtual School Position." Does this mean one has to be in Fort Bragg?
hahaGenerally, there is a hub you would be working near/from, and would need to relocate to that area. With virtual school this year, that has been less clear cut with many teachers detailed to DVS and working from their current/alternate location.
So, who knows? A question for you to ask at interview. Good luck!
Looking for info on Fort Buchanan (PR). Just curious about on base + off base housing, good/safe neighborhoods to live, cost of living... I think it's considered CONUS, so no LQA. Do they PCS? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
In a previous post HaHa mentioned the mischevious nature of the universe. On Oct 17 I was diagnoosed with COVID. While my symptoms were relatively mild I was terrified knowing that around day 9 or 10 my symptoms could take a turn for the better or significantly worse. My blood ox got pretty low a couple of times. I prayed that God would show me whe...See MoreIn a previous post HaHa mentioned the mischevious nature of the universe. On Oct 17 I was diagnoosed with COVID. While my symptoms were relatively mild I was terrified knowing that around day 9 or 10 my symptoms could take a turn for the better or significantly worse. My blood ox got pretty low a couple of times. I prayed that God would show me where he wants me to serve because a couple of nights I seriously thought I might wake up in the next life. The next day I get a referral fror a job teaching Math/physics in Europe. A day later that I received a request for an interview. I thought the interview went really well. They wanted somebody on the ground by end of January. My wife and I did the numbers and knew we would take a financial hit. We would need to get COBRA to cover us until we landed, got a CAC card, and filed for government health insurance. (I also found out that these interim international health policies do not cover pre-existing conditions....BEWARE.) We were prepared to take the risks and hits to go to Europe. And now.......nothing. I put it in His Hands and am trying very hard not to take it back. But I am especially discouraged. What was the point of the whole exercise? If I can't qualify for a Math/Phsyics position, then is this ever really going to happen? I really don't know what the moral to the story...(Oh, By the way, I did not die of COVID. I did enjoy it so much that I did give it to my wife during her birthday week.....but that's another story.
Anyway, job was in Spangdahlem, Germany. HS Math / Physics. Sounds like a sweet job. I asked about the closing of bases in Germany and that does not seem to be a concern yet. I suspect that those plans may be put on hold or scrapped.
On the humorous side, I used to get all excited when interviewers left you feeling like "you are the one." Then no call. (This goes beyond DODEA.) I think interviewers must take a course in "How to Pump Candidates Up." Anyway, now days I am learning to take "interview feelings" with a grain of salt. Thank you ALL for your comments!!!!!