Do any of you teachers already in the system know about Ed Tech positions at your school possibly opening up in the near future? Already in the system, so EAS doesn't do much for me. Looking for Europe specifically.
HelpOthersReferred for USA Jobs just means that your scores were high enough and you had all the required documents and certs. No one knows how many were referred.
...See MoreI am new to the board, but I have been looking to get a DODEA job abroad since this past summer. I just applied for a job as a Temporary Virtual Teacher in either Germany or Japan. I have a couple of questions that I wanted to see if anyone knows the answers to:
1) Do Temporary Full Time Teachers get health & dental benefits?
2) Do Temporary Full Time Teachers get LQA?
3) Do Temp Full Time Teachers get COLA?
4) Is it easier to get a Permanent Teaching position if you accept a Temp position?
5) Can DODEA Civilian employees get into Germany & Japan during Covid-19?
Any additional information you can provide would be very appreciated.
IcanreadI think many of the VS positions right now are temporary so I'm assuming they would not move you. You would probably just work the appropriate hours, depending on which region you were placed at.
--Career Education Co...See MoreI am sure this really boils down to personal preference; however, I am curious if anyone has any insight as to what order I should add qualifications. I currently hold 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and middle school social studies.
oldshackSo, is multiple middle school qualifications enough? Should I work to add high school? I will have CTE occupational specialist and CTE administrator on my state cert soon.
Of course, you realistically would need some certs + experience at secondary to have a reasonable chance at being considered for most secondary positions. If you have it in at least one area, the other certs could be a plus, even if you have not taught the subject.
On page 2, under "Remarks or other Authorizations" it says "Dependent travel must be completed within one year from the effective date of the employee's initial appointment". I don't know if this last remark is enought and implies that he can travel at a later time.
I'm looking to add Library Specialist to my certifications because I am 4 classes away. I don't have experience as a librarian, but it would put me at 11 certs. My question is, would having more certs make me more hireable as a librarian or would they hire someone who has the experience as one but doesn't have a lot of certs?
hahaBasically agree. If they need a full time Information Specialist, they would likely hire an experienced and qualified Information Specialist, unless, they need that person to teach other areas, or think that they might in the future.
I absolutely love everything I've read and heard about Japan but I'm hesitant about the earthquakes and tsunamis! For those if you who live/lived there, are they pretty dangerous or more tolerable?
Pratt Community College (self-paced c...See MoreHello! This resource was shared in the FB group and thought I would share it here for anyone who may be interested in checking it out. I haven't emailed CHRA about these classes and I recommend anyone thinking about taking them to email first to verify that they will work for what they need.
I'm not sure if this has been answered or not but I recently was hired for an overseas position and did not qualify for LQA. Would I still receive flight and COLA?
IcanreadInteresting. I bet it has something to do with your certs and a position that they were having a hard time filling.
Yes, this definitely does seem to be the year of not qualifying for LQA for many people. Interesting that they are just now starting to enforce these ever-changing rules.
HelpOthersYes, but you may want to go through the actions as thought they might go to Japan, the most restrictive of all locations then keep up with the annual requirements, so you don't have to worry about quarantines if you do get a position in Japan.