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by TravelingTeacher

Jul 5, 2016

I'm a military spouse overseas and have my info in EAS. I have been on referral lists but no interviews. I also reached out to the local school, but is there anything else I can do? Feeling hopeless at the moment and considering going back stateside where there are more opportunities till my spouse gets new orders (but that is still a little over 2 years away).

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haha True. Generally if you do a good job you will eventually get more in demand in most places (to some extent).

On the other hand, we have been involved with some DoDDS schools where we were literally told that we as teachers cannot request specific subs.

It definitely can be more about power, personalities and politics in some scho...See More

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travelingohana On 7/06/16, haha wrote: > True. Generally if you do a good job you will eventually get > more in demand in most places (to some extent). > > On the other hand, we have been involved with some DoDDS > schools where we were literally told that we as teachers > cannot request specific subs. > > It definitely can be more about p...See More

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haha It's funny you should mention that. It reminded me of my
last school. One year the secretary told me that she
needed to call a new sub for my class (that had not
impressed me or my TA's during our first impression)
because she was a certified teacher instead of the sub
that I would have preferred to use when I was going to be
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School secretaries have a difficult job being the first POC for pretty much all requests a/o complaints about everything, especially about who gets/doesn't-get called to Sub. The requirements to be a DoDDS Sub are an easy bar to jump: US citizen and high school graduate and no evidence of drug/moral criminality on record. Some DoDDS schools have a ...See MoreSchool secretaries have a difficult job being the first POC for pretty much all requests a/o complaints about everything, especially about who gets/doesn't-get called to Sub. The requirements to be a DoDDS Sub are an easy bar to jump: US citizen and high school graduate and no evidence of drug/moral criminality on record. Some DoDDS schools have a lot of good Subs available; others, few to none. All the DoDDS schools I've been assigned to, or even conversed about with other schools' (DoDDS) teachers, have "tight-rope-walking" secretaries who are almost always Local Hire spouses of active duty balancing teacher preferences vs. community preferences vs. Principal preferences vs. "rank wearing" spouse influences, vs. intra- Sub-pool competition, etc. I wouldn't (*couldn't*) ever be a successful school secretary due to it being so often a no- win, way too stressful job.

On 7/06/16, haha wrote: > It's funny you should mention that. It reminded me of my > last school. One year the secretary told me that she > needed to call a new sub for my class (that had not > impressed me or my TA's during our first impression) > because she was a certified teacher instead of the sub > that I would have preferred to use when I was going to be > out for a week (since they knew the class, students etc). > > The next year when my wife started subbing at our school > (because her long term job at another complex school had > ended) I asked the same secretary if she would get called > reasonably often since she was now the only certified > teacher on the sub list. She told me that she had no > memory of telling me that certified teachers get called > first and that she would be spreading the jobs around to > all of the subs on the list in order to be fair. :S > > So, there may actually be a policy like that (although I > don't think so) but like all policies it seems to come > down to the school implementing it and/or someone > complaining successfully when they don't. > > Glad things have worked out well for you! On 7/06/16, > travelingohana wrote: >> On 7/06/16, haha wrote: >>> True. Generally if you do a good job you will eventually >>> get more in demand in most places (to some extent). >>> >>> On the other hand, we have been involved with some >> DoDDS >>> schools where we were literally told that we as teachers >>> cannot request specific subs. >>> >>> It definitely can be more about power, personalities and >>> politics in some schools (not just DoDDS schools). >>> >>> On 7/05/16, K. Inkajou wrote: >>>> Yes, experiences do vary from base to base. The >>>> secretary/office staff in my school on base have >>>> complete charge of who subs where and when, BUT once >>>> you get in >> and >>>> teachers get to know you, they will start to request >>>> you specifically if you do a good job and bond with >>>> their kids. This looks good to the principal as well. >>>> Some schools ( >>> like >>>> the one here) can be very political on who they hire >>>> for >>> sub >>>> jobs at the secondary level. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/05/16, haha wrote: >>>>> On 7/05/16, travelingohana wrote: >>>>>> It sounds like you are on the right path with getting >>>>>> the >>>>> substitute packet completed. As a certified teacher >>>>> you will be one of the first called to substitute. >>>>> Once you get to know the administration they will have >>>>> a face to put with the name on the referral list! >>>>> >>>>> You would think/hope so but in our experience it >>>>> varies wildly from school to school. In many places it >>>>> seems that the secretary/office staff have free run >>>>> when it comes to booking substitutes so be sure to >>>>> make friends/be extra nice to them (if possible). >>>>> >>>>> Even with being the spouse of a DoDDS teacher AND a >>>>> certified and experienced teacher my wife has >>>>> sometimes had to fight to get on the sub list and get >>>>> called regularly. >> >> Thanks for clarifying. I thought it was DODS policy to >> call certified teachers first, perhaps it is just the >> policy of the > school >> where I was. There is usually a shortage of subs on our >> location as well so I am sure that helps!

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Kelly Alcock Where are you trying to get hired and what areas are you qualified for? I'm likely going to be in the same "boat" and am more curious than anything, but might have some recommendations to help get you an interview!

On 7/05/16, TravelingTeacher wrote: > Thanks for the responses. Yes, I have submitted everything > showing I'm...See More

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