Qualification Summary

Nov 19, 2018

So, I submitted my application a few weeks ago & had been waiting for my qualification summary. I chose PreK-6 for my job interest because my licensure/degree is for PreK-6. I qualified for grades 1-6 but not for PreK/K, which I was a bit confused because I teach Kindergarten now and have been for the past few years. The additional info section on the qualification summary said "a minimum of 12 semester hours directly related to early childhood, kindergarten, or PreK education required." I want to resubmit for a re-evaluation but not sure what their looking for. My degree is a Masters of Arts in Teaching (Elementary Education); Any thoughts on what I need to include to qualify for prek/k?

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Ida DoDEA is concerned with specific college credits. Pre K is separate certification and therefore needs its own credits. So in your degree, if you have 12 hours specifically for early childhood classes you can highlight those when you resubmit. There is a chance that depending on your program, you might not have the required early childhood classes.

Nov 19, 2018

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haha Agree. Pre-K/K is a relatively scarce cert for DoDEA since many elementary teachers have K-6 on their state certs but do not have the early childhood specific credits. In this case, your blanket K-6 state cert does not help with DoDEA without the EC credits. Go back through your transcripts and see if they missed any classes specifically dealing wi...See More

Nov 19, 2018

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haha In thinking about it, either you already have 12 hours of EC credits or they used your Pre-K-6 state cert to justify only requiring half of the normally required credits (12 vs. 24). You might also want to make sure whether or not they credited you with 3 hours of EC for teaching PreK/K for at least 2 years.

Nov 20, 2018

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