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What are my chances of getting hired with the DOD? I'm applying for the 2020-2021 school year. Below are my certification, education and work experience.

Experience

1) 3 Years of teaching experience

2) Taught special education - grades K-1 and 4-5

3) 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year

Certifications

1) Preschool Primary professional certification

2) Preschool Education Birth-Age 4 professional certification

3) ESOL K-12 professional certification

4) Exceptional Student Education K-12 professional certification

5) Elementary Education K-6 professional certification

6) Autism Spectrum endorsement

Education

1) Master's Degree in Elementary Education
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haha Your certification would give you a good chance in different areas and grade levels which is always helpful. The big factor is will DoDEA consider you qualified in all of those areas as they are generally only interested in credit hours in the relevant subject areas, not just state certification (although having a state cert in a given area general...See More
Jul 13, 2019
IsItFriday? I agree with haha that you have a "good chance."

But context is everything. What does "good chance" mean?

DoDEA might hire 400 teachers this year, but there are more than 10,000 applicants listed in the database. 400 divided by 10,000 gives you a 4% chance which is not too hopeful. But many of those applicants are just dreamers, w...See More
Jul 13, 2019
Dr. Ali Fant On 16JU2017, I received an official "suitable for framing" NASA rejection letter for the 2017 Astronaut Class. I was one of over 18,000 qualified applicants, but was not one of the 12 selected - a 0.06 % chance. Your chance of being a DoDEA hire is better than a NASA astronaut hire. As IsitFriday? said, all government applications are free
Jul 13, 2019
haha It's impossible to make accurate predictions or put any kind of meaningful number on anyone's chances. No one (at least none of us) knows how many teachers will be hired in a given year but it is almost certainly less than 400. None of us really know how many people are in the EAS system at any given time (or how many of them are veterans or former...See More
Jul 13, 2019
HelpOthers We don't know the qualifications of the other individuals in the applicant pool. If you are interested, apply.
Jul 14, 2019


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