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The DODEA website states:

A minimum of 30 SH in reading/language arts is required. Course work must include teaching of composition (writing process), content area reading instruction, methods of reading instruction, remediation of reading difficulties and diagnosis and prescription instruction.

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I teach 12th grade English, Transitional English, concurrent courses Comp I/II, AP Literature, ESL certified, have a Masters in Teaching, and a Masters in English with TESL. Is this enough?? I'm not sure what that last required course is. Would a graduate SPED course for "teaching the exceptional child" work? I'm pretty sure I have something my transcripts that would work for the others.

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Now that apps are left pending until referral makes me nervous to try to add anything without knowing for sure. Does DODEA check the pending BEFORE they refer the application, or after a referral and interest?

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Also, I am DODEA quali...See More
haha Well, first off, it sounds as though you have a pretty good combination of secondary certs that would give a prospective principal some flexibility and make you eligible to be considered for a few different, relatively likely combinations that someone might be looking for (e.g. ELA/SS, ELA/ESL, etc.). I may have suggested if before, but if not, AVI...See More
Jan 31, 2020
MyDOD That's what I needed to know. I'm not going to add it just to pend while being on a referral list and waste people's time. I added Middle school speech bc I'm already certified for secondary and didn't know it was also available for middle school.

We don't have an Avid program but I'll look into that.

Do you know if any DODEA te...See More
Feb 1, 2020
haha I've heard of dual credit being done somewhere but it's not been common in the schools I'm familiar with. I think it's an option now, with principal approval but not common as of yet.

In thinking about it, the other option for you might be to add any AP additions you can add via workshop, if it could be reasonably done.
Feb 1, 2020
MyDOD I have to renew my AP Lit cert this summer and I've thought about doing one for SS but I'm not sure which one would be most beneficial. AP European isn't available in my state for me this year but US History and World History are always available. The big problem I gave this summer is I may not have time to do an extra AP summer institute due to ot...See More
Feb 1, 2020


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