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Mar 20, 2020

I was qualified to teach Pre-K-Grade 3, but received the following message after my qualifications were checked regarding 4-6:

"12SH of elementary education course work is required. Courses such as Methods of reading, math, science and language arts in Grade 4-6 is required."

I emailed HR for clarification, but they basically repeated everything already stated. My bachelor's degree covers Pre-kindergarten through 5th grade and my state certifications are Pre-K-6th grade, so I was a little confused why I wasn't qualified for those grade levels. Anyways! I did look into it more and I see that DoDEA does require grades 4-6 teacher to have course work in methods of teaching reading, math, language arts, and science.

So, I will need to take all 4 methods courses before I can become qualified? I'm currently working on obtaining my master's degree, so if anyone has experience taking these courses affordably, I'd love to know more!

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haha Correction: You should be able to find some of those subjects combined, but probably not all in one. It's early here, after a long week where they just told us we are also going virtual until after spring break (the last group of DoDEA schools to do so).

Mar 20, 2020

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Icanread I think you would be able to get hired in early childhood or primary easier than 4-6th grades because there are often more classrooms of primary students than intermediate. Plus, not many people are certified for preK and K in Dodea, as it requires a separate certification and coursework which you obviously have already.

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haha On the upside, having the PreK/K is actually more useful/rare than having the 4-6 certification. Many/most ES teachers/candidates seem less likely to have the early childhood classes required for those, then the methods classes required for 4-6.

Also, DoDEA doesn't generally have a 6 grade elementary class/program (and an ES 6 cert would n...See More

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teachandtravel Thanks Icanread and haha. I totally understand the process may be a lot slower this year and that's totally fine (so much going on with the schools here as well). That's pretty good to here that PK and K could be useful.

Mar 20, 2020

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