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Referral list

by Slcjkl

Jan 30, 2021

I applied a week ago and recently checked my qualification status. All my areas were marked as "qualified" except for middle school English, which was marked as "pending." I emailed HR to inquire about this (I know that I have the right number and type of credits) and got a confusing reply. I've edited the reply for grammar, but here it is:

"For your 0210 Middle School English, this will be evaluated once you appear on a referral list for this position. Our licensure team will review your qualifications. They do have a lot of applicants to review, so they typically do not get to your application until it appears on a referral list. However, being in a pending status will not have any effect on you appearing on referral lists for the locations/positions that you are interested in."

All this time I was under the impression that the more certifications you have, the more referral lists you're likely to be on. This response seems to imply that you get certified after you...See MoreI applied a week ago and recently checked my qualification status. All my areas were marked as "qualified" except for middle school English, which was marked as "pending." I emailed HR to inquire about this (I know that I have the right number and type of credits) and got a confusing reply. I've edited the reply for grammar, but here it is:

"For your 0210 Middle School English, this will be evaluated once you appear on a referral list for this position. Our licensure team will review your qualifications. They do have a lot of applicants to review, so they typically do not get to your application until it appears on a referral list. However, being in a pending status will not have any effect on you appearing on referral lists for the locations/positions that you are interested in."

All this time I was under the impression that the more certifications you have, the more referral lists you're likely to be on. This response seems to imply that you get certified after you have been referred. If that's the case, then what do they use to give each candidate a rating? Just education and experience? I very recently signed up for 5 more classes, and the totality of all my credits will give me elementary 1-8, elementary gifted, elementary compensatory reading, language and reading specialist (LARS), middle school English, middle school social studies, middle school gifted, high school English and high school social studies. I'm happy to get these credits because I enjoy school and have extra time during quarantine restrictions, but I did think that the certifications they give me would significantly increase my chances of getting interviewed. But if DODEA doesn't certify you until you end up on a referral list, and you (apparently) get on referral lists by having direct experience, then I'm afraid that I just spent a lot of money on self-improvement but did little to increase my chances of getting hired. I have no experience teaching middle school anything or high school anything or as a reading specialist.

Sorry for the long post, and I hope it isn't too confusing. Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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IsItFriday? It's simple. More certs are better than less certs. Your money on self-improvement hasn't been wasted. (Unless you really did waste it.)

If HR says pending is good enough to make it onto a referral list, then it must be true.

We can only give advice. If HR does something different, that's on HR. It's out of our control.

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Jan 30, 2021

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Slcjkl Yes, I understand. I'm not too worried about it because as you said, more certs are better than fewer. I just found it interesting that the certs come after the referrals when I thought that you got on referral lists by having multiple certs. After all, the DODEA website says that it wants teachers who can teach multiple subjects across different g...See More

Jan 30, 2021

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Educate When your cert goes from pending to qualified when you first submit that means that they will be pulling referral lists for those soon. If they are still pending it is because they haven't had a need for that cert yet. This is at this how HR made it sound when I first applied. Some certs like Humanities and Graphic arts are still pending for me sin...See More

Jan 30, 2021

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haha Being pending in multiple areas is still better than being pending in one/two areas because it should still increase the potential number of referrals you receive/eligible for (and in theory, increase the chances to interview/receive an offer).

Jan 31, 2021

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HelpOthers I agree. Just having the areas listed will get you on referral lists. If you make a referral list for a position you are not "qualified" for, they are supposed to review it. So, if you make a referral list for MS, check again to see if the status has changed.

Feb 3, 2021

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