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RIF Reduction in Force Information Requested

by Dr. Ali Fant

Dec 22, 2024

Just received my first RIF. Principal took great care to explain my present Teacher Position (CTE Middle School) was going away not because of any Teacher Performance Appraisals but because our school population had a projected student population drop to < 250 for SY 2025-2026. I am one of 3 teacher positions to be eliminated.

The principal volunteered to sit with me through the RIF online computer application and to consider what geographic areas I would want to teach at. Then I learned something new that HaHa touched on before in why some teachers do not list all their certs. As of January 2025, I had only two certs on my "official record" although the principal stated she had review my record of certs from my initial EAS application very carefully. She told me to consider what areas of DoDEA would advance my personal DoDEA teaching goals. A South Korea CTE job would place me in a location to continue weekend Chinese Language classes at local Korean universitie...See MoreJust received my first RIF. Principal took great care to explain my present Teacher Position (CTE Middle School) was going away not because of any Teacher Performance Appraisals but because our school population had a projected student population drop to < 250 for SY 2025-2026. I am one of 3 teacher positions to be eliminated.

The principal volunteered to sit with me through the RIF online computer application and to consider what geographic areas I would want to teach at. Then I learned something new that HaHa touched on before in why some teachers do not list all their certs. As of January 2025, I had only two certs on my "official record" although the principal stated she had review my record of certs from my initial EAS application very carefully. She told me to consider what areas of DoDEA would advance my personal DoDEA teaching goals. A South Korea CTE job would place me in a location to continue weekend Chinese Language classes at local Korean universities. With six more graduate Chinese Language credits and passing the ACTFL test I would certify for the Texas Chinese Language Certificate. I believe American children should learn the Chinese Language, but there are not many Chinese Language certificated teachers in DoDEA.

By only having 2 certs officially as of the RIF Date, DoDEA will try to place me with those same two certs in other parts of the world. The online application revealed DoDEA Japan did not appear as an option for CTE Middle School. South Korea, England, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe appeared as CTE Middle School choices from the drop down menu.

This kind principal pointed out that if I did not like any of the choices DoDEA offered for my RIF, I would have time to submit my other 12 certs from official state certs again. Because of the SCD in Block 31 of my SF-50 (Scheduled Computation Date - compares US Government employee senority), I could "bump" another less senior teacher for a cert just added to my RIF portfolio.

However, the danger with adding additional certs is that most of them have DoDEA Curriculum standards (CCRS -College Career Readiness Standards) that I would have to be certain to teach the students. My present CTE Middle School cert does not have Curriculum standards. The CTE cert High School does have curriculum standards which I would be required to teach. I had heard this from our prior CTE MS Teacher, but this was the first time I heard this from the Principal.

The principal suggested I waited to see what DoDEA offers the RIFing teachers and then make my decision. RIF Notification Letters were issued 09DE2024 and responses were due back 13DE2024. Then, the government makes offers two weeks later.

RIF Notification Letters are used to prove "Notification of Involuntary Excess Status." This letter qualifies RIF employees for CTAP, ICTAP, and RPL as an excessed federal employee.for a higher hiring priority on USAJOBS.

Any information on the DoDEA RIF process would be appreciated.

Dr. Ali Fant, Computer Technology Education

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