Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Education: Bachelor's Degree or higher that is supplemented by 24 semester hours of elementary education course work, inclusive of the required elementary methods including coursework in methods of teaching reading, math, language arts, and science. Must have methods class or one year teaching experience in art, music, or physical education in an elementary school. Must have completed a minimum of 3 semester hours containing early childhood education.
Experience: Two years elementary classroom experience is desired.
State or Territory Certification/License. A valid fully professional state teaching license in content areas or the state's equivalent (as DoDEA determines comparable to DoDEA's teacher categories) will be accepted as fulfilling all qualifications for professional teaching education and certification in content areas. To receive full reciprocity the license must be unencumbered, which means a license that is not revoked, suspended, or made probationary or conditional by the state licensing board of education. The Praxis I and II or seven years of teaching at the Prek-12 level can be substituted in lieu of an unencumbered license and will require all minimum education requirements, a student teaching/internship and full qualification standards must all be met. Applicant's claiming military spouse preference under the MSLRA will receive consideration for an encumbered license.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
- Education and Training
- Instructional Delivery and Learner Development
- Learning and Program Evaluation
- Leveraging Diversity
- Partnering
- Training and Education Analysis