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by kris10msmith
Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:52 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

HR mentioned they have 10 days after finalizing the referral list to make a decision. Is that standard procedure, or something new this year?
by kris10msmith
Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:16 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

Spoken songs can be hard. I've made a fool of myself with "If a Had $1,000,000", but Ice Ice Baby always works. Lol

I will pass off my phone; they won't interrupt the test session though- it's stupid strict. Hall monitors can't procror.
I have to have the hall monitor grab another licensed teacher if myself or the second proctor has to use the bathroom. But, at least someone can answer my phone and schedule the interview.

So sounds like I may not hear anything for a while, if at all. But fingers crossed!
by kris10msmith
Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:31 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

Now I have Hotel California stuck in my head!!!! Well played.

Unfortunately for me, during state tests (which are FIVE weeks during may and June) phones aren't allowed in the test session and getting caught means you can be fired and lose your license. I mean, my kids are 8. But they are afraid we will take pictures of the test questions and share them. Stateside testing is out of control. I will have to leave my phone with a teacher I trust that isn't testing and have them schedule in my absence. Lol.

good comment about newbies. I was wondering that myself. I'm hoping I will fit in with some teachers where ever I go.
by kris10msmith
Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:50 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

Ok thanks, I appreciate the input. I am going to keep my phone on me and ringer on at all times (with the exception of during our testing period) just in case. I am hoping to receive a call about this position, surprisingly, it is not for sped, but the 4 sped certs can't hurt my chances as this is a complex that offers all sped categories. What's the difference between a referral and call list? I assume the call list is something the principal makes and I won't get an automated email?
by kris10msmith
Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:50 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

What's the usual turn around time between creating a referral list and a principal scheduling interviews? I imagine in March there is no rush to hire?
by kris10msmith
Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:34 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

So does this mean there were no available local hires, or could they be on the list too.
by kris10msmith
Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:44 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

I made a referral list! What is my next move? Wait? I will say this happens to be a principal who I emailed my resume and letter of intent a few months ago and the response was "Thank you for your interest, but HR will send a list of qualified applicants if I have an opening". My gut feeling is to actually just sit back and wait for contact (hopefully).
by kris10msmith
Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:20 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Career ITs and retirement
Replies: 11
Views: 15066

Re: Career ITs and retirement

Do you like where you are? Honestly, it sounds like you've got a good thing going and you should stick with it. I've never taught overseas but I'm trying to. Here's some perspective - I've been teaching in the states for 16 years with an advanced degree, with some of the same problems you've mentioned. I don't make anywhere near 60k. And my work load is anything but light. I would kill for your gig. But, as they say, the grass is always greener.
by kris10msmith
Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:00 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

That's helpful, thank you. I had wondered if Europe was changing over the migrant situation. I have several friends living in Italy that don't notice anything, but I think Germany and Belgium are a different story. I've heard they are housing the refugees in old DoD campus buildings that have closed?
by kris10msmith
Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:06 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

I hear ya, and everything you are saying makes sense. I guess I need to decide if I will be happier teaching in the public school where I am now, or moving to Asia somewhere I've never been or know nothing about. I will say, I am the kind of person who struggles with the initial decision, but once it's made -- I jump in and embrace and love it. Meaning, if i decide to add Asia to my application I will get myself so excited about the opportunity and do all I can to learn about the culture and life there. I hate to sound ignorant, but is Japanese hard to learn? Do people speak English fluently? I've lived in a huge military area for a while, so I have many friends that have lived overseas (mostly Middle East and europe ) and they all say the best thing they did was try and learn the language and speak Italian, German, Farsi, etc. I've heard that many Europeans are welcoming of Americans trying to learn the language and help them (I've noticed that while traveling as well). Is this true about Japan? Wherever I end up, I want to make the most of the experience and learn as much as I can about that culture. Will I use my time to travel --- of course. Am I happy about the pay raise and LQA -- definitely. But for me the biggest thing is doing something that I never would have imagined I had the opportunity to do, and embrace a different culture, while still supporting the military.

Also sound likes hiring will not be immediate. I am taking a PreK early literacy course, and after that will only need 3 more credits to fulfill the requirements for preK, Kindergarten and Preschool Sped. Sounds like I have time to do this before the bulk of hiring--- are PreK and K (general Ed) half day programs? I know some sped positions are .5 and it seems like preK and K could be a .5 position as well. Adding PreK sped would mean I have all sped certs except for hearing and physical impairment.
by kris10msmith
Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:40 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

There were close to 20 sped opening that I'm qualified for during the transfer round. Obviously, the locations will change as people have transferred. But is it safe to assume the number of *possible* Openings will be the same?
by kris10msmith
Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:18 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

That's good news! Thank you for the reply. So I'm not shooting myself in the foot completely by not selecting areas in the Pacific if there are sped openings everywhere? I think Japan would be a great experience, but I am hesitant for two reasons: 1) pet quarantine- I love my dog and don't want to put him through it. 2) it sounds like transfers are not easy, I intend to keep this job for a while. It's a relatively cheap and usually direct flight from any major city in Europe to my family in NY. Hopin hiring happens earlier as I don't like waiting! Haha.
by kris10msmith
Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:31 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: DODDS Hiring Question
Replies: 289
Views: 519589

Re: DODDS Hiring Question

What does hiring look like for Dodea this year? Is the timeline different this year? I know the transfer round was several months earlier, and I got an email saying hiring would begin in March. Ihave 15 certs, most of them SPED and 16 years of experience, mostly sped. Is Sped a position that hires sooner in the hiring season, or do they want until later with enrollment numbers? Just curious about my chances of getting an interview this spring.
by kris10msmith
Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:44 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Any updates on DODEA?
Replies: 52
Views: 75309

Re: Any updates on DODEA?

I'm also curious about the "methods of teaching art, music or PE" course for elementary certification. I have a degree in elementary and special Ed - my university had this requirement too, but also included drama/theatre as an option. Since I was a theatre minor, I took Creative Dramatics to fulfill the requirement and it counted towards my minor as well. So hopefully the theatre for kids class, plus 15 other theatre credits, and 6 credits of music performance classes and a 3 credit Understanding Music should satisfy the requirement, but I'm worried it won't. Lol