Gifted Education Teacher (K-5).

Department of War Education Activity (DOWEA); Fort Knox (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

DOWEA in Fort Knox, Kentucky seeks a qualified teacher to plan, develop, and organize long-range lesson plans and daily class work to ensure in-depth learning and meet curriculum standards for assigned grade levels. The role requires adapting teaching methods to optimize student outcomes, counseling and motivating students, and contributing to a safe school climate.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, have a valid state teaching license, and pass a background investigation.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution is required.
• Unencumbered professional teaching license or state equivalent; reciprocity may apply.
• Minimum of 12 semester hours in gifted education.
• Praxis I and II or seven years of teaching at the PreK-12 level can substitute for a license.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, and organize long-range lesson plans and daily class work to meet curriculum content standards.
• Select or modify teaching methods or materials to be effective for the assigned grade level(s) and subject matter.
• Support, counsel, and motivate students to meet or exceed standards; engage with students’ backgrounds and interests.
• Adhere to safety and security procedures and contribute to a conducive school climate.

Education

Baccalaureate degree

Professional teaching license

Gifted education coursework (12 SH)

Job description

Duties

• The teacher plans, develops, and organizes long-range lesson plans and daily class work to ensure in-depth learning within the timeframe allotted to meet the curriculum content standards.
• Selects, adapts, or modifies teaching methods or materials that experience indicates will be most effective in teaching the assigned grade level(s) and subject matter.
• Supports, counsels, and motivates students to meet or exceed grade-level standards; draws on personal knowledge of the individual student's personality, background, and interests when discussing learning issues, achievements, and conduct in class.
• Adheres to and, when applicable, implements safety and security procedures; contributes to creating a school climate conducive to learning, achievement, and citizenship.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement.
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Two year trial period may be required.
• Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determination, as determined by a background investigation.
• This position requires a Tier 1 (T1) investigation with Childcare Checks since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.

Qualifications

Who May Apply:

U.S. Citizens

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.

Minimum Academic Preparation and Requirements.

A baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association is required. Academic preparation of at least 40 semester hours (SH) in general education course work distributed over such fields as English, history, social studies, mathematics, fine arts, languages, science, philosophy, and psychology is required.

In addition, a minimum of 18 SH of professional teacher education course work in such areas as learning process, tests and measurement, educational philosophy, psychology, social foundations, methods of teaching and curriculum applicable to the type and level of the position for which applying is required.

0439 (Teacher) Gifted Education (K-5):

A minimum of 12 semester hours in gifted education. Coursework should include content such as nature and needs of gifted students, identification, differentiation of instruction, curriculum design, and models and strategies for teaching gifted students. An unencumbered professional teaching license in content areas above or its state equivalent will be considered to have fulfilled these requirements.

Education

Foreign Degrees And Course Work From Non-accredited Institutions. Credits Or Degrees Earned From a Foreign College Or University Must Be Evaluated Prior To Acceptance. Three Evaluation Procedures Are Acceptable

• the work must be evaluated and interpreted by a current member of You must select and work directly with one of these organizations.
• the foreign institution that awarded the degree is on a list endorsed by a regionally accredited university or on a list endorsed by a state department of education for the purpose of teacher certification in that state (this procedure will require an English translation of the transcript and a copy of the document awarding the degree, together with an authenticated list produced by an American university or a state department of education); and
• the work may be evaluated by the graduate division of a regionally accredited university and declared the equivalent of similar undergraduate or graduate work in a U.S. institution.

Graduates of non-accredited institutions may have their undergraduate work validated by admittance to graduate school and completion of a minimum of 5 SH of credit in a regionally accredited graduate college.

Note:

Applicants may not be considered or rated if they do not submit all of the forms indicated above and failure to submit the required forms will not be a basis for subsequent appeal or grievance.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.