Teacher (English).

Department of War Education Activity (DOWEA); Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (NC); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of War Education Activity (DOWEA) is seeking a highly qualified teacher to plan, develop, and organize long-range lesson plans and daily class work to meet curriculum standards. You will adapt methods to fit the assigned grade level and subject area, while supporting and motivating students to achieve goals.

Adherence to safety procedures and fostering a positive learning climate are essential.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizens.
• A valid fully professional state teaching license in content areas or the state's equivalent (as DoDEA determines).
• Praxis I and II or seven years of teaching at the PreK-12 level can substitute for an unencumbered license.
• Military spouse preference consideration for encumbered licenses.
• Minimum of 24 Semester Hours in English/Language Arts; 9 hours of upper-level English coursework.
• Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution; 40 SH general education; 18 SH professional teacher education.
• Student teaching or approved internship required; or one year of successful full-time teaching experience as credit.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, and organizes long-range lesson plans and daily class work to meet curriculum content standards.
• Selects, adapts, or modifies teaching methods or materials to be effective for the assigned grade level(s) and subject matter.
• Supports, counsels, and motivates students to meet or exceed grade-level standards and discusses learning issues, achievements, and conduct in class.
• Adheres to safety and security procedures and helps create a school climate conducive to learning, achievement, and citizenship.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree

General education requirements (40 SH)

Professional teacher education (18 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.


• 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

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.

Must meet the in addition to the category specific requirements.

A minimum of 24 semester hours in English/Language Arts is required. Course work must include a course in each English literature, American literature, composition (writing process). A minimum of 9 semester hours of upper level coursework in English is required.

Minimum Academic Preparation and Requirements.

At least a conferred bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution 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. The DoWEA Licensure Unit will evaluate state teaching certificates and official transcripts before final job offers are made.

(Note: Speech Language Pathologists, Social Workers, School Nurses, School Psychologists, JROTC Instructors, and non-certified Training Instructors are excluded from the minimum academic preparation requirement.)

Student Teaching or an Internship.

Student teaching or an internship as part of an approved teacher education program in an accredited U.S. institution is required. In the absence of an approved student teaching or internship program, applicants may be given credit for one year of successful full-time employment as an educator. Since that one year of employment substitutes for a course, no credit may be given for pay purposes.

(Note: Speech Language Pathologists, Social Workers, School Nurses, Guidance Counselors, School Psychologists, JROTC Instructors and non-certified Training Instructors are excluded from the student teaching requirement.)

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.

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.