About the Position: This position is located at: Department of Defense Education Activity, Department of Defense Education Activity-Mid Atlantic District, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Description of the Working Environment: Work is performed in an office setting.

Duties

Provide coaching (both in-person and virtually) to Elementary PK-5 educators/educational leaders. Guide leadership/leadership team(s) in the school-wide implementation planning (this includes professional development, time for job-embedded learning, and scheduling). Foster professional practice improvement of teachers in an Elementary PK-5 learning environment. Implement Elementary PK-5 instruction within student-centered learning environments (such as the physical space, academic, social, and emotional learning opportunities, and daily structure). Advise educators in leveraging interpreted data to improve teaching effectiveness.

Requirements

• 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.
• One 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.
• You may be required to sign a transportation agreement.
• You will be required to sign a mobility agreement, be available for worldwide placement, and be willing to rotate to any DoDEA location.
• Incumbent must respect the privacy and sensitivities of students and parents by controlling and restricting personal information to those with a need to know.
• The incumbent may be required to travel by military and/or commercial aircraft, land, or sea transportation to a variety of stateside and/or overseas meetings and may be subject to a variety of environment conditions to include acts of terrorism.
• Subject to Section 231, Crime Control Act of 29 November 1990; Section 13041, Title 42, United States Code; and Section 1094, National Defense Authorization Act (For fiscal years 1992 and 1993) of 5 December 1991, and the DoDI 1402.05.
• The additional background requirements are State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) checks.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens Minimum Education Requirement: The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. ISS positions must meet the following three criteria: (1) Minimum Education Requirement, (2) Specialized Experience Requirement, (3) Professional Licensure Requirement. (1) Minimum Education Requirement: A minimum of a Master's degree in the field of Education is required for all Instructional System Specialist (ISS) positions. (2) Specialized Experience Requirement (5 years): Specialized experience is experience gained in teaching, educational research, development of educational materials and aids, educational testing, educational administration, or comparable activities in an elementary and/or secondary school, which has clearly demonstrated success in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of education and familiarity with current evelopments in PreK-12th grade education and training. This experience must have been in general education for grades PK-5. Preferred consideration given to applicants that have completed coursework in the following content areas: Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness. Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments. Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing. training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training. (3) Professional Licensure Requirement: Applicants must be currently certified or certifiable under the current DoDEA standards in general education for grades Prekindergarten or Kindergarten AND any Elementary Grade 1-5. Information on DoDEA teaching categories and requirements is located at: https://www.dodea.edu/offices/human-resources/work-dodea/teaching-categories-and-requirements Education Consultation, Coaching and CollaborationInstructional ImplementationInstructional Program AdministrationNeeds/Occupational AnalysisStaff and Faculty Development

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:

1. The work may be evaluated and interpreted by the International Education Research Foundation, Inc., Credential Evaluation Service, Post Office Box 3665, Culver City, CA 90231-3665 or www.ierf.org/ or 310-258-9451.

2. 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

3. 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.

Contacts

• Address HENCCL DoDEA Mid Atlantic District - Lejune P.O. Box 70089 Fort Liberty, NC 28307 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk