EDUCATIONAL AIDE (PREKINDERGARTEN)

About the role

About the position: Elliot Elementary School is part of the South Carolina Schools Community which is part of the DoDEA Americas Southeast District. Elliot Elementary serves students from Prekindergarten (PK) through 5th grade.

This position is located at: Department of Defense Education Activity, Department of Defense Education Activity Mid-Atlantic District, Elliot Elementary School, Beaufort, South Carolina. Description of Working Environment: Work is performed in a classroom setting.

What you will do

• Participates in home visits, parent teacher conferences and other meetings.
• Ensures continuity of program in teacher’s absence.
• Monitoring students during various phases of school day.
• Maintains a clean and organized learning environment.
• Preparing instructional materials related to classroom lessons.
• Assists with teaching personal care routines: feeding, toileting and personal hygiene.
• Operates Instructional equipment and technology devices.
• Accompanying/supervising students on field trips.
• Produce material to display educational objectives to class.
• Apply assistive technology for recording student data.

Education

Foreign Degrees and Course Work from Non-accredited Institutions. 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: a. The work must be evaluated and interpreted by a current member of National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). This website provides a list of current organizations who can perform your evaluation.

You must select and work directly with one of these organizations. b.

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 c.

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.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your resume package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement.

If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Documents you must provide

• The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc.).
• Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.
• As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
• Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
• Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement.
• If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood.
• The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.
• Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable COMPLETE Transcripts: This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience.
• You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.
• You MUST scan, upload and attach legible photocopies of the following transcripts: Bachelor's Transcript Master's Transcript.
• This transcript is required IF it applies to you.
• This transcript is required IF it applies to you.
• This transcript is required IF it applies to you.
• NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
• Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy.
• The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority.
• You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.

What to expect next

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.

Additional information

Permanent Educational Aide positions working over 32 hours per week may be required to have their pay spread per their local bargaining unit. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should notify David Walton ***. This position is covered by the FEA-SR non-pro bargaining union Permanent Educational Aides working over 32 hours per week may be required to have their pay spread per their local bargaining unit.