About the Position:
This position is located in the DoDEA Europe South District Office in Vicenza, Italy.
Federal employees in Vicenza are currently entitled to receive a 20% Post Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary.
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee
Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employee
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Minimum Education Requirement: A Master's degree in the field of Special Education or Education . The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university.
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.
Specialized Experience Requirement (5 years): Specialized experience is special education 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 developments in PreK-12th grade education and training. This experience must have been in special education.
Licensure/Certificate Requirement: Applicants must be currently certified or certifiable under the current DoDEA standards in any Special Education certification area.
(Note: An unexpired state or DoDEA teaching license/certification must be uploaded to verify you are certified or certifiable under current DoDEA standards.)
Information on DoDEA teaching categories and requirements is located at: http://www.dodea.edu/Offices/HR/employment/categories/index.cfm .
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Instructional Design
Instructional Program Evaluation
Needs/Occupational Analysis
Partnering
Staff and Faculty Development
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