Summary About the Position: This position is a Part-Time 0369 Teacher (Culinary Arts) located at Vilseck High School. This vacancy is for the 2025-2026 School year. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: If you are interested in applying you must submit a completed application package through the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employment Application System (EAS) at the following link: EAS DO NOT apply via USAJOBS. Applications submitted through USA Jobs will not be accepted. Responsibilities Plan, develop, and organize long-range lesson plans and daily class work to ensure in-depth learning within the timeframe allotted to meet the course/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. Support, counsel, and motivate students to meet or exceed grade-level standards. Adheres to and, when applicable, implements safety and security procedures. Under the general supervision of the School Principal, the Teacher develops lesson plans independently within the framework of approved curriculum standards, course outlines, texts, and guidelines. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens To qualify, you must meet the education requirements described below: State or Territory Certification/License. DoDEA offers full reciprocity for current and valid, unencumbered professional teaching licenses from any U.S. state, territory, or the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) that is comparable to DoDEA certification areas. This means if your professional license from one of these places aligns with DoDEA's certification areas, DoDEA will accept it without additional requirements for initial licensing or additional certifications. Provisional, temporary, or emergency licenses are not eligible for this reciprocity. Eligible military spouses with current and valid encumbered teaching licenses will be granted full reciprocity for certification areas comparable to DoDEA's. 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 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 semester hours of professional teacher education course work in such areas as learning process, measurement, philosophy, psychology, social foundations, methods of teaching and curriculum applicable to the type and level of the position for which applying is required. (Note: Communications Impaired Teachers, 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: Communications Impaired Teachers, School Nurses, Guidance Counselors, School Psychologists, JROTC Instructors and non-certified Training Instructors are excluded from the student teaching requirement.) 0369 Teacher (Culinary Arts) - Possess a Baccalaureate degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college/university; AND Possess a Culinary Arts degree from an U.S. accredited Culinary Institute (a minimum of 18-month culinary program); AND Complete 9 semester hours in professional teacher education such as Educational Psychology/Learning Process, Classroom Management and Discipline, and Educational Technology within the first 2 years of the appointment; AND Must qualify in one other secondary teacher category. or, Possess a Baccalaureate degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college/university; AND Possess a Culinary Arts degree from a U.S. accredited Culinary Institute (a minimum of 18-month culinary program); AND Acquire a DoDEA or state certificate in one other secondary classroom teacher category by the end of the fifth school year of employment. Education FOREIGN 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 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. 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 semester hours of credit in a regionally accredited graduate college. Failure to provide all the required information as stated in the vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating. Additional Information All candidates must reside within the local commuting area where the position is located. Local commuting area is defined as the geographic area surrounding a work site that encompasses the localities where people live and reasonably can be expected to travel back and forth daily to work based on the generally held expectations of the local community. (5 CFR 575.203) Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are not considered Ordinarily Resident under the applicable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). An ordinarily resident is anyone who has lived in the host country longer than the allowed number of days without being a member of the forces assigned, civilian component or a family member of either the aforementioned, or who has obtained a work permit for any duration. Ordinarily Resident restrictions apply and vary depending on the host nation. Applicants who have family members with special medical needs should ensure that prior to accepting a position overseas their family members' medical needs can be met. Access to care in a military treatment facility may not be available to civilian employees except on a space available basis. Consequently, host nation medical facilities may be the only care available. The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location. Employees (and family members) who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Medical and dental care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical and dental facilities will vary by location. For positions in a foreign country, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee and receive certain benefits. If you believe you may be affected by these laws and agreements, you should familiarize yourself with relevant information before applying for or accepting this position. Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should notify David Walton at ra@dodea.edu. This position is covered by the Federal Education Association (FEA) bargaining unit.