SUPV EDUCATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR (COMM SUPERINTENDENT)

Duties
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• Serve as the alter ego to the District Superintendent, fully sharing the duties, responsibilities and operations of the assigned District Office or District Field Office.
• Monitor operating budget, staffing allocations, and financial plans as needed to ensure that approved educational services are provided.
• Supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned district or field office staff and school administrators.
• Provide leadership and support to core curriculum programs as well as special education, continuous school improvement/accreditation, and professional development.
• Provide policy guidance and professional leadership to encourage achievement of the highest possible level of educational excellence.

Requirements
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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.
• Two year supervisory probation period may be required.
• Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determination, as determined by a background investigation.
• This position requires a Tier 3 (T3) 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.
• A secret security clearance is required.
• Two year trial period may be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply:
U.S. Citizens
Federal employees - Competitive service
Federal employees - Excepted service
Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista
Special authorities

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.

Education: The course work must have been completed at, or accepted by, a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. Applicants must provide copies of official bachelor's and master's transcripts (include EDS and Doctorate if applicable). Acceptable degree pathways are listed below. Applicants currently assigned as a DoDEA Community Superintendent will be granted approval of previously accepted qualifications. Semester hours for credit bearing internships or practicum experiences in educational leadership and/or supervision is accepted.

a. Master's degree in Educational Administration/Educational Leadership.

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b. Master's degree reflecting 30 semester hours of graduate level course work. Of the required 30 hours of graduate level course work, a minimum of 20 of those semester hours must be Educational Administration/Educational Leadership.

Note: Applicants who submit a valid unencumbered fully professional administrator license with a certification comparable to DoDEA Principal and issued from a State Board of Education of the United States and its U.S. territories or National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) will be considered to have fulfilled the semester hour requirement for Educational Administration/Educational Leadership and be found eligible. All undergraduate and graduate official transcripts are still required to be submitted with application

AND

General Experience: Three years general experience in teaching, educational research, development of educational materials and aids, education testing, guidance counseling, educational administration, or comparable activities which have clearly demonstrated success in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of education, and provided familiarity with the current developments in education and training.

Specialized Experience: Three years of specialized experience in a staff or supervisory position which clearly demonstrated the ability to administer school educational programs and to effectively supervise educators and support personnel. At least 2 years of specialized experience must be at a level equivalent to the next lower level. For a Supervisory Education Program Administrator (Community Superintendent), the next lower level is defined as a school principal or a position with similar duties and responsibilities. (Note: No more than 1 year of experience in positions that did not involve actual school or educational program administration will be credited as specialized experience.)

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Accountability
• Human Capital Management
• Instructional Program Administration
• Partnering

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

Additional information

• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Be advised that effective Jan. 1 2018, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, most civilian employee relocation allowances became taxable. The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for the additional Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred as a result of receiving taxable travel income. RITA does not apply to new government employees or employees returning from an overseas assignment for the purpose of separation from Government service. For more information, visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction.html .
• Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should notify, ra@dodea.edu
• This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.