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Teacher (Special Education)
Bureau of Indian Education · Eagle Butte, South Dakota · Closes in 15 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: Native Americans, The public.

Open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or owe allegiance to the U.S. Preference goes to qualified Native Americans or Alaska Natives with tribal affiliation, and qualified non-Indian applicants may be considered only if no qualified Indian preference eligible is found.

Education: You need a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited school, plus a valid teacher certificate in the right endorsement area. Emergency and provisional certificates may be accepted if the state issued them under its conditions. Coursework should relate to the subject you teach or to general teaching methods.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid teacher licensure or certification in the state where the job is located, in the special education specialty field

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than 2 single-sided pages, with 10-point minimum font, 0.5-inch margins, month and year dates, and hours worked per week Copy of valid state teacher certificate showing state, your name, issue date, expiration date, and endorsements College transcripts showing school name, student name, degree type, and date conferred Form BIA 4432 from your enrolled tribe if you claim Indian preference DD-214 after selection if you want it considered for service computation dates Most recent SF-50 after selection if you are a current or former federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 15 days (November 18, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: You must first meet the education and licensure requirements. Then subject matter experts rate your resume and questionnaire answers on accountability, conflict management, customer service, education and training, and planning and evaluating, and inflated or inaccurate information can cause you to lose consideration.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Keep your resume to 2 single-sided pages and show month and year dates and hours per week, since pages beyond 2 are not reviewed.
Upload a state teacher certificate that shows the state, your name, issue dates, and endorsements, because DODEA certificates are not accepted.
If you claim Indian preference, include Form BIA 4432 completed by your tribe, since no other form is accepted.

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