Teacher (Health Care Grades 6-12)

Summary

About the Position: This is a Full-time, Seasonal Teacher (Health Care grades 6-12) position at Guam High School, located in Agana, Guam. Federal employees at Guam High School are currently entitled to receive a 11.88% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary.

Duties

• Develop lesson plans independently within the framework of approved curriculum standards, course outlines, texts, and guidelines.
• Support, counsel, and motivate students to meet of exceed grade-level standards.
• Establish classroom routines consistent with a healthy learning environment.
• Adhere to and, when applicable, implement safety and security procedures.
• Evaluate and develop educational materials to improve the educational program.
• Using teaching principles and best practices and standards-based instruction to instruct assigned subject(s) and grade level(s) in a classroom or lab setting.

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.

Required Documents

Prepare the documents below before applying. Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position:

• Prepare the documents below before applying.
• Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position: The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment.
• A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
• 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. 1.
• 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.