EDUCATOR CAREER PROGRAM 2006

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EDUCATOR CAREER PROGRAM 2006
Department of Defense Dependents Schools

• ECP
• Applicant Guide

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Purpose of the Applicant Guide

• assist applicants in producing applications that
  are procedurally correct
• provide insight to the development of a quality
  application
• NOTE Applications and instructions must be
  downloaded from the web athttp//www.dodea.edu/
  offices/hr/news/announcements.htm

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Application Time Line
November 10, 2005 ECP Application published on
DoDEA Website January 9, 2006 ECP Applications
due to the rating supervisor January 20,
2006 ECP Applications due to DoDEA Personnel
Center with electronic copy to respective
DSO February 13-17, 2006 ECP Rating Panel
meets March 6, 2006 ECP Panel Results sent to
applicants and ECP Referral Lists available
to Selecting Officials
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Required Components

• Basic Information Form
• Location/Position Choices Form
• Summary of Background and Credentials Form
• Course Work Summary Form
• KSAs (maximum of 2 pages per KSA)
• ECP Supervisory Assessment Form

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Basic Information Form
Information from your most recent SF 50.
If you held a higher graded Federal position than
your current position, enter here with the
effective beginning and end dates.
Place an X in this column by each position for
which you wish to be rated.
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Location/Position Choices Form
An X by an area or country indicates you are
available for any location within that
area/country.
An X by specific location limits your
consideration to that school complex.
Make sure you include all locations to which you
are willing to relocate as a promotion or a
lateral reassignment. Failure to accept a
position that you have listed as acceptable will
result in non-consideration for other locations
for one school year.
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Summary of Background and Credentials
Do not include any documentation for these items
with your application. (You need to ensure that
your DoDEA Certification is up to date.)
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Course Work Summary
Review the qualification course requirements
carefully to ensure you qualify for the positions
for which you are asking to be rated.
All transcripts supporting the graduate semester
credit you list on this form should be at the
DoDEA Personnel Center in your official personnel
file.
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Supervisory Assessment Form

• Use the Scoring Rubrics to do an honest
  self-evaluation. Each person has personal
  strengths and limitations and depending on the
  quality and depth of their experiences, ratings
  may not all be at the highest level.
• When you meet with your immediate supervisor, be
  prepared to discuss the qualifications and
  experiences that you believe have prepared you
  for the position(s) you seek.

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Nuts and Bolts

• Writing the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  (KSAs)
• The application instructions for formatting your
  responses to each of the four KSAs are
• no longer than two 8 ½ x 11 pages
• one blank line between each KSA and each
  descriptor within the KSA
• no bold text narrative
• font size twelve pitch
• Times New Roman font
• one-inch margins on top, bottom and both sides
• address each KSA separately but no more than two
  (2) pages each
• do not include the full text of each KSA title
• address the descriptors in the order given in the
  directions and
• clearly indicate the individual descriptor within
  the KSA that you are addressing.

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An example follows on the next slide.
The example is formatted using the correct
margins (1 top, bottom, left and right), font
(12-point New Times Roman) and single line
spacing. The narrative portion includes advice
to be followed in completing each KSA and does
not relate to the actual descriptors under KSA 1
but are intended to give you a picture of a
correctly formatted page.
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Headers Footers are excluded from the margin
requirement.
Single space between abbreviated KSA title,
descriptors, and narratives.
KSA Sample with correct formatting
Tab indent for paragraphs with no spaces between
paragraphs.
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Suggestions

• Read the official announcement and follow the
  instructions explicitly.
• Pay attention to the general advice contained in
  the application packet and the Helpful Hints in
  the application forms packet.
• Print out your application and have someone
  proof read your KSAs for clear and concise
  writing.
• Score your KSAs using the KSA Rubrics to insure
  you have accurately reflected your experiences
  and training as it relates to each rubric.

Remember the QUALITY of your application
reflects on YOU!