Want a new job? Want to travel?

Dallas Becker has a job for you.

He’s looking for an energetic self starting educational technologist for an American school in Berlin, Germany.

Without asking my opinion, my wife says we'd take that job in a heart-beat, if only I were an educational technologist.

Her grandmother emigrated from the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany between the two wars. My wife has visited her second-cousins there and they’ve visited us here, and she thinks living in Germany for two years would immerse her in her roots. Undoubtedly.

But I am not an educational technologist, so one of you has to take the job.

Dallas is looking for an EdTech grad, or student, who can teach teachers how use interactive white boards effectively and creatively.

But wait! There's more!

Dallas will want someone who can work effectively with teachers in curriculum development, and introduce new ideas and methods. Yeah, and when something doesn’t work, you’d be the person to fix it.

I first met Dallas six or seven years ago at a conference—in Dallas, as it turns out. He was a school technology coordinator in Texas and wanted a master’s degree. Well, I knew where he could get one and after graduation, he went to work for a university in Cairo. Now, he’s turning to his alma mater to find a technologist for his elementary school.

“The salary doesn't look like much,” he says, “around $43,000, until you realize that you aren't paying any taxes.” He says the first $120k earned out-of-country is tax free in the United States, for the first two years, anyway. He’ll pay you 1500 Euros for air fare and another 500 for shipping—that’s both ways, once for going to Germany and once when departing. Housing is not provided.

About 20 percent of the salary goes for health insurance, retirement, unemployment, etc., part of which can be reclaimed after leaving the country for 2 years, so long as the length of employment was less than five years.

Cool, huh?

Knowledge of German is not necessary because it is an American school, but here is what is necessary:

--Degree in Educational Technology (preferably in the last 5 years)
--Master’s degree in Educational technology a plus, but not required.
--Ed. Tech experience in a school setting is helpful, but not required.
--Experience with Instructional Design.
--Experience with Teacher Training.
--Experience in a school with interactive boards (Promethean a plus)
--Experience with classroom management systems (Moodle a plus)
--Experience with help desk services is helpful.
--Experience with Google Apps or Live@edu is helpful.
--Web mastering/design experience is a definite plus.
--Professional technical skills and certifications are a plus, but not required.
--Must hold a valid teaching certificate in one of the 50 United States.

Send a resume or vitae along with links, portfolios, or samples of your online work to:

Dr. Dallas Becker
Director of Technology
The John F. Kennedy School Berlin
www.jfks.de
dbecker@jfksberlin.org

Tentative hiring schedule is March 15-20. Interviews will be conducted via Skype prior to these dates.

And tell him Jerry sent you.