Military Spouses at Moody AFB
Learned that Homeschooling is a JOB and Much More!

by Kathryn Troutman

September 25, 2019

Originally written on September 25, 2019 and republished August 25, 2024 because the Homeschool Teacher “job block” will be helpful when applying for Teacher, Instructor, Park Ranger, Trainer, Curriculum Designer in the government.

A Half-Day Federal Resume Writing workshop for Active-Duty Military Spouses at Moody AFB turned into a Federal Career Coaching session for 25 attendees. Especially for one Military Spouse who said she has not worked recently.

Kathryn is well known for her style of teaching Federal Resume Writing. She says, “let me interview someone from the class about one of your jobs. I will create a “job block” in USAJOBS and you can see how easy it is to build the positions in the USAJOBS Builder in the Outline Format with the ALL CAP KEYWORDS for a target position.”

One of the military spouses mentioned that she has not had a job because she has been home-schooling her children.

Kathryn said, “That’s a job.”

We have to build a job block for that.” The spouse was amazed that this experience could be added as a volunteer position and will demonstrate skills in training and education.

This is the way to do it:
Just go to USAJOBS and build your job blocks.

The resume job block below was built with ALL CAPS for the KEYWORDS for a target position. You can see samples of this technique in the Jobseeker’s Guide 9th Ed. or the Stars are Lined Up for Military Spouses 2nd Ed.

See below Job Block was built with ALL CAPS for the KEYWORDS for a target position. You can see samples of this technique in the Jobseeker’s Guide 8th or the Stars are Lined Up for Military Spouses 2nd Ed.

Georgia Public Schools
1011 Statten Ave.
Moody AFB, GA 31699 United States

09/2012 – 06/2018
Hours per week: 20
HOME SCHOOL ELEMENTARY TEACHER
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER – Follow the Board of Education Elementary School curriculum for daily instruction and Department of Education testing from K through 5th grade. Developed course activities and lessons for individual in-home instruction.

ACTIVITIES PLANNER – As a military spouse and relocating to several locations, added local historic, educational and military history events and activities to demonstrate learning lessons and preparation for tests and life lessons.

CURRICULUM DESIGNER – Redesigned curriculum to meet the unique learning needs of my child, ages 5 to 10. My daughter was an online learner with activities that supported her lessons.

COMMUNITY LIAISON – communicated with other home school family members and students for athletics, activities and travel to historical locations.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: My daughter completed 5 grades with high scores and complete of DOE tests for successful completion of Elementary School while we were living in 3 locations in the US and Europe – Rota Spain (2 years), Moody AFB (2 years), and the Pentagon in Washington, DC (1 year)

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