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63.6
#115 out of 216

Department of Defense Education Activity (DOD)

Mission: To manage a worldwide school system for the children of enlisted military personnel (which comprise 80% of its student body) and DoD civilian employees.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  63.6 115
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.6 58  of  216
Strategic Management 62.7 44  of  216
Teamwork 72.3 99  of  216
Effective Leadership 55.0 70  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 49.3 138  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 48.9 69  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 53.3 58  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 64.3 110  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 43.2 177  of  216
Training and Development 54.8 187  of  216
Support for Diversity 63.6 86  of  216
Pay and Benefits 68.6 114  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 37.0 191  of  216
Work/Life Balance 62.9 130  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  60.7 64.9 61.1
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.6 83.4 82.7
Strategic Management 59.5 62.7 64.1
Teamwork 66.8 73.6 70.4
Effective Leadership 52.1 58.4 50.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 43.8 47.2 43.4
Training and Development 50.4 58.9 55.6
Support for Diversity 59.8 61.0 58.1
Pay and Benefits 67.2 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 41.6 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 65.2 73.4 70.7
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.6 83.4 82.7
Strategic Management 59.5 62.7 64.1
Teamwork 66.8 73.6 70.4
Effective Leadership 52.1 58.4 50.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 43.8 47.2 43.4
Training and Development 50.4 58.9 55.6
Support for Diversity 59.8 61.0 58.1
Pay and Benefits 67.2 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 41.6 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 65.2 73.4 70.7
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 64.3 86  of  216
Male 62.7 129  of  214
40 and over 65.2 79  of  216
Under 40 53.8 176  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 67.4 55  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 60.4 86  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 62.3 139  of  215
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over 62.3 No data No data
Under 40 51.0 No data No data
Asian 63.6 No data No data
Black or African-American 58.6 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 62.0 No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Department of Defense Education Activity (DOD) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 61.1 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 64.9 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 60.7 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 63.6 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 10,736

Number of Employees in 2002: 10,607

Number of Employees in 2003: 10,571

Number of Employees in 2004: 10,502

Number of Employees in 2005: 9,987

Number of Employees in 2006: 10,203

Number of Employees in 2007: 9,640

Number of Employees in 2008: 9,201

Employees joined (2008): 399

Percentage joined (2008): 3.94%

Average joined (2004-2008): 426

Employees left (2008): 914

Percentage left (2008): 9.30%

Average left (2004-2008): 909

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 7.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Arlington, VA
Other Locations: DoDEA operates 192 schools in 14 districts located in 12 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

http://www.dodea.edu/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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