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Grade 4 Classroom Teacher at Pond Cove Elementary (Cape Elizabeth Schools)

Cape Elizabeth School Department

Cove, ME | Full Time

$26k-35k (estimate)

9 Months Ago

Grade 4 Classroom Teacher at Pond Cove Elementary (Cape Elizabeth Schools)

$26k-35k (estimate)

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Cape Elizabeth School Department is Hiring a Grade 4 Classroom Teacher at Pond Cove Elementary (Cape Elizabeth Schools) Near Cove, ME

JobID: 1047

Position Type:
Elementary School

Date Posted:
4/14/2023

Location:
Pond Cove Elementary School

Job Description: Pond Cove is a large elementary school with 500 students in grades K-4 and 90 staff.We are a high performing school with expectations of excellence and rigor in all areas of an educator's professional practice. We are seeking a positive, hard-working, and effective educator with high expectations for themselves and others for a fourth-grade teaching position.
The successful candidate will join a team of four other fourth-grade teachers (total of five). This role includes planning, designing, and delivering engaging and hands-on lessons and implementing assessments to measure student growth and progress across all curriculum areas, including reading, math, social studies, and science. Teaching fourth-grade at Pond Cove will require learning or having experience with the Lucy Calkins Units of Study for reading and writing, and Everyday Math. We also utilize DreamBox, IXL, and Lexia as supplemental online tools that provide students with additional practice in literacy and math content areas. The position includes covering student recesses and/or lunches and collaborating with a large number of colleagues including school social workers, school counselors, special educators, extended learning coaches, and building principals.
Certification Requirements: Maine Elementary Teaching (020)

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following competencies:

A solid knowledge base of and ability to deliver rigorous and highly effective instruction and assessments across all curriculum areas
The ability to establish clear behavior expectations and predictable routines that foster a safe social-emotional and physical learning environment
Exhibit a growth mindset and foster a culture of growth and learning within the classroom, amongst colleagues, and school-wide
An awareness of school-wide needs and expectations and a willingness to embrace shared responsibility, including fulfilling duties and attending meetings outside of the school day
Takes initiative and has the ability to recognize needs and take ownership to proactively problem solve
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with school administrators, staff, students, and families
A clear understanding of school and district core values, vision, and mission and works to align individual professional practices

Professional Qualifications:

Accepts shared responsibility for supporting all children, including meeting the needs of a wide range of learners
Ability to collect and analyze data and use it to inform and deliver differentiated instruction
Models nondiscriminatory practices
Knowledgeable about school law and legal responsibilities
Preferred experience/training in the following:
- Everyday Mathematics
- Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Reading, and Phonics
- NWEA and DRA assessments
- Responsive Classroom
- Positive Behavioral Supports and Interventions
- Response to Intervention (RTI)
Build a community of learners who respect and care for each other
Provide students with engaging, hands-on, and high-interest lessons/learning opportunities
Meet student needs, including social-emotional, academic, and behavior
Share ownership of students for all aspects of learning and fulfill supervision duties (e.g., recess, lunch, etc.)
Be able to pivot quickly when changes happen (e.g., schedule changes, support and attend school assemblies and events, fulfill coverage needs, etc.)

Personal Characteristics:

Child-centered
Self-confident leader
Humble
Willing and ready to grow and learn as a professional
Supportive of mandates and expectations
Persistent problem-solver
Critical and conceptual thinker
Effective communicator
Positive
Respectful toward colleagues and supervisors
Organized
Proactive
Flexible

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Application Instructions: Cape Elizabeth Schools will not accept paper or emailed applications or supporting materials. All applications and supporting materials are to be completed online via Frontline Recruiting & Hiring (formerly Applitrack) at https://www.cape.k12.me.us/o/cesd/page/job-openings-105 and must include the following:

Completed online application (this includes answers to writing prompts)

Cover letter specific to posted position

Current resume

Copies of all post secondary transcripts

Three letters of recommendation

Copy of current Maine teaching certification or proof of pending certification

Internal applicants should submit the internal application form via Frontline Recruiting & Hiring (formerly Applitrack) on our website - https://www.cape.k12.me.us/o/cesd/page/job-openings-105

Application deadline: Fully submitted applications will be reviewed on May 1, 2023
Online application materials should be directed to:
Sarah Forrey-Pettit
Interim Principal
Pond Cove Elementary School
12 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107
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Department of Education Certification Information can be obtained online at the Maine Dept of Education website. For more information about Maine's Criminal History Record Check (CHRC) process, please visit https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprinting or call the Maine Certification Office at 207-624-6603.
Cape Elizabeth is a residential community located on the Atlantic Ocean three miles south of Portland, two hours north of Boston, and covers about 15 square miles. It has a population of 9,068 residents living in 3,200 households. Cape Elizabeth has three schools; Pond Cove Elementary School, grades K-4; Cape Elizabeth Middle School, grades 5-8; and, Cape Elizabeth High School, grades 9-12. All schools are located within easy walking distance of each other. Please visit our website for more information.