Job Description: Pond Cove is a large elementary school with 550+ 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 standards for themselve and others. This is a permanent position that has opened up unexpectedly.
The successful candidate will join a team of five other first-grade teachers (total of six. 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 phonics, reading, writing, math, social studies, and science. Teaching first-grade at Pond Cove will require learning Heggerty's Bridge to Reading phonics program, Lucy Calkins Units of Study for reading and writing, and Everyday Math. This 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 Endorsement (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 and Reading
- NWEA and DRA assessments
- Responsive Classroom
- Positive Behavioral Supports and Interventions
- Response to Intervention (RTI)
- Builds a community of learners who respect and care for each other
- 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
- Humble
- Supportive of mandates and expectations
- Problem-solver
- Effective communicator
- Positive
- Respectful
- 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 10, 2023
Online application materials should be directed to:
Tiffany Karnes
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.