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Residence Education Experience

Biddeford and Dayton Schools & Southern Maine Administrative Cooperative | Biddeford, ME

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Posted Date 4/15/2025
Description

Early-Elementary School Teaching Internship (4th Grade)

Location: Dayton Consolidated School

The Residency Education Experience within the Dayton School Department is a year-long internship experience in which candidates have the opportunity to learn alongside a mentor teacher, and educate students in a co-teaching model with a graduated degree of responsibility phased in over the school year.

Overview: The Residency Education Experience is designed as a year-long internship, allowing candidates to observe and implement all aspects of teaching and managing a classroom from the first day through the final day of school. The Residency Education Experience requires a gradual increase of responsibility, where the Intern and the cooperating teacher/mentor work together in a co-teaching model with shared responsibility. The Residency Education Experience requires increased responsibility working in a classroom and a longer duration of lead teaching.

Qualifications:

  1. Be enrolled in an accredited education degree program
  2. Be on pace to meet all requirements for graduation, including the required completion of an internship experience (as verified by the University)
  3. Complete background clearance/fingerprinting through the District and Maine Department of Education
  4. Commit to the position for the school year, following the school calendar for professional development, school breaks, and school start/end times
  5. Work with the University to schedule required courses/classes around the school schedule when possible
  6. Supports learning opportunities in the following areas: Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and SEL
  7. Help develop lesson plans, units of study, and instructional materials to provide customized, small, and large group instruction
  8. Communicate with teachers, community outreach, building leaders, and other staff to enhance the program and outcomes
  9. Support an effective learning environment through a variety of learning tools, games, and interactive lessons



Live and Work in the Biddeford, Maine Community

Equal Opportunity
The School Department is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The district shall actively work to have the teacher and administrator workforce reflect the student body's diversity.
The selection of all employees by the School Department will be based on those with the highest capabilities, the strongest commitment to quality education, and the greatest probability of effectively implementing the learning program. Selections will be made without consideration on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, disability or genetic information, and any other state or federal prohibitions. For the purpose of this policy, "sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression.

Criminal Background Check
All employees of Maine schools must be fingerprinted for a criminal history background check. Please create a login and create an account and make an appointment for a fingerprinting appointment at https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprinting

Please see other Job Openings at :
Biddeford Schools
Dayton School
Southern Maine Administrative Cooperative
Job Location (County)
York

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