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Job Description
The South Portland School Department is seeking a dynamic, warm, and hard working special educator and case manager to work with our 7th grade students at South Portland Middle School, a new school which will open its doors for the first time in the Fall of 2023. The successful candidate will be someone who is skilled at working with a range of disabilities in a resource room setting. Experience in all aspects of special education case management to ensure compliance with requirements under IDEA is required. Strong skill sets in the following areas are expected: standardized academic testing, interpreting all types of special education evaluations, writing standards based IEPs, developing positive behavior support plans, and strong direct scientifically – based instructional methods to maximize student success, as well as solid progress monitoring and data collection. Candidate should demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills, problem solving, flexibility, and the ability to manage and supervise several education technicians are desirable skills. Experience with and desire to work with socioeconomically, linguistically, and racially diverse students required, enthusiasm to open a brand new school, and excitement to work with middle schoolers required!
Position Type: Full-time
Positions Available: 1
Job Categories:
Special Education > Emotionally Disabled Special Education > General Special Education Special Education > Learning Disabled
Employer Description
We are proud that our more than 3,000 students from Pre-Kindergarten to adult represent all that is wonderful about our community. We have students who have grown up around the corner from their schools and whose parents, and even grandparents, are proud South Portland graduates. We have students speaking thirty-two different languages at home, whose families have come from across the globe and have settled in our great city. Together we foster a culture of respect, understanding, and celebration of what makes us unique and what binds us together.
We are proud that our more than 3,000 students from Pre-Kindergarten to adult represent all that is wonderful about our community. We have students who have grown up around the corner from their schools and whose parents, and even grandparents, are proud South Portland graduates. We have students speaking thirty-two different languages at home, whose families have come from across the globe and have settled in our great city. Together we foster a culture of respect, understanding, and celebration of what makes us unique and what binds us together.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
South Portland School Department is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Job Requirements
State of Maine Teacher of Disabilities 282 (K-8) certification required. Website: https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/requirements
No experience required
Citizenship, residency or work VISA in United States required
Application Instructions
Please answer the following questions. If you have answered YES to any one of the questions, provide full details, with respect to court actions, the date, offense in question, and the address of the court involved. Conviction or other disposition of a crime is not necessarily an automatic bar to employment.
Note: All application materials become the property of the South Portland School Department. None will be returned. Providing any false or misleading information on this application or in the application or screening process shall be fully sufficient grounds to refuse to employ the applicant or, if the applicant has been employed, to immediately dismiss the employee. Employment applications will be retained for a period of 24 months.
Note: Employment cannot be finalized until the applicant has completed requirements for complete background checks and fingerprinting as required by Maine state statute. (https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprinting).
Please visit https://www.spsd.org/district/job-opportunties for current contracts which include salary ranges and benefits.
The South Portland School Department does not discriminate in the operation of its educational and employment policies and will honor all appropriate laws relative to discrimination.
Application Questions
This employer has requested that all applicants answer the following questions. It is highly recommended that you type any essays in a word processing program, save them, and then paste them on the proceeding job application page.
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Have you ever been disciplined, discharged, or asked to resign from a prior position? Yes/No
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Has your contract in a prior position ever been non-renewed? Yes/No
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Have you ever resigned from a prior position after a complaint had been received against you or your conduct was under investigation or review? Yes/No
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Have you ever not been nominated for re-employment in a prior position or ever had your nomination for
re-employment not be approved? Yes/No
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Have you ever had a professional license or certificate suspended or revoked in any state, or have you ever voluntarily surrendered, temporarily or permanently, a professional license or certificate in any state? Yes/No
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Have you ever been charged with or investigated for sexual abuse or harassment of another person? Yes/No
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Have you ever been convicted of a crime (other than a minor traffic offense)? Yes/No
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Have you ever entered a plea of guilty or “no contest” (nolo contendere) to any crime (other than a minor
traffic offense)? Yes/No
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Has any court ever deferred, filed or dismissed proceedings without a finding of guilty
and required that you pay a fine, penalty or court costs and/or imposed a requirement as
to your behavior or conduct for a period if time in connection with any crime
(other than a minor traffic offense)? Yes/No
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Do you currently have a Maine CHRC Fingerprinting certification? Please state the date issued and the date of expiration (if not, CHRC is an expectation prior to start date). Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Please list license/authorizations you hold and be sure you have uploaded copies of your certificates to your profile. Be sure to list date(s) issued and date(s) of expiration. Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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If you do not hold a Maine certification, for what type of Maine certificate are you applying and eligible?
Candidates who do not hold Maine credentials should direct any inquiry to the Maine Department of Education, Certification Office, 23 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0023, (207)-624-6603. Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Please explain any gaps in employment during the past ten years. Long Essay(Answer limited to 4000 characters, including spaces)
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Number of semester hours completed in Reading Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Number of semester hours completed in Math Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Number of semester hours completed in Special Education Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Major(s) Subject Area Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Minor(s) Subject Area Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Number of years teaching experience: Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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REFERENCES: List three, two of whom are most recent supervisors, people who we may contact about your candidacy. In addition, please be sure you have three current letters of reference entered into School Spring from persons who are not related to you (these may be from the references listed below, or different people). Be sure to list their names, company/position, address, email and telephone number. Short Essay(Answer limited to 600 characters, including spaces)
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Have you ever worked, interned, substitute or student taught for the South Portland School Department? If YES, please share details about your prior employment including estimated work dates, nature of the work, and any previous names you may have had when previously engaged with South Portland Schools. Short Essay(Answer limited to 600 characters, including spaces)
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Please describe a specific class or class activity you planned and actually conducted which illustrates your philosophy of teaching and is the best example of your teaching skill. What evidence showed you that this class or activity was successful in terms of student motivation and achievement? Long Essay(Answer limited to 4000 characters, including spaces)
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When will you be available? Brief Response(Answer limited to 200 characters, including spaces)
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Answering YES below constitutes authorization to check my employment history, including without limitation, criminal arrest and conviction record checks, reference checks, and release of investigatory information possessed by any state, local or federal agency, including but not limited to permitted disclosures from the Department of Education pursuant to 20-A M.R.S. § 13025. I further authorize those persons, agencies or entities that the South Portland School Department contacts in connection with my employment application to fully provide the South Portland School Department any information on the matters set forth above. I expressly waive in connection with any request for or provision of such information, any claims, including without limitation, defamation, emotional distress, invasion of privacy, or interference with contractual relations that I might otherwise have against the South Portland School Department, its agents and officials or against any provider of such information.
I understand that information submitted with this application may be disclosed to a screening and/or interviewing committee, which may include board members, administrators, other staff, and members of the community. I give my consent to this disclosure. I further understand that truthfulness is required and hereby represent that all the information I have provided is true, complete, and accurate to the best of my ability.
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By clicking YES below, I also affirm that my resume includes all educational work history, as well as any other employers for the past TEN years, and that I have provided an explanation for any gaps in employment.
A resume must be provided for consideration of employment. In addition to educational background and work experience, my resume includes all extra-curricular activities in which I have been involved. My resume includes all positions held, employer and dates of employment for the past ten years (at least). All school units/educational institutions I have worked in are listed. In addition, I have listed all other employers I have worked for in the past ten years (at least).
I AGREE AND UNDERSTAND THAT OMITTING ESSENTIAL FACTS OR PROVIDING ANY FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION ON THIS APPLICATION OR DURING THE EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROCESS SHALL BE FULLY SUFFICIENT GROUNDS TO REFUSE TO EMPLOY ME OR, IF I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED, TO IMMEDIATELY DISMISS ME. Yes/No
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