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Dyer Elementary School

South Portland School Department

South Portland, Maine ( map )

Job Details

• Job ID: 3905966
• Application Deadline: Posted until Filled
• Posted : May 27, 2022
• Starting Date: July 2022

Job Description

• Position Type: Full-time
• Positions Available: 1

Job Category : Administrator > Principal/Dean/Head of School

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. Learn more about us...

Location Description

Dyer Elementary School

Grow... Learn....Achieve...Create...Succeed

Principal: Elizabeth Fowler Learn more about us...

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

• Preference given for those who currently hold or are eligible for Maine Building Administrator 040 certification. Website: https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/application
• At least 5 years of relevant experience preferred
• Master degree preferred
• Citizenship, residency or work visa 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.

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.

• 1. 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)
• 2. 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)
• 3. If you do not hold a Maine certification, for what type of Maine certificate are you applying and eligible?
  Brief Response (Answer limited TO 200 characters, including spaces)
• 4. Please explain any gaps in employment during the past ten years.
  Long Essay (Answer limited TO 4000 characters, including spaces)
• 5. 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)
• 6. Answering YES below authorizes SPSD to check my employment history, including without limitation, criminal arrest, conviction record checks, reference checks and release of investigatory information possessed by any state, local or federal agency. I further authorize those persons, agencies or entities contacted in connection with my employment application to fully provide the SPSD any information on the matters 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 SPSD, its agents/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, including board members, administrators, staff, and members of the community. I give my consent to this disclosure.
  Yes/No
• 7. Please provide your philosophy of administration
  Extended Essay (Answer limited TO 15000 characters, including spaces)
• 8. What should be a school's two to three priorities as it seeks to ensure equity, educational justice, and improved outcomes for all students?
  Long Essay (Answer limited TO 4000 characters, including spaces)

Contact Information

• Timothy Matheney
• 130 Wescott Road
• South Portland, Maine 04106

• Phone: 207-871-0555
• Email: click here

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