SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION DISTRICT #4

25 CAMPUS DRIVE – DROP #2

GUILFORD, MAINE 04443

 

APPLICATION FOR TEACHING POSITION

 

The School Administrative District does not discriminate in the operation of its educational and employment policies and will honor all appropriate laws relative to discrimination.

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Date____________________________________    Position(s) applying for: (Grade level, subject)

 

Name___________________________________    __________________________________________

 

Social Security No. ______-_______-________       __________________________________________

 

When will you be available?_______________        __________________________________________

 

Permanent Address__________________________________________   Phone___________________

 

Temporary Address__________________________________________   Phone___________________

 

EDUCATION:  Transcripts, including grades, from all college(s)/university(s) attended must be provided.  It is essential that this section be completed accurately.

                                                                                                                        No. of Yrs.

College/University Attended             Degree Awarded(if any)        Attended         Grade Point Avg.

_______________________________          ____________________        _________      _______________

_______________________________          ____________________        _________      _______________

_______________________________          ____________________        _________      _______________

_______________________________          ____________________        _________      _______________

 

Number of semester hours in:

            _____________Reading                    __________________Major (Subject:__________________)

            _____________Math                         __________________Major (Subject:__________________)

            _____________Special Education     __________________Major (Subject:__________________)

                                                                        __________________Minor (Subject:__________________)

 

CERTIFICATION:  List certification(s) you hold and provide copies of certification.

 

Type                                                                State                                       Date Issued    Date of Expiration

_____________________________          _____________________      __________    ________________

_____________________________          _____________________      __________    ________________

_____________________________          _____________________      __________    ________________

_____________________________          _____________________      __________    ________________

 

If you hold a Maine certificate, for what type of Maine certificate are you applying and eligible?________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Note:      Candidates who do not hold Maine certification should direct an inquiry to the Maine Department of Education, Division of Certification and Placement, Augusta, Maine 04333.

 

EXPERIENCE: A resume must be provided.  In addition to educational background and work experience, include extra-curricular activities in which you have been involved.  Please list below positions held, employer, and dates of employment for the past ten years.  Please account for any gaps in employment on a separate page.

 

From (month/year)     To(month/year)                    Position                                           Employer                     

______________        ____________            ________________________        _______________________

______________        ____________            ________________________        _______________________ 

______________        ____________            ________________________        _______________________ 

______________        ____________            ________________________        _______________________

 

Number of years to teaching experience______.  On a separate sheet, 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?

 

 

BACKGROUND:

Have you ever been disciplined, discharged, or asked to resign from a prior position?       Yes____ No____

 

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____

 

Has your contract in a prior position ever been non-renewed?                                                   Yes____No____

 

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____

 

Have you ever been charged with or investigated for sexual abuse or harassment of

another person?                                                                                                                             Yes____No____

 

Have you ever been convicted of a crime (other than a minor traffic offense)?                        Yes____No____

 

Have you ever entered a plea of guilty or “no contest” (nolo contendere) to any crime

(other than a minor traffic offense)?                                                                                 Yes____No____

 

Have you ever had a professional license or certificate suspended or revoked in any state,

or have you ever voluntarily surrounded, temporarily or permantely, professional license

or certificate in any state?                                                                                                            Yes____No____

 

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 of time in connection with any crime

(other than a minor traffic offense)?                                                                                 Yes____No____

 

 

If you have answered YES to any of the previous questions, provide full details on an additional sheet including, with respect to court actions, the date, offense in questions, and the address of the court involved.  Conviction or other disposition of a crime is not necessarily an automatic bar to employment.

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REFERENCES: List three, two of who are most recent supervisors, who can comment on your ability and whom we may contact.  In addition, please provide three letters of reference from persons who are not related to you (may be from references listed below).

Name                                                  Position                                   Address                                  Telephone

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

SIGNATURE:

 

My signature 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.  I further authorize those persons, agencies or entities that SAD #4 contacts in connection with my employment application to fully provide SAD #4 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 SAD#4 its agents and officials or against any provider of such information.

 

I understand that information submitted in and 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.

 

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                                                                                                            Signature/Date

 

 

APPLICATION FOR TEACHING POSITION CHECK LIST:  The completed employment application cannot be evaluated unless all of the following materials have been provided:

 

                        ________        Application form fully completed

                        ________        Copies of Transcript(s)

                        ________        Copy of Maine Certification(s)

                        ________        Resume

                        ________        Gaps in employment during the past ten years explained

                        ________        Illustration of your philosophy of teaching

                        ________        YES to any of the questions in the Background section explained

                        ________        Three letters of reference

                        ________        Application signed

 

 

NOTE:  ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF SAD #4.  NONE WILL BE RETURNED.  PROVIDING ANY FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION ON THIS APPLICATION OR IN THE APPLICATION OR EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROCESS SHALL BE FULLY SUFFICIENT GROUNDS TO REFUSE TO EMPLOY THE APPLICANT OR, IF THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN EMPLOYED, TO IMMEDIATELY DISMISS THE APPLICANT/EMPLOYEE.

 

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