Job Description

JobID: 1305

Position Type:

Elementary School

Date Posted:

10/16/2025

Location:

Pond Cove Elementary School

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Pond Cove Elementary School has an opening for a 3rd Grade Teacher (long-term substitute) to cover a maternity leave beginning January 2026 through June 2026. We seek an organized, flexible individual who is capable of forming strong, positive relationships with elementary-age students. Pond Cove is a large elementary school with 550+ students in grades K-4 and 90+ staff.Pond Cove is a high-performing school with expectations of excellence and rigor in all areas of an educator's professional practice.



The successful candidate will join a team of six other third-grade teachers (a total of seven). 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 reading, math, social studies, and science. The position includes covering student recesses and/or lunches, attending staff meetings twice a month (on Wednesdays), 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 (020)

Professional Qualifications:

+ Accept 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
+ Model nondiscriminatory practices
+ Preferred experience/training in the following:
- Everyday Mathematics
- Heggerty
- NWEA and DRA assessments
- Responsive Classroom
- Positive Behavioral Supports and Interventions
- Response to Intervention (RTI)
+ Build a community of learners who respect and care for each other
+ Provide students with engaging, hands-on, and high-interest lessons/learning opportunities
+ Meet student needs, including social-emotional, academic, and behavioral
+ Share ownership of students for all aspects of learning and fulfill supervision duties (e.g., recess, lunch, etc.)

Personal Characteristics:

+ Child-centered
+ Willing and ready to grow and learn as a professional
+ Problem-solver
+ Effective communicator
+ Positive
+ Organized
+ 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 the 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:

Until a suitable candidate is found

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.