3rd Grade Teacher (Full Time) - Reiche Community School, 25-26 SY

POSITION OVERVIEW: 3rd Grade Teacher (Full Time) - Reiche Community School, 25-26 SY
Located in the West End, Howard C. Reiche Community School provides a challenging curriculum for its diverse student population, in which over 22 nations are represented and 29 languages are spoken. Reiche is the first teacher-led and teacher-governed school in the state of Maine. Instead of a traditional principal, Lead Teachers, four committees, and a Leadership Team collaborate with parents to ensure our vision and values are reflected in our school community.

For the 2025-2026 school year, Reiche is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, and creative 3rd Grade teacher to join our team. We seek a teacher who has a passion for working with children, brings an equity-oriented approach to their instruction, and holds all students to high expectations. Strong candidates will have experience in conducting rigorous inquiry-based instruction across content areas. We seek a teammate who is collaborative and open to giving and receiving feedback in service of the shared goals of the school and the district. Candidates who speak a second language are encouraged to apply.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under direction of the administrators:

• Plans and provides for appropriate learning experiences for students
• Provides an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social and emotional development of individuals to ensure Success for Every Student
• Supervises students in a variety of school related settings
• Monitors and evaluates student outcomes
• Communicates and interacts with students, parents, staff and community
• Develops, selects, and modifies instructional plans and materials to meet the needs of all students
• Maintains appropriate records and follows required procedures and practices
• Monitors appropriate use and care of equipment, materials, and facilities

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of PPS curriculum, techniques for integrating curriculum, PPS policies, and effective standards based instructional practices
• Understanding of the teaching/learning/assessing process
• Ability to create a welcoming environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social and emotional development of all students
• Ability to plan and implement standards based learning experiences for students
• Ability to provide instruction that reflects multiple perspectives, multicultural education and current best practices in ELL instruction.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate student outcomes and take responsibility for student growth
• Strong equity orientation and an openness to personal reflection on deepening awareness of personal bias and being culturally responsive and humble
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, staff and community.
• Ability to infuse technology into the curriculum
• Team player with an openness and desire to collaborate with colleagues and administration, including sharing lessons, assessments, student work and data;
• Ability to work effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office and school based staff, students, parents and community
• A growth mindset; sincere belief that all students can rise to high expectations and a passion for differentiating in support of ensuring all students meet goal
• Ability to maintain appropriate records and follow required procedures and practices
• Experience with PBIS, SEL curriculum and restorative practices

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in applicable field of education from an accredited college or university. 

CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Maine State fingerprint (CHRC) authorization (more info)
• Maine State Teaching Certificate with one of the following endorsements (more info):
  • 029 Elementary (PK-3)
  • 020 General Elementary (K-8)

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS:

• School-year position
• Permanent
• Full time, 1.0 FTE
• Not eligible for overtime

ABOUT REICHE: Howard C. Reiche Community School, nestled in the urban West End neighborhood of Portland, is ranked the most wonderfully diverse of all elementary schools in Maine, celebrating 16 different home languages and students from 21 different birth countries. Over half our students are multilingual learners, and about a quarter of our students are welcome newcomers, recently arrived in America. Over 83% of our students qualify for free/ reduced lunch and 105 of our students are currently without a fixed residence. We value and nurture our relationships with our amazing, involved families and strive for an inclusive and equitable experience for all. Our dedicated support staff and talented teachers use their impressive skills to provide a quality education for all of our students. Our highly collaborative culture is joyful in the face of our important, challenging work. We have many partners in the West End Arts Community, including the Portland Symphony, Shoestring Theatre, the Portland Museum of Art, and more. We offer Chorus, Band and Strings for older students as well as extra-curricular sports and art classes for all ages. We are sustained by a unique Teacher-Led model that empowers our community of educators with distributed leadership and shared decision making. Every educator is on a committee that makes our school a better place. Get to know us and learn why our motto is: Come Experience the World At Reiche School!


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