School Union #7
90 Beach Street
Saco, Maine 04072

APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHING

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SCHOOL UNION #7 DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE IN THE OPERATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND WILL HONOR ALL APPROPRIATE LAWS RELATIVE TO DISCRIMINATION.

DATE:   ______________________

NAME: ___________________________________________

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.

College/University Attended                               Degree Awarded (if any)           No. of Yrs.       Grade Point Average 
                                                                                                                          Attended

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

Type                                         State                             Date Issued                              Date of Expiration

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EXPERIENCE: Please list previous teaching/substituting experience.  Please attach a copy of your resume.

Grade/Subject                           Position                           Employer                                  Dates (from/to)

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AREAS OF INTEREST:

  1. Please indicate grade level(s) at which you are interested in substituting:

    K-2___                        3-5___             6-8___             9-12___                        Special Education___
     
  2. If you are interested in substituting at the elementary level and have a specialty area, please circle the area(s)

    Art                   Music               Physical Education                    Other ______________________________
     
  3. Please indicate which location(s) you are interested in.  Saco___Dayton___(8 miles west of Saco at corner of Rt. 5 & 35).
     
  4. Please indicate if this application is also to be considered for tutoring.   Yes___  No___
     
  5. Please indicate if there are only certain days which you are available for work:  M__T__W__Th__F__
    Vacations (list dates) _________________________________________________________________

*** Please inform this office at 284-4505 if at any time you become unavailable for substitute work so that we can remove your name from our list.***

REFERENCES:  Please provide three references who are not related to you who are familiar with your work as a teacher, substitute or who know of your experience working with youth.

Name                                                Address                                                                        Telephone                    

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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 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 surrendered, temporarily or permanently, a 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 below including, with respect to court actions, the date, offense in question, and the address of the court involved.  Attach additional sheets if necessary.  Conviction or other disposition of a crime is not necessarily an automatic bar to employment.

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 WHERE DID YOU LEARN OF THIS POSITION?

 _____www.ServingSchools.com           _____Journal Tribune     ____Portland Press Herald            ____Friend  _____Other, please specify________________________________

 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 School Union #7 contacts in connection with my employment application to fully provide School Union #7 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 School Union #7, 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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APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHING POSITION CHECKLIST: 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), If applicable

            ________        Copy of Resume

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

            ________        Application signed        

            ________        I-9 Verification form completed with two forms of identification

            ________        W-4 Form completed and signed

NOTE:  ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF SCHOOL UNION #7.  NONE WILL BE RETURNED.  PROVIDING ANY FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION ON THIS APPLICATION OR IN THE APPLICATION OR EMPLOYMENT SCREEING 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. 

NOTE:  EMPLOYMENT CANNOT BE FINALIZED UNTIL THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLETED REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND FINGERPRINTING AS REQUIRED BY MAINE STATE STATUTE.

 

            Interviewed on: _______________________

 

            By Administrator: _____________________

 

            Placed on Substitute List: _______________