Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?
Posted by pgbrunet on 9/22/08
Steve, My wife and I (both teachers) are very interested in moving to
Portland Maine. I have 12 years teaching experience in Biology and my
wife has 6 years experience in Geography. It has been a difficult task
locations accurate information regarding teacher salaries and benefits.
Would you mind answering a few questions?
Do teacher unions exists in Maine? What salary would 12 and 6 years
experience secure with Lewiston Public Schools? Are teachers insured by the
state or are they expected to pay (pretax) for medical, dental, etc...?
On 7/31/08, steve wrote:
> I can't speak for the other messages posted... However, I actually work
> in Maine and have not heard of decreases in salary. In fact the
> legislature has raised the base salary and have looked to encourage
> National Board Cert. by reimbursing school districts for the bonus
> pay. Yes, we may make less than lots of places, I guess it depends on
> what you're looking for. This is home for me.
>
> We have lots of openings for ESL/ELL teachers in my district. We have
> seen a huge immigration of Somali children into our district. We went
> from on ELL teacher eight years ago to twenty-five! Check out our
> website: www.lewistonpublicschools.org. Also, Portland has a huge ELL
> population, too. I am not certain on openings, check out their website.
>
> Good luck!
> Steve