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    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

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  • Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 12/27/07, by the bird.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 12/28/07, by Former Maine Teacher.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 2/15/08, by Curious about ESL in ME.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 6/26/08, by pam.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 6/26/08, by pam.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 7/01/08, by Please list them??????.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 7/31/08, by steve.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 9/22/08, by pgbrunet.
  • Re: Teaching Opportunities in Maine?, 9/23/08, by Jack to Steve et al..

     
     

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