Teacher, Special Education FAIR SERT

About This Role

Teaching special education students at FAIR High involves providing quality instruction aligned to state and national standards. The role uses a variety of assessment strategies to inform instructional decisions and increase student self-management of learning, engaging students in deep content through rigorous inquiry-based learning tasks.

Responsibilities

• Have a working knowledge of and implement the Minnesota State Standards and the District Graduation Requirements
• Teach students the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning and problem solving
• Collaborate with peers to develop, plan and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the students
• Assess students' developmental, cognitive and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction to meet those needs
• Create lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful and interesting as well as multicultural/gender and ability fair/developmentally appropriate
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with families in making educational decisions and use family and community resources to support learning
• Acquire knowledge of the goals of the Minneapolis Public School District Improvement Agenda and site/school goals
• Work to support and achieve those goals
• Assess own instructional effectiveness through the Professional Development Process (PDP)
• Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team and individual professional development

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university
• Prior successful experience student teaching or teaching in an urban, multicultural education setting
• Demonstrated continued professional development through course work, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development
• A valid Learning Disabilities, Emotional Behavioral Disabilities, or Academic and Behavioral Strategist Minnesota teaching license; or proof of pending approved licensure

Nice to have:

• Master's or PhD

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• HSA & FSA
• Retirement plan

Important Details

• Schedule: 42 weeks

Application Process

• Resume and cover letter are mandatory
• Final candidates may be invited to interview with a committee
• Final appointment to this position will be contingent upon passing a criminal background check

About the Company

Diversity is one of Minneapolis Public Schools core values and is essential to its goal of putting children first and making them college-ready.