Summer school teaching positions available:

Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th

GENERAL PURPOSE:

To create an educational program, classroom and building environment that is Multicultural/Gender/Ability Fair, is favorable to learning and growth, and is based on a commitment that all children can learn.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:  a valid Minnesota teaching license, certificate, or other legal credentials required for level of assignment.

• Prior successful experience in urban, multicultural education is desirable
• Demonstrates continued professional development through course work, research, peer collaboration, and/or job-embedded staff development.
• Working knowledge of the subject matter, classroom management techniques, current researched best practices and strategies, and as well as students’ learning styles and needs, both academic and affective

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Acquires knowledge of the school’s academic programs and expectations/goals; works to support and achieve those goals
• Establishes developmentally appropriate instructional and behavioral expectations for self and students; communicates them to students and their families
• Creates lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful and interesting as well as Multicultural/Gender/Ability Fair; selects, adapts and individualizes materials appropriate for divers student populations and skills
• Teaches students the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning and problem solving
• Collaborates and communicates regularly with families in making educational decisions and uses family
• Participates in ongoing and regular staff, team and individual professional development
• Collaborates with peers to develop, plan and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the students
• Always keeps the students’ needs and rights first and foremost in any educational decision-making
• Demonstrates competence in the school’s standards of effective instruction
• Has a working knowledge of and implements the Minnesota State Standards
• Participates in all school/family events beyond the school day
• Follows other duties as assigned by the CEO/Founder and/or Executive Director of Teaching & Learning

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to members of the public, the community, the staff, the students, and the administration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a variety of personality types and dispositions in numerous circumstances while maintaining a controlled, tactful, respectful, professional manner
• Excellent team player skills with positive attitude
• Ability to think clearly in any situation, determine priorities, and handle multiple tasks
• Willingness to show initiative in problem solving and team goal achievements