2nd Grade Teacher - Urban Education & STEM Collaboration

Minneapolis Public Schools; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 56,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

HSA & FSA

Retirement plan

Job summary

Minneapolis Public Schools is seeking a Teacher, Elementary (2nd Grade) at Whittier Elementary for the 2026-2027 school year. This 1.0 FTE, 42-week position requires delivering standards-aligned instruction and collaborating with campus teams to support student learning.

The role emphasizes using diverse assessment strategies, engaging instructional practices, and working with families to advance the district's goals.

Qualifications

• 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, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.
• Master’s or PhD preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Collaboration

Classroom management

Assessment strategies

Differentiated instruction

Student engagement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Urban/multicultural teaching experience

Professional development focus

Master’s or PhD preferred

Job description

Minneapolis Public Schools is seeking a Teacher, Elementary (2nd Grade) at Whittier Elementary for the 2026-2027 school year. This 1.0 FTE, 42-week position requires delivering standards-aligned instruction and collaborating with campus teams to support student learning.

The role emphasizes using diverse assessment strategies, engaging instructional practices, and working with families to advance the district's goals.