ECSE Special Education Teacher – Full-Time

Minneapolis Public Schools; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; 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 seeks a Teacher, Special Education (ECSE) for Barton Elementary to provide high-quality instruction aligned with state and district standards. This 1.0 FTE, 42-week role requires collaboration with families and staff, and ongoing professional development to meet diverse student needs.

The candidate must hold Minnesota licensure in ECSE or pending licensure, with experience in urban, multicultural settings; a Master’s degree is preferred.

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, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.

Responsibilities

• Have a working knowledge of and implement the Minnesota State Standards and 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.
• Assess own instructional effectiveness through the Professional Development Process (PDP). Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team and individual professional development.

Education

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university

Master's or PhD preferred

Job description

Minneapolis Public Schools seeks a Teacher, Special Education (ECSE) for Barton Elementary to provide high-quality instruction aligned with state and district standards. This 1.0 FTE, 42-week role requires collaboration with families and staff, and ongoing professional development to meet diverse student needs.

The candidate must hold Minnesota licensure in ECSE or pending licensure, with experience in urban, multicultural settings; a Master’s degree is preferred.