Special Education DCD Teacher

Minneapolis Public Schools; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Minneapolis Public Schools in Minnesota seeks a Special Education Teacher to provide quality instruction aligned to state and national standards, using diagnostic, formative and summative assessments to inform instructional decisions. You may work on the campus STEM team to ensure integrated instruction across disciplines.

The role requires collaborating with families, adapting lessons for diverse learners, and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required.
• Experience teaching in urban, multicultural settings preferred.
• Ongoing professional development is expected.

Responsibilities

• Teach the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning and problem solving.
• Collaborate with peers to develop and implement best practices for student learning.
• Assess students' developmental and cognitive needs and provide appropriate instruction.
• Create safe, respectful, engaging, and inclusive learning environments.
• Collaborate with families and utilize community resources to support learning.
• Align instructional goals with district improvement objectives and site goals.
• Participate in PDP and ongoing staff development to improve instructional effectiveness.

Skills

Classroom management

Differentiated instruction

Multicultural education

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Urban education experience

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Provide quality instruction aligned to the state and national standards. Use a variety of assessment strategies - diagnostic, formative and summative, to inform instructional decisions and increase student self-management of learning. Rigorous inquiry-based learning tasks engage students in deep content of the discipline as well as the habits of scholarship. May be required to work as a member of the campus STEM team to ensure quality integrated instruction across disciplines.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

* Have a working knowledge of and implement the Minnesota State Standards and the District Graduation Requirements; knowledge of the subject matter, classroom management techniques, current researched best practices and strategies, as well as students' learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.

* 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.

Education and Experience Guidelines

* 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.

* Master's or PhD preferred.

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

A valid Developmental Disabilities, ASD or ABSor proof of pending approved licensure.

To apply, visit the MPS website: Teacher, Special Education (DCD-SP) (2026-2027) Webster Job Details | Minneapolis Public Schools