Special Education Teacher - Impactful Urban Classroom

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 at Sanford Middle School (SERT) seeks a Teacher, Special Education for the 2026-2027 year, license renewal posting. The role involves standards-aligned instruction, collaboration with the campus STEM team, and supporting students with diverse needs.

The position is 1.0 FTE over 42 weeks with comprehensive benefits. Final candidates may be invited to interview after background checks; commitment to district goals and ongoing PDP is expected.

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.
• Master's or PhD preferred.

Responsibilities

• Have a working knowledge of and implement 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

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

Job description

Minneapolis Public Schools at Sanford Middle School (SERT) seeks a Teacher, Special Education for the 2026-2027 year, license renewal posting. The role involves standards-aligned instruction, collaboration with the campus STEM team, and supporting students with diverse needs.

The position is 1.0 FTE over 42 weeks with comprehensive benefits. Final candidates may be invited to interview after background checks; commitment to district goals and ongoing PDP is expected.