CTE Teacher Interest for 2024-2025 School Year

General Information

Saint Paul Public Schools is accepting applications for Career and Technical Education teacher openings throughout the district for the 2024-2025 school year.

Do you have professional work experience in a high wage and in demand career field and are ready to share your knowledge? Do you have a related teaching license and want to connect more of your content and students to career opportunities?

Saint Paul Public Schools is accepting applications for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) openings in the 2024-2025 school year in the areas of Agriculture, Business, Family & Consumer Science, Education, Communications & Technology, Construction, Manufacturing, Medical, Automotive/Transportation, and Work Based Learning. CTE teachers come from a variety of educational backgrounds. CTE teachers are passionate about bringing industry and career experiences to the classroom while teaching the skills necessary to support students toward their post-secondary career goals. Join a group of urban school CTE teachers who are focused on equity, academic achievement, social emotional learning, career & college readiness and alignment with the Carl D. Perkins State and Federal goals.

Engage students in deep content of the discipline in alignment with the appropriate career cluster and pathway. Create an educational environment that acknowledges and encourages multiple pathways to post-secondary education including four year degrees, two year degrees from community and technical colleges, industry certifications, apprenticeships and employer-based learning.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate¿s Degree OR Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university OR Professional Certificate OR 5 years closely related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Willingness to enter an accredited teacher preparation program or complete the licensure via portfolio
• Qualified to be credentialed to teach Concurrent Enrollment courses through the MN State College System in courses that will be taught. Qualifications can be found here: Credential Fields
• MN Teaching license in the appropriate CTE area 
• Relevant industry experience
• Experience working on the Carl D. Perkins federal grant
• Experience working in a large urban, culturally diverse school district
• Prior successful experience student teaching or teaching in an urban, multicultural education setting
• Experience with development of curriculum and instruction, career and technical education, or a related field.
• Experience with and knowledge of Personal Learning Plans as defined by Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.125
• Experience in College and Career Readiness work in K-12 
• Official documentation of professional employment or industry experience may be required

Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental duties:

• Implement Career & Technical Education programs of study in alignment with Carl D. Perkins state and federal goals and reporting requirements which include:
  • Integration of academics with career and technical education programs
  • Understand and promote the link between CTE at the secondary and postsecondary levels
  • Provide students with understanding of all aspects of an industry
  • Develop, improve or expand the use of technology in CTE
  • Attend CTE professional development as required to maintain program certification requirements
  • Be a contributing member of the Industry Advisory Committee
  • Actively participate in CTE program evaluations
  • Provide activities to prepare special populations for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations that will lead to a living wage career.
  • Support industry certification attainment and student participation in Career & Technical Education Student Organizations (CTSO).
  • Provide context to core academics through integrated, applied and experiential learning (internships, guest speakers, mentoring, job shadowing, worksite tours, field trips, career readiness skills) with a broad exposure to career fields and a balanced high school experience.
• Integrate the Personal Learning Plan through the Xello platform for students to document their strengths and interests, explore careers, reflect on experiences, build their resume, etc.  
• Be familiar with SPPS Achieves strategic plan; College and Career Paths initiative
• 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
• 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.

Pay, Benefits and Work Schedule

This is a 10 month position working 20-40 hours per week.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Teacher negotiated labor agreement. The labor agreement and salary schedule can be found at Labor Agreements – Saint Paul Public Schools (spps.org). 

Benefits are available to new employees after 30 days of active employment.  Benefits include medical insurance, life insurance, sick leave, pension plan, tax-free retirement account, and flexible spending account.  Some employee groups also receive vacation, dental insurance and disability insurance.  A benefits summary is available at Benefit Summaries by Bargaining Unit – Saint Paul Public Schools (spps.org).

How To Apply

To be considered further, please apply for this position and attach a resume and cover letter to your online application.

The Human Resource Department will review your application materials and contact you regarding the next steps.

To attach additional documents to your online application, click on the “Additional Attachments” link from the applicant homepage and upload your documents as attachments.  Valid file extensions for attaching a document include .doc, .txt, .rtf, and .pdf.

Other Information

Transcript – Unofficial transcripts are accepted at the time of hire.  You must submit official transcripts within 30 days of your start date.  Formal credential evaluation is required for post-secondary education completed outside of the United States.

Veteran’s Preference – If you are an eligible veteran applying for a job where veteran’s preference applies and wish to claim Veterans Preference you must submit a legible copy of your DD214 to the Human Resource Department with your employment application. If your claim is approved, five or ten additional points will be added to your final passing score.

Criminal Background Investigation and Reference Checks – Reference checks and a criminal background investigation will be completed as a condition of hire for all new employees and for former employees who have not been employed by the District for more than six months.

Essential Functions
Essential functions are job duties that the individual holding the position must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation through the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disability Amendments Act (ADAAA). The essential functions are typical duties as outlined under Responsibilities.

Regular and reliable attendance.

May be exposed to various cleaning products.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Saint Paul Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and supports an inclusive workplace environment

Equity Statement
SPPS is committed to eliminating racial disparities and predictability in achievement and to a workforce which embodies this commitment.