Summary
Description
Position: 1st Grade Classroom Teacher
School: Partnership Academy
Salary: $45,000-$80,000, depending on experience
Dates: 2024-2025 School Year
Mission: Partnership Academy’s mission is to create learning experiences and partnerships that empower students to achieve their greatest potential in order to be positive contributors in their community.
Vision: To be an innovative school that prepares students for a successful future.
Job Description:
Partnership Academy has a strong commitment to culturally and developmentally relevant instruction for all students. Through a highly collaborative culture, Partnership Academy teachers work in teams to provide differentiated and hands-on instruction. Partnership Academy supports its educators to constantly improve their instruction in ways that directly impact students’ academic, linguistic, social, and emotional growth.
The classroom teacher will collaborate to provide exceptional instruction in literacy, math, science, social studies, and social/emotional skills to a homeroom class. Through weekly professional development sessions, formal and informal observations, and frequent feedback, Partnership Academy educators are encouraged and motivated to constantly push themselves to perform at the highest standards. We are looking for a classroom teacher who can collaborate effectively with a strong team, including one other classroom teacher, a grade level intervention teacher, special education staff, an Emergent Bilingual teacher, and instructional coaches. In addition, the teacher should stay highly engaged with collaborative teaching and mentoring systems of support.
Teachers in this position must also ensure they analyze and adapt provided curriculum and teach in a way that supports Minnesota state standards, effectively collect and interpret data to guide instruction, provide individualized instruction based on student needs, partner with families and guardians to support students, and establish a strong culture of learning.
Qualifications:
Minnesota Teaching License required
Spanish speaker preferred but not required
Experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse students preferred
Experience in Science of Reading/ Structured Literacy preferred
Please send a copy of your cover letter, resume, 3 letters of recommendation, copy of your teaching license and Partnership Academy’s Employment Application (link below) to hr@paschool.org .
Partnership Academy is a public charter school located in Richfield, in its new building with recently completed renovation. The school provides exceptional learning opportunities for students in preschool to 8th grade who live in Richfield and the neighboring communities of Bloomington and south Minneapolis. PA students benefit from data-driven instruction, a well-developed English Learner program and high-interest specials classes. The PA community takes great pride in its recent academic successes, students’ service work, and the school’s partnerships with various organizations and individuals – all of which help to make PA exceptional. Learn more about the good things happening at PA by visiting the school’s website, www.paschool.org.
Contact:
Haleigh Stratton
Human Resources Manager
Partnership Academy
6500 Nicollet Avenue South
Richfield, MN 55423
Direct Phone: 612-866-3630
Fax: 612-866-3640
hr@paschool.org
