Summary

School Year: 2024-2025Date Closing: Open Until FilledTitle: SPED Teacher (K-6)Hours: Monday - Friday 8:15am - 4:30pmSalary: Compensation: Will be competitive and determined by experience

Description

School Year: 2024-2025

Date Closing: Open Until Filled

Title: SPED Teacher (K-6)

Hours: Monday – Friday  8:15am – 4:30pm

Salary: Compensation: Will be competitive and determined by experience

Preferred: Bilingual and Bi-Cultural

School’s Mission:

STEAM Academy embraces a multidisciplinary curriculum with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) to provide a learning-for-understanding environment which values personal and community accountability, creativity, diversity, critical thinking, and multiculturalism. We believe that schools can prepare their students for greater understanding of profound issues through collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving. We believe this is possible when learning is done with purpose.

 

Job Summary: 

To create and maintain a classroom that supports the school’s mission

Cultivate a sense of respect and responsibility

Create a sense of social awareness and social bridge to the broader community

Provide an innovative curriculum that leads each child to educational success

Instill self-esteem, confidence and a positive attitude in every child

 

Responsibilities: 

  • Uses MN State Standards and MN Academic benchmarks to write appropriate lesson plans and adaptations

  • Write rigorous quizzes to assess students weekly in MN standards

  • Enter the quiz and comps scores into a tracker file to monitor the students understanding of MN Standards and plan the intervention

  • Integrates school-adopted curriculum into coherent lessons designed to maximize  student’s potential

  • Develops ability to use the Student Information system (SIS)

  • Provides training and feedback to staff assigned to work as part of the classroom team

  • Meets due process timelines

  • Evaluates students using appropriate evaluation tools

  • Understands and implements School-Wide Discipline Policy

  • Other duties as assigned

  • Current license in area of assignment in MN Elementary K-6 grade

  • Excellent oral, written and spoken communication skills

  • Ability to interact well with internal staff, students and parents

  • Detail oriented, flexible and able to multitask

  • Professional demeanor and appearance with a positive attitude and a sense of  humor

  • Excellent planning and organizational skills

  • Self-motivated, proactive and resourceful in completion of work assignments.

  • Sense of a accountability and ownership for work results

  • Ability to work with limited supervision

  • Knowledge of following computer applications like Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and Google applications

  • Ability to maintain status of “ not disqualified” upon completion of the criminal background and MN disciplinary incident research.

 

Qualifications:

The following qualifications are required for this position:

  • Bachelor’s Degree 

  • Current Minnesota Teaching License or willing to get the Tier 1 License

  • Previous experience in charter schools preferred

  • Ability to work cooperatively with administrators, teachers and assistant teachers

  • Good oral and written communication skills.

  • Ability to work with diverse populations of students, staff and parent

 

Equal Opportunity Employer:

STEAM Academy Charter School is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information, or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws.

 

How To Apply?

Send your cover letter, recent resume, and three letters of 

recommendation to: info@steamacademymn.org