3rd Grade Elementary Education Teacher - 1.0 FTE (Lake Elmo Elementary)

Stillwater Area Public Schools has a long and proud tradition of high expectations, high standards, and outstanding achievement. Our schools are safe and welcoming places where students receive personal attention from adults who care about them. Helping students learn and grow is a big job, and it takes hundreds of dedicated and caring staff to make it happen.

About the role

To develop materials and lesson plans; conduct instruction; regularly evaluate instructional materials for grade appropriateness; and continually assess student development and performance. To regularly meet with parents/guardians/responsible adults and/or students to ensure everyone's clear understanding of that student's or students' overall performance in terms of strengths/weaknesses, progress/potential, and any other observable characteristics, abilities, or challenges which are affecting the student's or students' performance.

1.0 FTE, 7.5 hours per day.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements a curriculum plan tailored and appropriate to the subject area(s) for which responsible.
• Reviews, selects, and modifies materials and resources to carry out the curriculum plan.
• Instructs students in a manner which consistently incorporates best teaching practices.
• Establishes and sustains positive, mutually-respectful, and appropriate relationships with students in all settings.
• Participates and contributes actively to site educational and related programming to help ensure a broad-based experience for students.
• Develops and maintains collaborative and productive working relationships with support services staff; outside service vendors and any other sources in a position to meet student needs and advance their growth, development, and achievements.
• Works effectively with colleges and universities to provide practice teachers and education program candidates with viable, valuable, and practical learning experiences.
• Assesses and evaluates results being achieved through current teaching practices as the primary basis for ongoing instructional planning; determining student progress/grading/reporting; and reinforcing students' outstanding contributions and performance.
• Assesses and evaluates one's own professional development needs including the necessary planning and strategies to satisfy those needs.
• Maintains various required records and data according to established policies and procedures, ensuring the accurate and timely availability of such information as needed.
• Performs other job-related duties as requested or assigned.

Requirements

• An Elementary Education teaching license issued by the State of Minnesota.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in an education discipline applicable to teaching assignment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated pattern of working effectively and building positive relationships with colleagues and parents.
• Demonstrated pattern of building positive relationships with students coupled with consistent and powerful teaching strategies.

Skills

• Formal preparation and appropriate licensure for the area(s) being taught.
• Knowledge of current practices in curriculum and instruction for the level(s) and subject area(s) being taught and the ability to create plans in a consistently complete and timely manner.
• Decisions on design, content, and delivery alternatives are made in consideration of student abilities and needs and also complement and supplement applicable graduation standards.
• Knowledge of special education due process rules and procedures.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities to consistently select objectives at the appropriate difficulty level and teach to those objectives.
• Knowledge of child growth, development, learning patterns, and principles of learning effectively, monitoring student learning, and adjusting practices accordingly.
• Develop instructional strategies that maximize student involvement and participation.
• Provide an honest, respectful, caring, and safe learning environment.
• Knowledge, skills, and ability to communicate behavior, learning, and interaction expectations in a manner which sets an example and fosters mutual respect, accountability, cooperation, and responsible, appropriate role relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and others.
• Introduce and facilitate alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures under appropriate circumstances.
• Honors and preserves confidentiality within the context of ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, protocols, and procedures.
• Recommendations developed on both specific and generalized bases designed to advance educational and developmental missions of the site and District.
• Knowledge of appropriate resources inside and outside the District is current and effectively applied.
• Demonstrates an interest to stay current and effective through the pursuit and completion of required continuing education and other applicable opportunities.
• Knowledge of existing electronic and/or hard-copy records management helps ensure the appropriate interactive use of such information.

Benefits

• A generous insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance.
• 3.75% 403b employer match.

Pay

As per the SCEA Master Contract, $55,880 - $105,432 (based on 1.0 FTE) is the salary range.