Long Term Substitute 26-27 - 4th Grade Teacher - Centerview Elementary

About the role

Spring Lake Park Schools serves about 6,200 students from the suburbs of Blaine, Fridley and Spring Lake Park in the northwest Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The district purpose is "High expectations, high achievement for all. No excuses," focusing on personalized learning, innovation, and creativity through human-centered design thinking. Teachers design meaningful learning experiences that prepare students for the future, create engaging, relevant work grounded in students' interests, strengths, and needs, and cultivate inclusive, engaging learning environments where each student feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging. This is a long term substitute assignment for the 2026-2027 school year with an anticipated duration of November 2026‑June 2027.

Responsibilities

• Design meaningful learning experiences that prepare students for the future.
• Create engaging, relevant work grounded in students' interests, strengths, and needs.
• Cultivate inclusive, engaging learning environments where each student feels valued, supported, and has a sense of belonging.
• Develop strong academic skills and essential career and life competencies such as collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and self‑direction.
• Engage in reflective, collaborative professional practice, embracing reciprocal feedback to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
• Focus on developing learners with a strong foundation in life skills, literacy, mathematics, and more (for elementary level).
• Use screening information, assessment for learning practices, and flexible use of time, space, and groupings to support student learning and growth in literacy and mathematics.
• Maintain regular communication with families as partners to support learning at school and home.

Requirements

• Earned B.A. or B.S. degree.
• Hold or be eligible for Minnesota State Licensure in Elementary Education.
• Ability to successfully implement the responsibilities outlined above.

Skills

• Commitment to the equitable education of all students.
• Creative planning and organizational skills.
• Highly effective interpersonal skills.
• Excellence in collaboration with colleagues and enthusiasm to work with students.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning (graduate‑level work, earned degree, participation in professional conferences/s