Teacher, Special Education (2026-2027) Anwatin Middle, (DCD-SP)-License renewal posting

About the role

Provide quality instruction aligned to the state and national standards. Use a variety of assessment strategies - diagnostic, formative and summative, to inform instructional decisions and increase student self-management of learning. Rigorous inquiry-based learning tasks engage students in deep content of the discipline as well as the habits of scholarship. May be required to work as a member of the campus STEM team to ensure quality integrated instruction across disciplines.

Organizational Unit: Anwatin Middle (10000875); Site: Anwatin (0301); Union: Teachers(04); Functional Area: Teaching.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Teach students the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning and problem solving.
• 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.
• Acquire knowledge of the goals of the Minneapolis Public School District Improvement Agenda and site/school goals. Work to support and achieve those goals.
• Assess own instructional effectiveness through the Professional Development Process (PDP).
• Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team and individual professional development.

Requirements

Education and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
• Prior successful experience student teaching or teaching in an urban, multicultural education setting.
• Demonstrated continued professional development through course work, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.
• Master's or PhD preferred.

License and certification:

• A valid Developmental Disabilities, Emotional Behavioral Disabilities, Mild to Moderate Mentally Handicapped, Mildly Handicapped or Academic and Behavioral Strategist Minnesota teaching license; or proof of pending approved licensure.
• Final candidates may be invited to interview with a committee.
• Final appointment to this position will be contingent upon passing a criminal background check.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• HSA & FSA
• Retirement plan

Pay

Salary range: $55,796–$116,593.

Schedule

Full-time (1.0 FTE) for 42 weeks per year.