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Job Title: Teacher, Summer School 2019and Requisition ID number: 58801
Close Date:11:59 PM on
Organizational Unit: Extended Learning and Credit Recovery (10000003)
Site: Davis Center (0001)
FTE: 5.75 hours/day; this is based on full-time equivalency with 1.0 being full time
Union: Teachers(04)
Functional Area: Teaching

Resume and Cover Letter are mandatory to apply for any position.

Session 1: June 17th through July 3rd
Session 2: July 8th through July 25th

SPECIFIC POSITIONS and Site Location
Physical Science - Session 2 - Washburn and Edison
Physics - Session 1 and 2- Washburn and Edison
Biology - Session 1 and 2- Longfellow
Chemistry - Session 1 and 2- Longfellow
English Language Arts - Session 1 and 2 - Longfellow

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Teachers will be working with students in grades 9 - 12 who need to recover credits in order to get back on track for graduation. Appropriate content license is required. Summer school programming has two sessions. The first session runs from June 17th through July 3rd, and the 2nd session runs from July 8th through the 25th, Monday through Thursday. There will be no school on July 4th. Professional Development on Growth Mindset is scheduled for Thursday, June 13 at St. Maron's. Attendance at PD is not required. Optional teacher set-up day, on site, will be scheduled by site principal for June 14. The program runs Monday through Thursday for the duration of the summer sessions. Summer School teacher duty day is 7:30-1:45 and includes a 30 minute unpaid lunch and 55 minute prep. This position is paid for 5.75 hours per day.

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.

Education and Experience Guidelines
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 REQUIREMENTS
A valid Minnesota teaching license to positon which applying.

Final candidates may be invited to interview with a committee. Final appointment to this position will be contingent upon passing a criminal background check.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY:

Diversity is one of Minneapolis Public Schools core values and is essential to our goal of putting children first and making them college-ready. Diversity of our workforce provides us with a competitive advantage and allows us to better understand, communicate with and educate our diverse student body. Minneapolis Public Schools will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of sex, race, religion, color, creed, national origin, marital status, age, sexual preference, disability or status with regard to public assistance.

Minneapolis Public Schools strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply.