Looking for Teacher, Online Learning (CTE Technology - Agriculture) - STEM/CTE in Minneapolis, MN
Job title: Teacher, Online Learning (CTE Technology - Agriculture) - STEM/CTE
Company: Minneapolis Public Schools
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Job Title: Teacher, Online Learning (CTE Technology - Agriculture) - STEM/CTE(2023-2024) and Requisition ID number: 99940
Close Date: No established closing date; open until filled
Organizational Unit: STEM/CTE (10001056)
Site: Edison (0352)
FTE: 1.0 FTE; 39 weeks; 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.
SUMMARY
Provide quality instruction aligned to state and federal requirements associated with Career & Technical Education in the career field of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Possible courses include but are not limited to: Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Plant Science and Horticulture, Food Chemistry (Science Credit). Implement rigorous inquiry-based learning tasks to engage students in deep content of the discipline in alignment with the appropriate career cluster and pathway. Utilize a variety of assessment strategies - diagnostic, formative and summative, to inform instructional decisions and increase student self-management of learning.
Preferred MDE teaching licenses for each program of study:
010100 Agricultural Education or 010000 Vocational Agriculture.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Create an educational environment that acknowledges and encourages multiple pathways to post-secondary education including four year degrees, two year degrees from community and technical colleges, industry certifications, apprenticeships and employer-based learning.
- Integration of academics (or liberal arts and sciences) with career and technical education programs.
- Understand and promote the link between CTE at the secondary and postsecondary levels.
- Provide students with understanding of all aspects of an industry.
- Develop, improve or expand the use of technology in CTE.
- Attend CTE professional development as required to maintain program certification requirements.
- Actively participate in CTE program evaluations.
- Initiate, improve, expand and modernize quality CTE programming.
- Align course curriculum and assessments to Technical Skills Assessments (TSA) approved by Minnesota State and local consortium.
- Provide activities to prepare special populations for high-skill high-wage, or high-demand occupations that will lead to a living wage career.
- Provide context to core academics through integrated, applied and experiential learning (internships, guest speakers, mentoring, job shadowing, worksite tours, field trips, career readiness skills) with a broad exposure to career fields and a balanced high school experience.
- 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.
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university OR equivalent knowledge gained through related industry experience
- Prior successful experience student teaching or teaching in an urban, multicultural education setting.
- Recent successful experience teaching the use of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
- Demonstrated continued professional development through course work, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.
- Master's or PhD preferred but not required.