Teacher, CTE Agriculture STEM​/CTE; Renewal

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Job Title:

Teacher, CTE Agriculture - ) - STEM/CTE (Renewal) and

Requisition r:
104817

Close Date:
No established closing date; open until filled

Organizational Unit:
STEM/CTE )

Site:
Edison (0352)

FTE:1.0 FTE, 42 weeks
; this is based on full-time equivalency with 1.0 being full time

Union:
Teachers(04)

Functional Area:

Teaching

Salary Range:

Benefits:
Dental insurance | Health insurance | Vision insurance | Paid time off | HSA & FSA | Retirement plan

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.

• 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.
• Support MPS requirements to implement Career & Technical Education programs of study in alignment with Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) state and federal goals and reporting requirements which include:
  • 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,…