First Grade Teacher (January 5, 2026 Start Date)

About STMA Schools
We are a district that serves over6700students and employs750employees in a northwestern suburb of Minneapolis Minnesota. Our districtconsistsof one primary school for kindergarten students three elementary schools for grades 1-4 two middle schools for grades 5-8 and one high school for grades 9-12.

Position Overview & Responsibilities-Elementary Teacher Grade 1
Responsible for preparing lessons instructing students with a wide range of abilities assessing student learning collecting and analyzing student data to plan instruction creating an engaging and respectful classroom environment communicating with students parent and multiple stakeholders maintaining accurate records supervising students participating in school improvement initiatives and learning professionally. For more information please see the job description for this position.

Start date:January 5 2026 start date (with possibility of 2-3 additional days the week of December 14 2025 for on-boarding and training etc.
FTE: 1.0

Contract: 186 days in a full school year. This position is starting soon enough that with good attendance the teacher would be able to earn a year (90 student-contact days) towards tenure during the 25-26 school year if appropriately licensed.

Requirements & Qualifications
Bachelors degree in education and required teaching certificate in related area(s) of instruction as required by theState of Minnesota specific content knowledge training or job experience required before appointment and successful student teaching.

Salary & Benefits
Competitive salary and benefits package. For more information please see theCertified Master Contract 2023-2025. Salary range listed ($46417-$98146) is a full-year salary which will be prorated for starting mid-way through the school year and is based on the collective bargaining agreement for 2024-2025 school year and may increase as the 2025-2026 collective bargaining agreement has yet to be negotiated.Full-time (1.0 FTE)certified staff benefits.

Application Process
Please apply onlineat attention application materials to Jesse Peterson principal at Big Woods Elementary School.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
St. Michael-Albertville School District is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable laws. STMA Schools does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex marital status status with regard to public assistance disability sexual orientation age veteran status or status with regard to public assistance. If any employee or applicant needs assistance with any aspect of the application or benefits process please contact us and alternative formats will be made available upon request.

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