Teacher Coordinator Work Based Learning

POSITION: TEACHER ï½ Career and Technical Education - CTE(FTE 1.0) Grades 7-12

LOCATION: MTS HIGH SCHOOL

2872 26th AVENUE SOUTH

MINNEAPOLIS MN 55406

Position Summary

The CTE Teacher provides engaging hands-on learning experiences that help students in grades 7ï½12 explore careers develop practical and technical skills and connect their education to opportunities beyond high school. The teacher will create a classroom environment where students learn by doing solving real-world problems collaborating with others and developing the skills needed for success in college careers and life.

The ideal candidate is creative flexible relationship-driven and excited about building a strong CTE program that responds to student interests and prepares students for a wide range of future pathways.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging hands-on CTE instruction for students in grades 7ï½12.
• Develop courses and learning experiences that expose students to a variety of career fields and postsecondary pathways.
• Connect academic content to authentic workplace and real-world applications.
• Teach employability skills including communication teamwork problem-solving organization professionalism leadership and time management.
• Provide opportunities for students to design build create troubleshoot and complete project-based learning experiences.
• Differentiate instruction to meet the academic behavioral and social-emotional needs of diverse learners.
• Establish clear learning targets and success criteria and regularly monitor student progress.
• Maintain high expectations while providing students with the structure and support necessary to be successful.
• Build strong positive relationships with students and create an inclusive classroom where students feel safe taking risks and learning from mistakes.
• Establish consistent classroom routines expectations and behavior-management systems.
• Teach and reinforce executive-function skills such as planning organization task initiation time management and perseverance.
• Collaborate with teachers special education staff counselors administrators and other school staff to support student success.
• Communicate regularly with families regarding student progress concerns and successes.
• Develop partnerships with local businesses community organizations colleges trade programs and industry professionals when appropriate.
• Help students understand connections between CTE coursework graduation employment college apprenticeships certifications and other postsecondary opportunities.
• Maintain a safe organized learning environment and appropriately supervise the use of equipment tools technology and materials.
• Participate in professional development staff meetings PLCs school events and other school-wide initiatives.
• Support the overall mission culture and goals of the school.

Preferred Qualifications

• Valid Minnesota teaching license or ability to obtain appropriate CTE or teaching licensure.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent education and professional experience required for applicable licensure.
• Experience working with middle and/or high school students preferred.
• Professional or industry experience in a CTE-related field strongly valued.
• Experience with project-based experiential or hands-on instruction preferred.
• Ability and willingness to develop new courses and help grow a CTE program.
• Strong classroom-management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work successfully with students from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of academic and behavioral needs.
• Strong communication collaboration organization and problem-solving skills.

What Were Looking For

We are looking for someone who believes that students thrive when they can see the purpose behind what they are learning. Our CTE teacher should be excited to get students out of their seats working with their hands solving problems exploring careers into the community and discovering talents they may not yet know they have.

This position is an opportunity to help build a CTE program that gives students meaningful choices authentic experiences and a clearer answer to one of their biggest questions:

When am I ever going to use this

Salary range: $50329.50-$74272.50

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms climb steps stoop kneel or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally may have to lift a student who could weigh over 100 pounds. The employee must be willing to be trained in and use de-escalation/restraint techniques for managing crisis situations. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Non-discrimination Notice:

Minnesota Transitions Charter School does not discriminate in employment or in any of its programs and activities on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex marital status status with regard to public assistance familial status membership or activity in a local human rights commission disability sexual orientation age or genetic information.