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English Teacher, Full-Time, PCYC
Posted on 2024-12-27 4:32:36 PM
Listing expires 2025-01-03 12:00:00 AM
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Who We Are
Rooted in North Minneapolis, PCYC ignites a spirit of inspiration, connection, and growth. We are committed to working creatively toward a bright future focused on education, art, equity, and justice for the children, youth, and families of North Minneapolis and beyond. PCYC is a strong and long-standing community-based nonprofit organization with a 68-year history of delivering exceptional education, arts, and youth programming to children, families, and the North Minneapolis community.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
PCYC is a place of strength and beauty, where every young person is nurtured and challenged to reach their utmost potential, where the power of the arts percolates and elevates, and where youth, adults, families, and communities come together to embrace hope and compassion.
Wages and Benefits
$49,000-$58,000 on an annual basis, depending on qualifications and experience; medical insurance, dental and vision insurance; employer contributions to a Health Savings Account; flexible spending account; participation in the agency-sponsored retirement plan; employer-paid life insurance; long-term disability insurance; paid school break time, personal days, and sick time.
A Typical Day in the Life…
A typical day as PCYC’s English Teacher offers the opportunity to create a positive learning environment that facilitates student development and will include the following:
- Developing and implementing curriculum that is inclusive of the arts and technology.
- Maintaining a school and classroom environment that promotes education and is safe and respectful of all.
- Providing coverage in other classrooms as assigned.
- Identifying individual student needs and differentiating curriculum as needed.
- Ensuring effective and timely feedback for students.
- Working with the Educational Leadership Team concerning issues of student achievement, behavior, attendance, and/or suspension consistent with PYC policies and procedures.
- Collaborating with the Educational Leadership Team and peers to plan, develop, and implement best practices based on the needs and abilities of the students.
- Maintaining thorough and continued awareness and implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP), 504 Plans, and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP).
- Accurately completing attendance records and incident reports.
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree preferred.
- Background or degree in English with the ability and motivation to pursue tiered licensure.
- Previous teaching experience preferred.
- Able to relate effectively and positively with adults and youth from diverse social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
- Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
- Adept at both verbal and written communication on an interpersonal or group level.
- Ability to teach the required curricula.
- High level of competence in computer applications.
- Skilled at prioritizing work with multiple competing demands.
- Valid Minnesota Secondary Teaching License for English, certificate or other legal credentials required for level of assignment or ability to be waivered by the Minnesota Department of Education.
- Valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet PCYC’s driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit.
To apply for this position, please click here to submit an application through our applicant tracking system.
Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of PCYC. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran’s status.
Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the hiring process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.
PCYC participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify’s official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify’s Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.