Position Type:
High School Teacher/Teacher
Date Posted:
5/11/2026
Location:
Prior Lake High School
Date Available:
08/31/2026
Closing Date:
Until Filled
Medium Term Substitute Teacher - Family & Consumer Science
Begins: August 31, 2026 to November 16, 2026
1.0 FTE
$272.09 per Day
TITLE: TEACHER
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Minnesota licensure.
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Commitment to teaching as a profession.
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Positive, collaborative, innovative attitude, with passion for education.
REPORTS TO: Principal or designee
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Planning and Preparation
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Understands learning theory, subject matter, curriculum development, and student development and how to use this knowledge in planning instruction to meet curriculum goals and make connections with other disciplines.
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Demonstrates thorough knowledge of students' backgrounds, skills, special needs, talents, and interests, and uses this knowledge to plan for student learning.
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Establishes goals that reflect high-level learning relating to curriculum frameworks, adapts goals to meet the needs of individual students, and uses a variety of assessments to measure goal achievement.
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Utilizes resources available for teaching and knows how to gain access to school and district resources for students who need them.
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Uses elements of instructional design to support stated instructional goals and engage students in meaningful learning and creates lessons or units that have a clearly defined structure.
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Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
Aligns student assessment with instructional goals, communicates assessment criteria and standards to students, and uses formal and informal assessments to plan for groups of students or individuals.
Classroom Environment
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Creates a classroom environment that encourages positive social interactions among students and between the teacher and students.
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Creates a classroom that is conducive to learning, sets high expectations for student achievement, makes learning relevant, and fosters student pride in work.
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Establishes routines and procedures and effectively utilizes classroom space to enhance learning.
Establishes clear standards for student behavior and responds appropriately and respectfully when expectations are not met.
Instruction
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Uses knowledge of effective written, verbal, nonverbal and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, high level questioning, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
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Uses multiple teaching and learning strategies to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance capabilities.
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Monitors and adjusts strategies to provide timely, consistent, and high quality feedback to students related to their learning.
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Demonstrates responsiveness to students' interests, questions, and makes adjustments to instruction as needed.
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Uses educational technology to broaden student knowledge about technology, to deliver instruction to students at different levels and paces, and to stimulate advanced levels of learning.
Professional Responsibilities
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: As per teachers' collective bargaining agreement.
