To plan, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in an elementary or secondary learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential. Work is performed under the supervision of the principal.
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Family/Consumer Science Teacher (FACS)
To plan, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in an elementary or secondary learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential. Work is performed under the supervision of the principal.
District Strategy Partner
Job Description Summary:
Assist the Director of School Leadership to deliver integrated solutions that
empower school systems. Through integrated, collaborative support with school
leadership teams, the District Strategy Partner will effectively and efficiently
deliver solutions that impact the challenges of school districts.
Job Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Seek opportunities to strengthen school supports
- Stay apprised of current educational research
- Identify personal growth plan to build capabilities and capacity to better serve their role
- Develop strong, embedded relationships with assigned member school districts
- Attend school district leadership team meetings
- Develop and utilize tools to assess and evaluate strengths and needs of schools
- Engage with school districts in their strategic planning processes, including facilitating the process as needed
2. Empower regional schools with solutions and tools based on data and research
- Participate as a full member of the Education Solutions Leadership Team to prioritize school needs and set strategy
- Attend meetings regularly
- Collaborate to identify common school needs and potential solutions
- Develop solution teams to design solutions
- Vet and evaluate solutions regularly
- Ensure alignment of new solutions to regional effective schools’ framework
- Organize schools into communities of practice to collaborate and maximize resources
- Ensure that the parts of the team work well together and that the resources of the department are appropriately applied to the school problems chosen to address
- Participate on solution teams as assigned
- Develop fluency in the High Reliability Schools Framework, Modern Teacher, implementation science, and other system supports
3. Impact regional schools by supporting solution implementation
- Create and monitor district service plans
- Assure that solutions offered to a district are integrated and aligned with district strategic plan
- Monitor and support implementation of solutions
- Deliver solutions as expertise and demand require
- Advocate for educational equity
4. Integrates an equity lens into work to ensure services and supports that foster:
- Removing systemic barriers for historically marginalized peoples.
- Promoting culturally responsive practices and policies.
- Engaging all voices.
5. Actively engages as a member of Sourcewell and Education Solutions
- Stays up to date with organizational initiatives and news and engages in organizational meetings and events.
- Applies organizational and departmental protocols and procedures.
- Effectively uses organizational and departmental systems.
- Actively and positively engages in organizational and departmental culture
6. Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in K-12 education
- Current Minnesota elementary or secondary teaching license
- Minimum ten (10) years of experience in the field of education, including teaching experience
- Minimum two (2) years of experience in a formal educational leadership role
- Experience in application of current evidence-based practices in instruction and professional development
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in the field of education
- Administrative license
- Expertise and/or experience in group facilitation
The application deadline for this position is April 27th. Please submit your applications prior to the end of day on April 27th if you wish to be considered. Application pre-screening and review will start April 28th.
Location:
- Applicants should be located near or in the counties we serve (Region 5) and be able to commute to the office and throughout the region at least 2-3 days a week for meetings and support.
- On occasion may be expected to attend meetings or trainings at Sourcewell’s headquarters in Staples, MN, advance notice would be given to team member.
*Sourcewell is currently accepting applications from all states, except the following: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Applicants living in or planning to relocate to a state not on this list are encouraged to apply. *
Sourcewell exists to empower community success. We stand with our partners in government and education striving to recognize and honor the differences in each of our community members. We are committed to removing barriers to equity.
Values
Seek. Be curious.
Empower. Be accountable and liberate others.
Impact. Be a difference maker
School Psychologist
Walker Hackensack Akeley School District is seeking a School Psychologist beginning the 2025-2026 school year. This position will be itinerant through PAWN Special Education for Walker Hackensack Akeley School District 113 and other PAWN Special Education Member Districts as assigned.
Current licensure preferred or the ability to obtain MN licensure. Candidates should have the ability to work as a team in planning and teaching to create a positive learning environment, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills. Teachers at Walker Hackensack Akeley Schools are supported through staff development and a teacher mentoring program. We believe in supporting teacher growth and program success.
School Psychologist – PAWN Special Education
Location: Walker Hackensack Akeley Schools ISD #113 and other districts as assigned
Qualifications: Masters in School Psychology and MN license in School Psychology (or ability to obtain)
Experience in schools preferred
Certification from the National Association of School Psychologists (or ability to obtain)
Position Summary:The school psychologist provides a full range of school psychological services to students ages Birth to 22 including screening and assessment, consultation and advisement, and program evaluation to help ensure that students’ needs are being met. Within the assigned district(s) actively participate in the multidisciplinary team throughout the process of problem solving interventions to child study through the assessment process and providing ongoing consultation to ensure students’ needs are being met.
Collaborate with educators, administrators, support staff, families, and other mental health professionals to create safe, healthy and supportive learning environments for students and to strengthen connections between home and school.
Team with other school psychologists across PAWN Special Education member districts to ensure student needs are met.
Participate as an integral member of the PAWN Special Education Team to provide ongoing support, training, and services to the PAWN member districts.
Salary for this masters level position is $61,742 – $75,406 depending on qualifications.
For more information contact Director of Special Education Eva Pohl, 218-237-6541 or [email protected]
Walker Hackensack Akeley School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or disability in its programs and activities. The district has designated the following individuals to coordinate compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.
Section 504 Coordinator: Brittni McWaters, Elementary Social Worker, [email protected] & Thomas McIver, High School Dean of Students, [email protected], 301 4th Street, Walker, MN 56484; 218-547-4239;
Alternate Section 504 Coordinator: Kevin Wellen, Superintendent, 301 4th Street, Walker, MN 56484; 218-547-4201;[email protected].
Title IX Coordinator: Jeremy Digiovanni, Activities Director, 301 4th Street, Walker, MN 56484; 218-547-42; [email protected]
Alternate Title IX Coordinator: Kevin Wellen, Superintendent, 301 4th Street, Walker, MN 56484; 218-547-4201; [email protected]
Associate Director of Education Solutions – Career & College Readiness
Position Title:
Associate Director of Education Solutions – Career & College Readiness
Salary Range:
Associate Director of Education Solutions – Special Education, Grade 14, exempt, $99,647.23 – $139,506.11 per fiscal year, commensurate with experience.
Job Description Summary:
Assist the Director of Career and College Readiness in program development, implementation, coordination, and supervision of staff for the Career Pathways Program for regional school districts. The Career Pathways Program provides staffing support to schools to help build career pathways opportunities for students through partnerships with school leadership teams, higher education, and local businesses.
Job Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Help develop procedures for an area of the organization and monitor their implementation.
- Communicate the actions needed to implement the function’s strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization’s mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
- Act a business partner to key internal clients, providing high-quality professional services and a personal example to support improved practices. Build professional credibility and mutual trust. Represent the organization’s practices in a professional forum.
- Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
- Signal opportunities for business performance improvement through small changes to the way work is done.
- Take part in developing and executing diverse activities for educational program evaluation.
Contribute to the formation of one or more elements of functional strategy through specialist expertise and insights, to ensure that the strategy meets business needs. - Plan, develop, and design support programs informed by best practice, evidence-based techniques, and service user needs to ensure that the programs support self-development and promote knowledge, skills, and resilience. Involves leading delivery of the programs.
- Take responsibility for setting and managing area budgets so they align with organizational strategy.
- Other duties as assigned.
Additional Job Description:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in education
- Current teaching license
- Minimum ten years of experience in the field of education
- Experience in leadership
- Experience with program development and management
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in education or other related field
- Two years of experience in leading or supervising teams
- Expertise and/or experience in group facilitation and adult learning
- Expertise meeting current and changing needs of education in the region
- Expertise in the development of K12 career and college readiness programming and/or development of secondary career pathways
Location:
- Applicants should be located near or in the counties we serve (Region 5) and be able to commute to the office and throughout the region at least 2-3 days a week for meetings and support.
- On occasion may be expected to attend meetings or trainings at Sourcewell’s headquarters in Staples, MN, advance notice would be given to team member.
The application deadline for this position is March 16th. Please submit your applications prior to the end of day on March 16th if you wish to be considered. Application pre-screening and review will start March 17th.
*Sourcewell is currently accepting applications from all states, except the following: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Applicants living in or planning to relocate to a state not on this list are encouraged to apply. *
Sourcewell exists to empower community success. We stand with our partners in government and education striving to recognize and honor the differences in each of our community members. We are committed to removing barriers to equity.
Values
Seek. Be curious.
Empower. Be accountable and liberate others.
Impact. Be a difference maker
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
Position Type: Regular
Scheduled Hours: 40#LI-Hybrid
Elementary Principal
Pine River-Backus Schools is seeking to hire a PreK-6 grade Elementary Principal to lead our school with vision, passion and a commitment to student success. The Pine River-Backus School, located in the heart of the lakes area, has approximately 841 K-12 grade students. Licensure as a Minnesota K-12 Principal is required.
Salary range: $110,000-$120,000
Duty Days: 215
Benefits include group health and life insurance, personal leave, sick leave, 403b match and state pension plan.
Job Summary: Leads and manages the operation of the elementary school, grades PreK-6. Supervises all certified and non-certified staff, provides instructional and curriuculm leadership, plans and conducts communications with the school board, parents, faculty, staff and students. Develops sound operational philosophy, implements research-based educational strategies and prepares required documentation.
Major Areas of Accountability:
Students
Assists in developing methods for evaluating students’ progress toward educational goals.
Maintains a system for reporting pupil progress to parents.
Maintains a student centered philosophy of education and considers welfare of the student as a paramount responsibility.
Directs elementary special education program and participates in staffings for special education students.
Directs the coordination of the Title 1 program and ADSIS.
Staff
Designs and implements a system for the observation, supervision and evaluation of school personnel.
Promotes staff morale and demonstrates a committment to professional growth including the planning of in-service and other professional growth activities for staff members.
Participates in and honors the leadership team process.
Assumes major responsibility in the recruiting, screening, hiring and assigning of professional and non-professional elementary personnel.
Oversees obtaining substitute teachers and paraprofessionals for the elementary school.
Administration
Develops student and faculty handbooks and manuals.
Works with the Director of Teaching and Learning to recommend to the Superintendent curriculum and courses of study for the elementary school.
Oversees pupil registrations, class loads and such phases of pupil accounting as are considered essential and develops and guides an acceptable program of guidance, counseling and testing.
Prepares and monitors program budgets for the allocation of the resources of the elementary school in cooperation with the Business Manager.
Approves requisitions for supplies and equipment for all elementary departments.
Makes recommendations regarding the selection of textbooks and other instructional materials.
Administers safety and security procedures for the building, equipment, grounds and transportation related to the elementary school.
Participates in the planning and supervision of fire drills, emergency preparedness program and all other school crisis and civil incidents, providing for the safety and well being of students and staff.
Plans, conducts and attends meetings with students, staff, parents, school board and community members.
Supervises the submission of federal, state and district office reports, acknowledging and adhering to statutes and school district policies.
Makes periodic reports to the Superintendent containing pertinent information relative to school activities, school progress, school discipline, personnel reports, etc.
Prepares reports and presents to the school board as requested by the Superintendent.
Implements negotiated contracts, as necessary.
Maintains professional growth through workshops, seminars, conferences and professional readings.
Serves as liaison between school, staff, students and the community interpreting school district policy and responding to written, telephone and personal requests for information from all district clients.
Experience
Administrative experience preferred but not required.
Three years of teaching experience mandatory.