Central

Job Summary:  To inspire and prepare each and every scholar with the confidence, courage and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning by assisting in preparing and serving quality and nutritious meals to students and staff.  Contribute to a positive kitchen team that builds relationships with students, building staff and community members while complying with health, safety and USDA-Child Nutrition Program Regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Putting students at the center of what we do through the implementation of the following high Accountability standards: Food Preparation and Equipment

Menu/Inventory

• Assists in preparing and serving all programs offered at site;
• Assist in serving quality meals on time every day regardless of challenges with food, equipment or staffing;

Food Preparation and Equipment

• Understands and follows proper safety and use of food service equipment;
• May assist in calculating quantities of food to be prepared each day while minimizing food waste;
• May assist in the preparation of standardized recipes to ensure serving of safe food and USDA requirements are met for all students;
• May assist in the proper procedure for usage, sanitation and safety of kitchen equipment;
• Supports individual site kitchen goals around team work and customer service;
• Maintains a positive work environment where staff feel welcome and valued;
• Attends in service meetings and trainings for the purpose of gathering information required to perform job functions;
• Maintain temperature logs when necessary to ensure safety.
• Assists with accurate daily menu and food production records.

Lives District 279 Core Values by building trustworthy relationships that contribute to a positive school community.

• Supports the site by connecting the school district mission, core values and priority work into the site’s daily work;
• Respond to all questions and concerns in a timely manner;
• Uses creative ways to connect with students to seek their input and build positive relationships;
• Communicates effectively with students and staff to maintain positive relationships;
• Recognizes and acknowledges concerns and proactively works with others to find solutions.

Meets or exceeds all USDA, MDE, and local health department regulations:

• Understands and follows USDA and MDE meal pattern regulations;
• Follow all local and district health safety codes;
• Complete annual health and safety training;
• Follow all current uniform guidelines and Osseo Area Schools Food and Nutrition personal hygiene procedures

Performs other comparable duties of a life or similar nature as assigned.

• Implements and complies by the standards set forth by the Foodservice Office;
• Participates in daily rotation of site, performing all duties necessary to provide quality meals on time;
• Properly uses commercial kitchen equipment to provide quality product;
• Demonstrates proper use of commercial kitchen equipment to minimize accidents, safety, and sanitation concerns
• Openly and positively accepts other duties as assigned, putting students and staff at the center of each task.
• Flexibility in scheduling and sites
  Cashier training
• Skilled in:Interacting positively with all stakeholders;
• Proper use of commercial kitchen equipment to minimize accidents, safety, and sanitation concerns;
• Being agile and ability to move quickly;
  Attention to detail;
• Making quick, logical and decisive decisions as daily challenges occur;
• Ability to develop positive relationships with students, staff and community;
• Creating a safe and caring work environment where staff feel welcome and valued;
• Communicating effectively using good interpersonal skills;
• Problem solving and building positive relationships.

Job Type:  Full-time w/benefits
Bargain Unit:  Salaried Professionals
Salary Range:  up to $71,225 for qualified candidates
View salary grid on Article V, Page 2 of the Salaried Professionals Contract for minimum and maximum ranges
Work Days: 225

Job Summary:  Performs skilled and technical work in maintaining, repairing and replacing the school district’s food service processing, preparation, cooking and sanitation equipment.  Conducts site visits to determine and address equipment needs.  This position will be responsible for performing this type of work at 26 kitchen sites throughout the school district.

Essential duties and responsibilities

Ensures seamless operations by:

Tasks involved in fulfilling above duty/responsibility:

•  Performing electrical, plumbing and mechanical repairs on but not limited to professional kitchen equipment.
• Troubleshooting the operational failure of electrical and mechanical equipment, including but not limited to steamers, steam jacket kettles, tilt skillets, convection ovens, combi ovens, mixers, fryers, food processing equipment, freezers, grilles, ventilation hoods, steam tables, garbage disposals, hot holding equipment, dishwashers, water softeners, ventilation, refrigeration, electrical and pneumatic controls.
• Recommending the repairs and/or replacement of equipment to supervisors.
• Maintaining materials, tools and manuals as needed.
• Performing maintenance and cleaning of kitchen drain.
• Developing and maintaining professional relationships and communication with school kitchen managers.
• Developing and maintaining professional relationships with other departments, vendors, reps and manufacturers as necessary.
• Managing yearly repairs, maintenance and replacement budget determined by the Foodservice Director.
• Significant knowledge of applicable specifications, laws and regulations regarding foodservice establishments from an equipment and facilities point of view.
• Training kitchen staff on the use of equipment as needed.
• Managing and prioritizing work orders submitted by district kitchen managers.
• Planning and preforming preventative maintenance tasks.
• Responding to refrigeration emergencies outside of regular work hours as necessary.

Ensures equipment repairs, purchases and projects are within budget by:

Tasks involved in fulfilling above duty/responsibility:

• Planning, coordinating, overseeing and performing kitchen construction projects when needed, to include but not limited to dishwasher installations, walk-in cooler / freezer replacements, new construction, and other equipment replacement.
• Obtaining relevant equipment specifications and budget pricing from vendors when needed.
• Organizing equipment and project specifications and working with the
• Foodservice Coordinator in acquiring quotes and requests for pricing.
• Scheduling outside repair and maintenance vendors when needed to preform work while staying within the yearly budget.

Completing other duties as assigned by:

Tasks involved in fulfilling above duty/responsibility:

• Performing other comparable duties of a like or similar nature as assigned.

 

Education / Knowledge Requirement:  High school diploma or GED

Education / Knowledge Preferred:

Vocational training in commercial foodservice equipment repair and maintenance. HVAC, Electrical and plumbing training desirable.

2 year maintenance / electrical trade degree or type 2 universal preferred.

Essential knowledge and specialized subject knowledge required to perform the essential functions of the job:

• Word processing, database maintenance, spreadsheet creation and use of presentational graphic programs or other office productivity software; familiarity with web content management systems.
• Understanding burner control sequences, pumps and dampers.
• Operating electrical and mechanical equipment, including but not limited to steamers, steam jacket kettles, tilt skillets, convection ovens, combi ovens, mixers, food processing equipment, freezers, grills, ventilation hoods, steam tables, hot holding equipment, dishwashers, water softeners.

Skilled in:

• Timely and appropriate communication
• Customer service and communication with people of diverse educational, cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, including: staff, public, representatives of other organizations, and others.
• Prioritizing, planning and managing multiple projects, and assignments, often simultaneously, in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment with efficiency, precision and accuracy.
• Examining new approaches and methods, initiating action, and rendering recommendations.
• Analyzing tasks, producing detailed plans, and evaluating the effectiveness of processes.
• Researching, compiling, analyzing, and preparing information and data; generating reports.
• Applying basic math skills in adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying, calculating percentages, ratios, averages or percentiles.
• Developing, monitoring, and analyzing budgets; coordinating resources to accomplish objectives on time and within budget.
• Performing all assigned functions with minimal direction in accordance with established management, departmental operations, and work methods.

Licenses/certification required upon hiring:

• Refrigeration certification (EPA 1992)

Job Summary: To inspire and prepare each and every scholar with the confidence, courage, and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning.

Responsibilities and tasks include: Position provides speech and language services and support in the areas for which employed; make appropriate use of instructional resources and technologies. Implement the goals and objectives of the District and the school and/or program for which employed. Maintain contact and communications with parents of students and work with them in the development of each student. The instructor will design, deliver and assess curriculum according to the district guidelines. The teacher must be willing to participate in building leadership activities and be a team player.

Minimum Qualifications include: Valid Minnesota license in appropriate field.

Preferred Qualifications include:

•  Considerable knowledge of the curriculum areas the teacher is responsible for instructing.
• Considerable knowledge of educational philosophy, teaching methods and approaches, current researched best practices and strategies.
• Considerable knowledge of students’ learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.
• Considerable knowledge of multicultural, gender and disability fair curriculum concepts.
• Working knowledge of instructional technologies.
• Considerable skill in classroom management and organization.
• Ability to effectively facilitate and/or participate in team meetings and parent meetings.

FTE: 1.0 (.6 Palmer Lake/.2 Oak View/.2 Edinbrook)
Bargaining Unit: Education Minnesota Osseo

Osseo Area Schools offers:

• Meaningful and impactful work
• Opportunities to grow professionally
• A variety of benefits
• Summer opportunities and more

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Osseo Area School District ISD 279 is an Equal Opportunity, and veteran-friendly employer.

Osseo Area School District ISD 279 ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Osseo Area School District is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the district and strongly encourages persons to apply who can strengthen our diversity. For more information, view the District’s Equal Opportunity and Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment and Violence Policy.

Veteran’s Preference: If you are an eligible veteran, please submit a legible copy of your DD214 with your application.

Accommodation: If you have a disability that requires an accommodation during the selection process, please email Human Resources at [email protected] or call 763-391-7007.

Background Check Upon Conditional Offer:

Background checks are conducted upon receiving a conditional offer. Employees must complete a background check and are responsible for the background fee. A passing background is required.  Criminal convictions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

General Purpose of Job: To inspire and prepare each and every scholar with the confidence, courage, and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning.

Responsibilities:

• Position provides instruction and support in the curriculum areas for which employed;
  make appropriate use of instructional resources and technologies.
• Implement the goals and objectives of the District and the school and/or program for
  which employed.
• Write and implement individual student goals and objectives.
• Evaluate student performance according to the goals and objectives on the Individual
  Educational Plan (IEP) used by School District; promote student achievement; maintain
  required student records; make related reports to the principal as prescribed or
  authorized by the superintendent.
• Maintain contact and communications with parents of students and work wit them in the
  development of each student.
• Perform classroom management duties; enforce District rules governing the conduct.
• Understand and be able to implement due process guidelines following state and federal rules, regulations and District policy.

Required Qualifications:

• A valid Minnesota teaching license as School Social Worker.
• Bachelor’s degree with completion of approved program for licensure. LICSW preferred.

Desired Qualifications:

• Considerable knowledge of the curriculum areas the teacher is responsible for instructing.
• Considerable knowledge of educational philosophy, teaching methods and approaches, current researched best practices and strategies.
• Considerable knowledge of students’ learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.
• Considerable knowledge of multicultural, gender and disability fair curriculum concepts.
• Working knowledge of instructional technologies.
• Considerable skill in classroom management and organization.
• Ability to effectively facilitate and/or participate in team meetings and parent meetings.

FTE:   1.0 Special Education Social Worker at Maple Grove Middle School  (Temporary approximately August 29, 2022 through June 9, 2023)
This position has return rights pursuant to language in the Teacher Transfer Procedures, subd. 1.

Bargaining Unit: Education Minnesota Osseo

Osseo Area Schools offers:

•  Meaningful and impactful work
• Opportunities to grow professionally
• A variety of benefits
• Mentorship programs for teachers and educational support professionals
• Summer opportunities and more

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Osseo Area School District ISD 279 is an Equal Opportunity, and veteran-friendly employer.

Osseo Area School District ISD 279 ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Osseo Area School District is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the district and strongly encourages persons to apply who can strengthen our diversity. For more information, view the District’s Equal Opportunity and Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment and Violence Policy.  Veteran’s Preference: If you are an eligible veteran, please submit a legible copy of your DD214 with your application.

Accommodation: If you have a disability that requires an accommodation during the selection process, please email Human Resources at [email protected] or call 763-391-7007.

Background Check Upon Conditional Offer: Background checks are conducted upon receiving a conditional offer. Employees must complete a background check and are responsible for the background fee. A passing background is required.  Criminal convictions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Job summary: To inspire and prepare each and every scholar with the confidence, courage, and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning.

Responsibilities and tasks include:

• Position provides instruction and support in the curriculum areas for which employed;
  make appropriate use of instructional resources and technologies.
• Implement the goals and objectives of the District and the school and/or program for
  which employed.
• Write and implement individual student goals and objectives.
• Evaluate student performance according to the goals and objectives on the Individual
  Educational Plan (IEP) used by School District; promote student achievement; maintain
  required student records; make related reports to the principal as prescribed or
  authorized by the superintendent.
• Maintain contact and communications with parents of students and work wit them in the
  development of each student.
• Perform classroom management duties; enforce District rules governing the conduct.
• Understand and be able to implement due process guidelines following state and federal rules, regulations and District policy.

Minimum qualifications include:

• A valid Minnesota teaching license as School Social Worker.
• Bachelor’s degree with completion of approved program for licensure. LICSW preferred.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Considerable knowledge of the curriculum areas the teacher is responsible for instructing.
• Considerable knowledge of educational philosophy, teaching methods and approaches, current researched best practices and strategies.
• Considerable knowledge of students’ learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.
• Considerable knowledge of multicultural, gender and disability fair curriculum concepts.
  Working knowledge of instructional technologies.
• Considerable skill in classroom management and organization.
• Ability to effectively facilitate and/or participate in team meetings and parent meetings.

FTE:   1.0 Osseo Senior High

Bargaining Unit: Education Minnesota Osseo

Osseo Area Schools offers:

• Meaningful and impactful work
• Opportunities to grow professionally
• A variety of benefits
• Summer opportunities and more

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Osseo Area School District ISD 279 is an Equal Opportunity, and veteran-friendly employer.

Osseo Area School District ISD 279 ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Osseo Area School District is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the district and strongly encourages persons to apply who can strengthen our diversity. For more information, view the District’s Equal Opportunity and Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment and Violence Policy.
Veteran’s Preference: If you are an eligible veteran, please submit a legible copy of your DD214 with your application.

Accommodation: If you have a disability that requires an accommodation during the selection process, please email Human Resources at [email protected] or call 763-391-7007.

Background Check Upon Conditional Offer: Background checks are conducted upon receiving a conditional offer. Employees must complete a background check and are responsible for the background fee. A passing background is required.  Criminal convictions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Job summary:  To assist administrators, staff and parents in the application of relevant knowledge and techniques from the field of psychology in the instruction and training of children; to influence the development of educational environments and activities that will promote learning and mental health for all children and adults.
Responsibilities and tasks include:

The essential functions of this job include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental job duties:

• Provide psychological assessment and evaluation services.
• Assist in educational programming for individual students.
• Offer a broad range of consultation services to students, staff and parents.
• Assist administrators and staff in evaluation and improvement of the total program and operation of the school district.
• Establish and maintain relationship with community groups that will bring about improvement in the mental health and education of children.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Licensed by the Minnesota State Department of Education as a School Psychologist, Level II, Masters Degree.
• and/or authorizes the district to complete an Out of Field Permission request (OFP) request. Additional information can be found at PELSB’s OFP guidelines.
• and/or meet the Tier 1 PELSB guidelines.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include:

• Skills in interviewing and counseling children and parents.
• Ability to assess children of all ages in their cognitive, psychomotor, social and emotional development.
• Ability to integrate and evaluate data for appropriate program planning.
• Knowledge of community resources which may be needed by parents and/or school personnel.
• Ability to provide consultation to staff and parents to promote personal and educational development of students.

Job type or FTE: 1.0 (Temporary approximately November 3, 2022 through December 15, 2022).

This position has return rights pursuant to language in the Teacher Transfer Procedures, subd. 1.

Bargaining unit: Education Minnesota Osseo

Osseo Area Schools offers:

• Meaningful and impactful work
• Opportunities to grow professionally
• A variety of benefits
• Mentorship programs for teachers and educational support professionals
• Summer opportunities and more

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Osseo Area School District ISD 279 is an Equal Opportunity, and veteran-friendly employer.

Osseo Area School District ISD 279 ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Osseo Area School District is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the district and strongly encourages persons to apply who can strengthen our diversity. For more information, view the District’s Equal Opportunity and Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment and Violence Policy.

Veteran’s Preference: If you are an eligible veteran, please submit a legible copy of your DD214 with your application.

Accommodation: If you have a disability that requires an accommodation during the selection process, please email Human Resources at [email protected] or call 763-391-7007.

Background Check Upon Conditional Offer:

Background checks are conducted upon receiving a conditional offer. Employees must complete a background check and are responsible for the background fee. A passing background is required.  Criminal convictions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.