Teachers at St Joseph's Children's Home Reap Rewards for Helping Children

Not all teachers are employed by traditional learning institutions. There is a demand for licensed teachers working school-age children who do not attend standard schools. The classrooms inside St. Joseph's Home for Children in Minneapolis is one such setting. St. Joe's partners with the Minneapolis Public School district to teach kindergarten though 12th-grade lessons to about 25 to 30 students each day.

Finding teaching positions in these unusual settings might require extra effort on the part of a candidate, but the rewards are great.

St. Joe's Home, a division of Catholic Charities, cares for children in crisis by providing short- and long-term shelter, and emotional and behavioral counseling. Claire Bergstrom is the education administrator for the Minneapolis Public Schools at St. Joseph's Home for Children. She says that many St. Joe's children attend regular public schools throughout the city, but some of the students are better served by staying at St. Joe's. Most of the students have special needs, and the teachers at St. Joe's have advanced degrees and educational training to meet those needs. StarTribune