Elementary School Art Teacher

Position Responsibilities

1. Classroom Culture & Student Well-being

• Foster Student Belonging: Cultivate a caring, joyful, and purposeful learning community where all students feel valued, respected, and motivated.
• Promote Social-Emotional Learning: Utilize principles like Responsive Classroom to support the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of every student.
• Uphold School Values: Model the school's Core Values of respect, responsibility, honesty, fairness, and compassion in all interactions with students, staff, and the community.
• Implement Culturally Responsive Practices: Create a learning environment that is culturally responsive and affirming of students' identities.

2. Curriculum & Instructional Planning

• Standards-Based Planning: Use a planning framework to identify essential learning based on National Core Arts Standards (NCAS), learning targets, and a culturally responsive curriculum.
• Interdisciplinary & Real-World Connections: Design curriculum that demonstrates an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and connects learning to real-world issues.
• Collaborative Curriculum Development: Work with PLC teams and school leaders to develop cohesive curriculum materials, establish common goals, and participate in curriculum review and budgeting.

3. Pedagogy & Instructional Delivery

• High-Impact Instruction: Employ current, research-informed pedagogical practices and high-impact instructional strategies to deliver engaging lessons.
• Differentiated Learning Experiences: Design and implement collaborative and differentiated learning experiences that meet the diverse academic and social-emotional needs of all students.
• Flexible Grouping: Use data to flexibly group students based on their individual needs, abilities, and assets.
• Technology Integration: Integrate technology in innovative ways to enhance daily instruction and student learning.
• Responsive Interventions: Respond to learners’ diverse needs, including those related to emerging multilingualism and neurodivergent profiles, by using measurable, research-informed interventions and extensions.

4. Assessment & Data-Driven Practices

• Comprehensive Assessment System: Design and use a variety of quality formative, summative, and self-guided assessments to provide students with frequent feedback.
• Monitor and Adjust: Continuously monitor student learning through standards-based assessments and data analysis to make appropriate modifications to goals and strategies.
• Communicate Progress: Use assessment data to accurately communicate student growth and achievement.

5. Collaboration & Professional Growth

• Engage in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs): Actively collaborate with team members to plan curriculum, give and receive feedback, and engage in professional reflection and learning.
• Practice Co-Teaching: Engage in co-teaching practices and utilize flexible learning spaces with intention and purpose.
• Commit to Continuous Improvement: Strive for self-improvement as a lifelong learner by actively engaging in professional development and feedback cycles with coaches and principals.
• Support School-Wide Programs: Cooperate with and participate in the planning and evaluation of the overall school program as needed.

6. Community & Family Engagement

• Extend Learning Beyond the Classroom: Engage students in meaningful extracurricular activities such as coaching, clubs, field trips, or service projects.
• Build Strong Partnerships: Connect with and be available to parents and students during and outside of school hours through in-person meetings and email communication.

Position Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
• Master’s Degree in relevant field preferred
• Teaching license or a degree in education
• At least two years of full time teaching experience preferred
• Standards-based curriculum experience preferred
• Experience teaching multilingual learners in general classroom settings preferred
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills
• Confident technology skills for teaching and administrative tasks

Role Specific Requirements:

• Experience teaching art to all grade levels (K-5): Develop age-appropriate art lessons that stimulate creativity and imagination in students from various age groups.
• Knowledge and understanding of National Core Art Standards (NCAS), effective instructional strategies, and assessment driven instruction related to elementary art teaching and learning.
• Expertise in multiple mediums: Teach using a variety of materials, including painting, sketching, sculpting, digital media, and more, encouraging students to explore different forms of artistic expression.
• Practicing artist: Actively engaged in own art practice; sharing this with students to inspire and demonstrate the value of artistic exploration and lifelong creativity.
• Collaborate with educators: Work closely with colleagues to integrate art into broader curriculum goals and support students’ overall learning experiences.

Working Requirements

• Sponsoring and/or coaching after school activities are part of the responsibility of the professional educator. Therefore, faculty shall be available to coach and/or sponsor an athletic team or other extra curricular activity. Each faculty member is expected to do a minimum of one category 1 activity or sport per year.
• Mandatory attendance of school orientation, chaperone and participation in a minimum of four evening and/or weekend school activities each year, as assigned (including "Back-to-School Night").
• Attend Responsive Classroom professional learning (virtual), specified by the school, in the months prior to the official start of employment.