Elementary School Digital Arts Teacher

Position Responsibilities

Elementary School Educator Responsibilities

• Foster a sense of student belonging by cultivating joy and purpose throughout the Elementary School.
• Cultivate a caring and culturally responsive learning community in the classroom, taking into account the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of students.
• Utilize the principles of Responsive Classroom to build a community where students feel valued, respected, and motivated to succeed.
• Identify essential learning and use a planning framework with standards, learning targets, real-world issues, and a culturally responsive curriculum.
• Design and implement engaging learning experiences that are collaborative, culturally responsive, and differentiated.
• Employ high-impact instructional practices based on current pedagogical approaches to teach the curriculum.
• Design and deliver engaging, differentiated lessons that align with curriculum standards and meet the academic and social-emotional needs of all students.
• Regularly assess student progress through formative assessments and other data-driven tools.
• Accurately and regularly assess student progress through formative and summative standards-based approaches.
• Continuously monitor student learning and make appropriate modifications of goals and strategies to meet students' needs.
• Group students flexibly based on their individual needs, abilities, and assets, using data to inform grouping decisions.
• Design quality formative, summative, and self-guided assessments that provide students with frequent feedback and communicate their growth and achievement.
• Integrate technology in innovative ways in daily instruction to enhance learning.
• Respond to learners' diverse needs using responsive, measurable, and research-informed interventions and extensions.
• Demonstrate experience with current best pedagogical practices, teaching materials, and instructional strategies.
• Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.).
• Work closely with team members, PLC teams, and school administration to develop cohesive curriculum materials and establish common instructional goals and assessments.
• Engage in team planning, curriculum review, budgeting, and other school-required activities as needed.
• Collaborate as a member of a Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that creates a supportive community, plans curriculum, gives and receives feedback with one another, and engages in professional learning and reflection.
• Actively engage in professional learning and growth through regular observation and feedback cycles with Professional Learning Community Coaches and Principals.
• Experience with or interest in co-teaching in a flexible learning environment.
• Engage in co-teaching practices with other members of the PLC and utilize learning community spaces with intention and flexibility.
• Demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
• Strive for continuous self-improvement as a lifelong learner.
• Model the Core Values in your interactions with all members of the school community.
• Cooperate with and participate in the planning and evaluation of the school program as needed.
• Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.).
• Connect with and be available to parents and students during and outside of school hours (in person and via email communication)

Position Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
• Master's Degree in relevant field preferred
• Understanding of child development and experience addressing social-emotional needs.
• Experience working with diverse learners, including learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL).
• Knowledge of child development and social-emotional learning strategies.
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills

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 participate 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.