Art Teacher 2026-27

Cleveland Metropolitan School District

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is seeking dedicated Art Teachers for the 2026-27 school year. CMSD serves approximately 37,000 students across over 100 schools, with a mission to ensure every child attends a high-quality school. The Cleveland Plan guides the district's approach to educational reinvention, emphasizing flexibility, autonomy, and accountability for performance. Principals are responsible for creating high-expectations academic centers focused on personalized instruction and measurable results. CMSD has established Standards of Excellence (SoE) to ensure alignment and effective support for scholar achievement. The district's vision for learning in a post-pandemic world emphasizes academically complex tasks, authentic demonstration of learning, and a joyful, adventurous environment for both scholars and educators. CMSD teachers are expected to be thoughtful, hardworking, collaborative, and view challenges as opportunities. They play a crucial role in changing lives and fostering a positive learning environment.

Requirements

Hold a Valid Ohio teaching certificate in appropriate subject area (please provide proof of certification).
Have a Bachelor's degree in Education or relevant degree.
Be Highly Qualified in appropriate subject area.
Provide evidence of exemplary classroom teaching experience.
Possess a special commitment to helping urban students to succeed.
Possess an understanding of what it means to provide access to rigor for students who have historically been underserved.
Demonstrate ability to work in collaboration with administrators, teachers, parents and community.
Ability to work well as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Care about building connections with students and their personal identities.
Have a track record of succeeding when faced with challenging work.

Responsibilities

Teach skills utilizing appropriate resources and activities.
Instruct pupils in subject matter specific to state law and administrative regulations and procedures of the school district.
Adapt materials and methods to develop relevant sequential assignments that guide and challenge students.
Adapt the curriculum to provide individual, small group or remedial instruction to meet the needs of every student.
Encourage students to think independently and to express original ideas.
Establish and maintain a rigorous and warm classroom culture.
Identify student needs and collaborate with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude and learning problems.
Communicate with parents and other school based community members about student progress.
Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day.
Administer or monitors exams.
Participate in professional development.
Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and in self-selected professional growth activities.
Participate cooperatively with the appropriate administrator to develop the method by which s/he will be evaluated in conformance with district guidelines.
Seek to involve parents and community stakeholders in the day to day education of our students.