Certified Teacher Elementary Art - Orchard Hill

Cedar Falls Community Schools•Cedar Falls, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Certified Teacher for Elementary Art at Orchard Hill. The teacher will be responsible for diagnosing, prescribing, evaluating, and guiding student learning experiences in art, in concert with current goals and objectives. This role involves curriculum development, supervision of associates and volunteers, assessment of student achievement, and maintaining school property. The teacher will also participate in in-service training, foster positive working relationships with colleagues, and undertake co-curricular and other duties as assigned by the principal. Providing comprehensive reports to parents and the principal on student progress, maintaining good school-community and school-home relations, and demonstrating flexibility, energy, innovation, and imagination in providing learning activities are key aspects of this role. The teacher will recognize each student as an individual and strive to enhance their self-image, while demonstrating competence in the Iowa Teaching Standards.

Requirements

Hold a valid license, issued by the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners, endorsed for the position assigned.
Demonstrate competence in the Iowa Teaching Standards.

Nice To Haves

Be flexible, energetic, innovative and imaginative in providing learning activities for students.
Recognize each student as an individual and to attempt to enhance the student’s self image.

Responsibilities

Hold a valid license, issued by the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners, endorsed for the position assigned.
Diagnose, prescribe, evaluate, and guide student learning experiences, in concert with current goals and objectives, individually or with other staff members.
Share responsibility for the development of curriculum, educational procedures, and student activities.
Supervise all associates and volunteers who assist in serving students for whom the teacher is responsible.
Evaluate and assess student achievement and use the information to develop additional educational strategies.
Provide for the care and protection of school property.
Participate in the district’s in-service training program.
Maintain cordial and cooperative working relations with colleagues.
Be responsible for such co-curricular matters and other duties beyond the regular classroom activities as may be determined by the building principal.
Provide comprehensive reports to the parents or guardians and the principal on the academic progress and development of each student.
Maintain good public relations and appropriate school-community and school-home working relationships.
Be flexible, energetic, innovative and imaginative in providing learning activities for students.
Recognize each student as an individual and attempt to enhance the student’s self image.
Demonstrate competence in the Iowa Teaching Standards, including enhancing academic performance, content knowledge, planning and preparing for instruction, delivering instruction to meet diverse learning needs, monitoring student learning, classroom management, professional growth, and fulfilling professional responsibilities.