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About The Position

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree and appropriate Missouri Art Teacher Certification
• Experience working with diverse populations, including English language learners and students with special needs
• Experience organizing and managing a student-centered learning environment that includes age-appropriate, culturally-responsive management practices
• An exhibited ability to work with children in a caring and respectful manner in order to create a joyful, caring classroom environment where instructional time includes community building, conflict resolution, skill-building, and empowering students to be peacemakers and agents for positive social change
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills as well as a desire to collaborate with colleagues to help develop a strong school community
• Maturity, humility, strong work ethic, sense of humor, and a can-do attitude

Nice To Haves

• Master’s preferred
• Willingness to explore additional school responsibilities (before/after school care and classes, committee involvement, etc.); stipends may be available for such responsibilities.
• Fluency in Spanish is preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop curriculum, units of study, and lessons that meet or exceed requirements of the Missouri Learning Standards Art Grade-Level Expectations and reflect a commitment to integration across other areas of learning from the core and enrichment curriculum
• Complete and submit lesson plans in a timely manner
• Sustain an active and joyous learning culture in Art classes that reflects CWC Kansas City’s social-emotional learning focus and contributes to the broader school community.
• Observe, reflect, and assess student growth and development, both individually and across grade levels, with two goals: 1) ensuring student awareness, skills development, and appreciation of Art, and 2) continually developing and improving the Art program.
• Contribute to the completion of student progress reports in the fall and spring; assist with the scheduling changes throughout conference week.
• Support school programming and processes as assigned.
• Participate in professional development activities, both internal (led by the principal, lead teachers and visiting experts) and external (visiting other schools, attending conferences, and engaging in best practice sharing with others in the charter school community, etc.).
• Maintain frequent, respectful, sensitive, and effective communication with students, students’ families, colleagues, and other school stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a high-level of professionalism including meeting deadlines, and commitments to self, students, and the community.

Benefits

• competitive salaries commensurate with experience
• a comprehensive benefits package