Job description: Company Overview

The Academy Charter Schools offers a creative art curriculum in an environment where students are highly motivated in acquiring new skills. The academic program focuses on preparing students to use the acquired skills in the real world – college, work and beyond. The Academy employs caring and committed staffs who promotes excellence in the classroom to ensure that students can achieve at high levels.

Job Summary

The Academy Charter School Art Teacher understands and promotes the school’s mission, vision, objectives, and policies both within and outside the immediate school community. The Art Teacher will be responsible for providing a classroom/instructional program that supports the individual needs of all children in accordance with the school’s mission and values established by the school.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Use the state standards and curriculum to create a rigorous and objective-driven arts program
• Use technology tools for instruction, planning, and communication and ensure student engagement
• Eagerly learn new uses and applications of technology tools
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to create interdisciplinary units that teach grade level content knowledge and skills through the arts
• Promote students self-expression and exploration while deepening their knowledge and understanding of art, design and art history
• Incorporate art history in ways that are engaging and meaningful to students and objectives
• Measure student achievement and progress towards learning objectives using the school’s formative and summative assessment tools
• Provide ongoing and timely feedback to students on their progress towards meeting expectations and achieving goal
• Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with students, families, colleagues and administrators
• Establish, involve, and assist students in the development, maintenance, and evaluation of portfolios

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of urban teaching experience required with a record of high student achievement
• Knowledge of art and design concepts, a variety of media and materials, and broad range of art history
• Possess broad range of knowledge in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, design, and construction
• Bachelors Degree required
• New York State Art Teacher Certification required