Art Teacher

ART TEACHER

Job Description

The Dayton Early College Academy (DECA) is an award-winning, high performing network of charter schools located in Dayton, Ohio. Serving grades K-12, DECA’s three campuses are singularly focused on helping children from the city of Dayton gain the skills they need to be successful in college and beyond.

We prepare future college graduates today to become the leaders of our community tomorrow.

• Put students first
• Demand success
• Invest deeply in relationships
• Do what’s right
• Prove education changes lives
• Find joy

• 94% of our students are African-American and 72% are economically disadvantaged
• Over 80% of our students will be first in their family to go to college
• DECA is committed to providing a rigorous and engaging academic curriculum
• Our campuses foster an awareness of social justice issues
• Strong community partnerships are at the core of our success
• DECA alumni graduate from college at a rate nearly 5 times the national average for first generation college students and on par with their suburban counterparts

• Are developing and practicing cultural competence in their teaching, teamwork, and leadership
• Build relationships with students, families, colleagues, and community
• Provide, seek, and act on feedback
• Live our Core Values

The Visual Arts Teacher establishes a warm, welcoming, artistic environment within the school, and an art education program that focuses on the development of student artistic skills and attitudes. This teacher provides instruction in the visual arts, guides and nurtures students’ creative exploration of a variety of techniques and media consistent with the school's art curriculum, and implements the school-wide standards and practices of student behavior in the art studio and school.

The art teacher contributes to curriculum development, participates/takes leadership in school events, and counsels and collaborates with colleagues across curriculum and grade levels. Teachers/advisors report to the Campus Principal.

• Valid Ohio Visual Art (multi-age) license;
  Prior relevant experience preferred
• Effective interpersonal skills with children and adults
• A broad range of interests and experience with a passion for learning
• Possess knowledge of art and design concepts, a variety of media and materials, and broad range of art history
• Implement a dynamic and rigorous approach to art and design education
• Promote student artists’ self-expression and exploration while deepening their knowledge and understanding of art, design and art history
• Knowledge of pedagogical theories, perspectives, and developments
• Sound classroom management skills
• Ability to improvise and work through uncertainties
• Experience with technology-integration in the teaching and learning process
• Effectiveness in an interdisciplinary, teamed environment
• Skills in graphic technology preferred
• Collegiality and an eagerness to participate in student-centered school activities are essential
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Leadership skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Serve as positive role model for students
• Demonstrate a positive, supportive, enthusiastic, and encouraging attitude with all students
• Establish an artistic environment within the school, and a school art program
• Provide art instruction to develop artistic concepts and skills for students K-4 and/or 5-8
• Introduce students to, and guide the development of, a variety of media and graphic arts forms
• Clearly communicate instructional objectives and support the school’s teaching and learning goals
• Provide a warm and accepting climate in the art classroom, with focus on the development of various artistic skills and attitudes

• 195 days
• Salary to be determined based on experience and education level
• All staff members are issued one-year contracts

• School, activity center, outdoor play areas
• Retreat/field sites; and
• Other environments as deemed necessary/appropriate

• While performing the duties of his/her job, the employee is…