Art Teacher - Badger Rock; FTE​/Lowell; FTE - FTE - SY

Art Teacher – Badger Rock (0.2 FTE) / Lowell (0.7 FTE) – 0.9 Total FTE

Lowell Elementary

Minimum Annual Compensation: $52,154 (25‑26 TE Salary Schedule)

Length of

Contract:

192 days

Employment Type:

Exempt

• Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction.
• Use knowledge of students’ background, interest, style, culture, language, individual needs, and assessment data to inform planning.
• Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth toward mastery of standards.
• Develop common year‑long/course plans that identify the essential questions and resources to support student learning.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build student engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning.
• Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning.
• Use multiple ways to check for student understanding and clarify, reteach and/or make adjustments to instruction based on information gathered.
• Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition, and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process.
• Provide opportunities for teacher–to‑student, student‑to‑student, and student‑to‑teacher feedback both orally and written.
• Analyze data and adjust instruction based on student achievement, observation, and teacher practice data.
• Establish rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
• Meet with parents/guardians to discuss their student's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
• Collaborate with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co‑teaching.

Teachers should demonstrate through actions and words that every student can achieve high standards, share a commitment to excellence and equity for all students, and hold a clear mission and values orientation aligned with Madison's vision.

Teachers should plan and execute rigorous, engaging units and lessons, including meaningful in‑class and out‑of‑class assignments, and ensure student mastery of content. They should provide necessary scaffolds, interventions, and extensions to meet a range of learning needs and support an inclusive learning environment.

Teachers should understand and articulate the systems and beliefs that may lead to inequitable outcomes for students of color and adapt instruction to meet the needs of each student. They should make links between content and student experiences, perspectives, and personal goals.

Teachers should take initiative to build relationships with students, understand unique family characteristics, and find ways to engage all families as full partners in their children's education.

Teachers should find challenges exciting and persist in the face of challenges.

Teachers should reflect on strengths and growth areas regularly as well as seek mentors to improve.

• Bachelor’s degree. Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction teaching license in Art (550/1550) to cover the respective grade level(s) being taught.

Applications are considered on a rolling basis. MMSD will consider applicants who are fully licensed before considering applicants who are not yet licensed. If you do not already have an active Wisconsin teaching license, you must obtain and maintain the necessary license(s) for the…