Middle School Theater Teacher

ABOUT US

Family Life Academy Charter School (commonly called FLACS) is a nonprofit network of high-performing charter schools in the South Bronx. Family Life Academy Charter Schools, together with the Latino Pastoral Action Center and parents, create the conditions for self-empowerment for all its K-12 students to excel academically, take responsibility for their own learning, and affirm human values, today, in college, and beyond.

We are guided by this mission and through it, we have revolutionized education for students from K-12.

Family Life Academy Charter Schools is currently seeking dynamic educators who value collaboration with like-minded educators who believe that education is activism, want to work in an environment where all students are scholars and academic excellence is the norm, believe that young people can be leaders who can create positive change in their communities and that schools should be safe, warm and caring environments, and desire to work in a place where their skills will be nurtured through an embedded professional development program.

• Value collaboration with like-minded educators who believe that education is activism.
• Want to work in an environment where all students are scholars and academic excellence is the norm.
• Believe that young people can be leaders who can create positive change in their communities and that schools should be safe, warm and caring environments.
• Desire to work in a place where their skills will be nurtured through an embedded professional development program.

Under the supervision of the School Principal, the Theater Teacher engages students in artistic inquiry through theater instruction to develop an interest in and appreciation of the art of theater. The Theater Teacher will develop the knowledge, skills and talents of students in the field of theater utilizing a variety of techniques appropriate to students’ interests and abilities. The Theater Teacher facilitates the successful implementation of a rigorous curriculum aligned with the New York State P-12 Learning Standards for the Arts.

In grade six, all students take a one-trimester each of Visual Arts, Music, and Theater. In grades seven and eight, students choose to specialize in one of these areas for two years. The Theater Teacher is responsible to teach a one-trimester rotation introductory class to all grade six students and to design instruction for students in grades 7 and 8 who elect to specialize in Theater.

• Creates academically rigorous, standards-based, culturally relevant lesson plans that allow students to create their own theater pieces, perform their own pieces and those written by others, respond to the work that others have created, make connections between theater and the world, and relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical contexts.
• Utilizes student-centered instructional strategies to engage students and differentiate teaching based on the diverse, individual needs of students including those with disabilities and ELLs.
• Implements units using common network curriculum resources, maps, frameworks, pacing documents and instructional philosophies to ensure alignment across our schools from kindergarten through high school graduation.
• Integrates literacy skills across the arts, includes explicit vocabulary development and prepares students to read, write, speak and listen within this discipline.
• Analyzes data from ongoing formative and summative assessments/projects to refine instructional practices and impact student artistic growth.
• Maintains strong classroom management and implements school wide policies and procedures to ensure a safe, caring and orderly school environment.
• Establishes a classroom culture of caring, respect and rapport which holds all students to high academic standards, promotes inclusion, fosters a love of learning, and builds positive relationships.
• Grades student work and provides students with actionable feedback, and returns work and enters these grades into online systems shared with students and families promptly.
• Seeks to actively know students’ strengths and…