Impactful Urban Middle School Art Educator

Job Description

Middle School Art Teacher, Collins Middle School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY ]

About Salem Public Schools, where belonging leads to opportunity.

Salem is a small, diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4,000 students in 10 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged, globally connected, and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging, equity, and opportunity in everything we do.

We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students, regardless of ability, economic status, gender/gender identity, language, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at https://salemk
12.org/.

What You'll Do:

The successful candidate will be a passionate, mission-driven, and collaborative educator who desires an opportunity to teach in a diverse and welcoming school environment. This teacher will instruct 6-8 students in Visual Arts and will be expected to offer students instruction that is appropriately modified to address individual student needs. This teacher will be expected to foster in students a love of artistic expression and thought and will be a driving force to ensure that the Arts are alive throughout Collins Middle School.

This teacher will work with the school administration and fellow members of the specialist team to positively manage student behavior and collaborate in a standards-based environment to provide exceptional education to your students. Above all, the successful teacher should be guided by an ethos of care and an unwavering belief in the ability of ALL students to reach their potential.

Role Responsibilities:

Developing student understanding, ability, and appreciation of a variety of artistic mediums such as painting, sketching, designing, and sculpturing.

• Employ a variety of literature as a tool to engage students in their understanding of and exposure to traditional and contemporary art.
• Ability to inspire and motivate students to help them improve their skills, thinking, and appreciation of art in multiple mediums.
• Plan and execute appropriate instructional and learning strategies. These activities, materials, and assignments will be expected to reflect a deep understanding of the needs (academic and social/emotional) of students.
• Provide structure in the classroom by building and maintaining a positive classroom environment that is conducive to learning.
• Collaborate with academic core content teachers to infuse curriculum with the Arts
• Collaborate with fellow specialists to ensure that our students have a well-rounded learning experience and that community events are planned to showcase our students' successes and immense talent.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant, diverse in background, ethnicity, language, and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself, students, and colleagues - You see potential in all, especially our SPS students, and maintain high expectations for achievement, while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations, modeling SPS values, and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
• Build authentic, caring relationships with colleagues, students, and families - You…