High School Visual Arts Teacher
Uncommon Schools
- Newark, NJ
- $59,000-83,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- You’ll teach all Visual Arts based content.
- You’ll implement curricula and activities to meet academic standards.
- You’ll design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards.
- You’ll use assessment data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices.
- You’ll participate in collaborative curriculum development, grade-level activities, and school-wide functions.
- You’ll provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior.
- You’ll be accountable for students’ mastery of academic standards.
- You’ll build positive relationships with students to ensure they feel seen, loved, and heard.
- You’ll partner with students’ families to ensure appropriate resources are available to support their child's learning needs.
- You'll engage in practice-based professional development, mentorship, and coaching sessions.
- You’ll support morning arrival, lunch duty, student assemblies, class transitions, and after-school dismissal.
- A commitment to the mission of Uncommon Schools and investment in our vision for being an anti-racist organization
- A demonstrated commitment to supporting students’ social emotional and academic development
- An enthusiasm for collaborating with internal and external partners in the best interest of students
- A passion for Visual Arts and an ability to provide individual and small group instruction
- A self-directed learner who solicits and implements feedback to improve outcomes and achieve objectives
- Required Experience:
- A minimum of 2 years of combined experience with Visual Arts
- Prior to the start of employment, you must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Teacher certification is not a prerequisite for consideration at Uncommon Schools in the state of NJ, but you do need to meet NJ state certification eligibility requirements (a final undergraduate or graduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 for graduates on or after 9/1/16, or 2.75 if you graduated prior to 9/1/16). All instructional staff are required to become certified in the state of New Jersey within a reasonable period after beginning employment.