Visual Art Teacher

The Queen City Academy Charter School - Plainfield, NJ

Full-time - Entry Level

Plainfield, NJ

Educational Services

About the position

At Queen City Academy Charter School, teachers are our most treasured assets. We expect academic and character excellence from QCACS students, and our teachers help foster a dynamic learning environment where students receive the necessary preparation and support to rise to that challenge. Therefore, teacher recruitment at QCACS is a vitally important process through which we seek to attract and retain educators with an immediately discernible passion for helping children meet their highest potential. Teachers work in a collegial setting where the faculty and administration collaborate to ensure a high-quality education experience for students, while benefiting from supportive parent partners who are deeply committed to their children's success. A small K-12 school, QCACS is a place where people enter to learn and work but experience the fulfillment of a family atmosphere as they are inducted into our nurturing yet challenging environment. Our employees enjoy competitive salaries, benefits, merit pay opportunities, and pension. More importantly, they enjoy the privilege of teaching in a place where they are supported professionally and personally.

Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate learning activities and experiences that advance the intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth of students.
• Design and implement standards-aligned, rigorous, and engaging art lessons to meet high academic and visual arts-related standards.
• Communicate and maintain high academic, performance, and personal expectations for all students.
• Differentiate instruction to best meet the needs of all students.
• Integrate research-based strategies that improve student retention of course concepts.
• Develop lesson plans that align instruction to state learning standards and grade-level outcomes.
• Develop long and short-term planning addressing the needs of individual students.
• Make content accessible and meaningful to students.
• Leverage technology to foster greater inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions with and among students, colleagues, and families.
• Develop and implement a plan to ensure a safe, orderly, non-threatening learning environment for all students.
• Communicate with parents on an ongoing basis to provide information, learn more about students, and share student successes.
• Develop and use a variety of assessments (e.g., quizzes, rubrics, written work, performances) that frequently measure student's progress toward the school's exit outcomes, including skills and content knowledge.
• Use data to guide instructional decisions about student learning needs.
• Encourage student use of data and self-assessment strategies to monitor their progress toward learning goals.
• Participate in ongoing professional development, including the annual 1-week staff training, to enrich expertise in the subject area and general pedagogy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and certification as appropriate.
• Experience in teaching visual arts and dance as a performance art is preferred.
• Valid New Jersey Certificate or proof of passing the required PRAXIS tests before employment is offered.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and the ability to communicate with parents and students.
• Mastery of subject matter content and high expectations of students.
• Basic understanding of child development.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Benefits
• Merit pay opportunities
• Pension