Art Teacher

Art teachers in Mount Vernon City School District (MVCSD) work with a diverse range of students to provides a dynamic, intensive, and supportive environment that nurtures students' talents as artists, performers, songwriters, and art industry entrepreneurs. MVCSD guides students through the exploration and analysis of different art forms and implements a hands-on approach to art education fostering a culture of discovery and critical thinking.

Art teachers in Mount Vernon City School District (MVCSD) schools will:

• Provide units of study in the arts that are challenging, rigorous, and meet the New York State P-12 Learning Standards for the Arts thus signifying recognition that the arts are essential for a well-rounded, complete education, and contribute to raising overall student achievement.
• Foster connections between the arts and other disciplines, providing opportunities to access, develop, express, and integrate meaning across various content areas.
• Through creating, performing, responding, and connecting in the arts, all students can generate meaningful experiences, construct knowledge about the world, and build a more integrated understanding of self and community.
• Directly engages students in a complex array of choices and critical decisions that require independent and collaborative goal-seeking, persistence in overcoming creative and technical obstacles, and the search for multiple solutions.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required; Master’s degree is preferred
• A valid New York State Subject Area Certification

• Proven record of accomplishment for planning lessons with clear learning objectives and a means for assessing whether those objectives have been met
• Utilizes formal and informal assessment tools and knowledge of human development to employ appropriate learning activities.
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Demonstrated content knowledge and familiarity with New York State P-12 Learning Standards for the Arts (i.e., Artistic Processes, Anchor Standards, Discipline-Specific Performance Indicators, etc.)
• Demonstrated success in tailoring instruction to the needs of diverse learners
• Manages classroom routines and procedures.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve common goals
• Incorporates appropriate educational technology and media.
• Regularly communicate with parents outside of report cards and scheduled conferences.
• Attends all faculty meetings, workshops, faculty/staff retreats, assemblies, and celebrations.

• Maintains teacher web pages, weekly updates of assignments and grades on the web portal, production of interim, quarterly and semester grades.

• Reflects critically upon his or her teaching experience, identifies areas for further professional development as part of a professional development plan that is linked to grade level, department, and school philosophy, and is receptive to suggestions for growth.

REPORTS TO: The Principal