Art Teacher (K - 8)
Colorado Springs Charter Academy
The K-8th teacher is responsible for providing top-quality Core Knowledge instruction. The teacher expects
excellence and ensures mastery of grade level content and related skills. A high-structure environment is maintained for optimal student performance. In assuming full responsibility for student learning, a high level of academic rigor is established and maintained using careful scaffolding of lessons. The teacher kindles enthusiasm and inspires lifelong learning, engages the intellect, models character to students, and abides by Love and Logic principles. The teacher creates a positive, productive, and respectful classroom environment and a culture of inquiry and learning. Teacher embodies and models EPIC: Excellence, Positivity, Integrity (with respect), and Citizenship.
Major Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
- Demonstrates mastery of content area knowledge
- Demonstrates content area knowledge to teach academic subjects
- Demonstrates relevant pedagogical knowledge to teach academic subjects
- Conveys enthusiasm for and interest in content area to engage and inspire students
- Plans and prepares lessons
- Creates lessons based on clear sequencing within units
- Designs formal and informal assessments to accurately and regularly measure mastery levels
- Designs learning to be cumulative
- Delivers effective instruction
- Provides effective instruction to help students achieve mastery of grade-level content and related skills.
- Communicates expectations clearly and provides regular and meaningful feedback to students and
- parents on academic progress
- Monitors student achievement to ensure adequate progression towards course objectives and provides support as needed
- Supports the interventions and accommodations that have been developed for students
- Establishes classroom environment
- Creates a positive classroom culture of high academic expectations and student engagement, and mutual respect
- Fairly and justly enforces school discipline expectations so that learning is not impeded
- Strives to motivate the development of strong work habits in students
- Implements Love and Logic principles in student discipline
- Maintains high expectations
- Regularly communicates expectations of high standards to all students
- Regularly communicates expectations of best efforts and family support to parents and guardians
- Meets Professional expectations
- Is committed to and guided by CSCA’s mission to “kindle enthusiasm to craft bold and effective citizen scholars”
- Displays a high level of ethics and professionalism in working with students, staff members, and parents and complies with school, school board and district policies.
- Models character to students and displays the highest integrity.
- Willingly, effectively, and promptly implements instructional coaching suggestions
- Works collaboratively with other staff members and administration to improve student achievement
- Becomes adept to using PowerSchool to consistently record grades and attendance in a timely manner
- Continues to grow as an educator by attending internal and appropriate external professional development opportunities and meetings
- Demonstrates thoughtful reflection on own instructional practice
- Completes all duties and responsibilities
Supervision Received
- A teacher’s direct report is the Academic Dean. Additional supervision is provided by the Head of School. Evaluations are completed as often as once a semester. Observations and walkthroughs occur frequently and randomly and may include observations by a non-supervisory instructional coach or mentor teacher.
- Supervision Exercised
- No direct reports. May monitor and coordinate the work of educational assistants.
Qualifications & Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in education or core subject area, or to be deemed in field (or in the process) according to Colorado Department of Education requirements (Colorado teaching license, 36 semester credit hours, or passing score on State Board of Education approved content exam).
- Experience: Experience working with K-8 students. Experience in charter, classical, and/or Core Knowledge schools preferred.
Benefits: Teacher will be eligible for health, dental, and vision insurance, along with performance merit pay.If you have a Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), Federal Direct Loan, or Federal Perkins Loan/NDSL, and you are teaching at this school or educational service agency which serves low-income families, you may be eligible to have your loan payments postponed or canceled.
Conditions of Employment
All offers of employment are subject to a successful background check and reference check.
Work hours are from 7:30am – 3:45pm M-F on most scheduled school days