Teacher - Art SY25-26

Position: ArtTeacher

Position Type: Fulltime

Department: Fine Applied and Performing Arts

Location: Watertown Middle School

Reports to: Principal and Fine Applied and Performing Arts Coordinator

Affiliation: WEA Unit A

Salary range: Per WEA Salary Scale for Unit A

Priority Application Deadline:Priority will be given to applications received by April17 2025.

General Description:

As Fine Applied and Performing Arts Educators our mission is to inspire and guide every student to be active participants in the Arts through a sequential academic and creative curriculum that nurtures the human spirit and promotes cultural relevance.

The Watertown Public Schools Fine Applied and Performing Arts department is seeking an outstanding Visual Arts Educator for our Middle School. Successful candidates will demonstrate a passion for inspiring creativity and guiding students to be expressive visual artists using the modalities of Drawing Painting 2 and 3 Dimensional Art Sculpture Ceramics and Abstract Art.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement engaging standardsbases visual art lessons and units
• Assess student progress and communicate student learning via progress reports and term grades
• Create a classroom environment that promotes kindness tolerance exploration and student voice
• Nurture communicate and maintains high standards of participation and behavior for all students
• Incorporate direct instruction small group work and cooperative learning to engage all students
• Work in collaboration with building administration and district curriculum leaders to implement schoolbased and districtwide goals and objectives
• Collaborate with support staff to support all students in learning
• Display and celebrate student artwork
• Maintain regular communication with parents/caregivers about student progress
• Build a safe and supportive classroom environment that celebrates inclusion and diversity
• Order and maintain art supplies and artist spaces
• Reflect on practice and participate in professional development faculty meetings and professional learning communities
• Act as a resource for visual art within the School Learning Community
• Other duties as assigned by the building principal

Core Competencies: Using the Massachusetts Model System for Educators Rubric priority skills and abilities that all Watertown Public School teachers should possess:

Curriculum Planning and Assessment

(Subject Matter Knowledge WellStructured Lessons Curriculum and Planning Indicator Child and Adolescent Development)

• Demonstrates mastery of and enthusiasm for the content area and the pedagogy it requires
• Can convey a grasp of child development and how students learn
• Designs effective and rigorous standards based units of instruction consisting of wellstructured lessons with measurable outcomes.

Teaching All Students

(Meeting Diverse Needs Student Engagement Safe Learning Environment)

• Uses instructional practices that are likely to challenge motivate and engage all students and facilitate equitable active student participation
• Builds a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community
• Cultural Proficiency
• Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students diverse backgrounds identities strengths and challenges are respected

Family and Community Engagement

(Parent/Family Engagement)

• Engages with families and builds collaborative respectful relationships with them in service of student learning
• Professional Reflection & Collaboration

Professional Culture

(Reflective Practice Professional Collaboration)

• Regularly reflects on practice seeks and responds to feedback and demonstrates selfawareness and commitment to continuous learning and development
• Seeks to participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelors Degree in a relevant field
• Current MA DESE Certification in the Visual Arts
• Relevant teaching experience in a diverse learning environment
• Linguistic and Cultural Diversity is highly valued
• Experience with students of diverse abilities and artistic experiences
• Experience integrating student choice and studentinspired projects
• Positive mindset and inspired teaching practice

Preferred:

• Masters Degree in a relevant field
• Has a minimum of two years of experience teaching art at the applicable level

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to sit stand walk talk hear operate a computer handheld learning devices and other office equipment reach with hands and arms and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Watertown Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.