Art Teacher Amigos School SY 25-26

Position: Visual Arts Teacher JK8

Visual & Performing Arts Department/Amigos School

About Amigos School/ Escuela Amigos:

La Escuela Amigos est dedicada a una slida tradicin de excelencia en la educacin bilinge del ingls y el espaol.

Located in the Cambridgeport neighborhood Amigos is a comprehensive JK 8 school. Amigos welcomes students from diverse neighborhoods and cultural backgrounds. Through schoolcommunity collaborations Amigos strives to provide quality outofschooltime programs that foster linguistic and cultural connections.

Twoway immersion develops high levels of academic achievement bilingualism and cultural competencies among students and contributes to the longterm preparation of students for the global economy. Bringing culturally diverse students together in situations in which each has equal status spurs motivation and promotes cohesion community building and cooperation.

The Opportunity:

Escuela Amigos in partnership with the Visual and Performing Arts Department seeks a confident creative socialjusticeoriented and compassionate teaching artist to lead and enhance the vision for an already vibrant arts program. The Visual Arts Teacher will teach grades PK8 Art classes and report both to the Principal and the Director of the Visual and Performing Arts Department (VPA).

Key Responsibilities:

• Teach visual arts classes to grades PK8 in a dual language context
• Implement a rigorous and balanced standardsbased art curriculum including drawingpainting sculpture ceramics and printmaking
• Demonstrate artistic skill using a wide variety of 2D and 3D media
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Demonstrate flexibility and compassion while maintaining high expectations forstudent achievement
• Demonstrate strong classroom management skills
• Employ instructional methods that motivate students to continue to pursue study in thevisual arts community
• Works directly with a student advisory group to foster social and emotional learning andstrengthen the school community.
• Collaborate with school faculty to develop interdisciplinary curriculum and work withchallenging students
• Organize and participate in exhibitions of student work on and off campus
• Contribute to departmental and schoolwide curriculum projects and other initiatives
• Steward the careful use of supplies equipment and teaching resources

Your Skill Set:

As the incoming Visual Arts Teacher you will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:

• 2 years experience leading visual arts instruction in an urban multicultural setting.
• Culturally responsive educator with a strong sense for social justice and equity.
• High degree of comfort working with colleagues to build and refine engaging standards based learning experiences that are responsive to the needs and interests of the communities you serve.
• Collaborative disposition eager to partner with classroom teachers VPA staff and other team members in the district on behalf of our students and families.
• Excellent classroom management skills and use appropriate authentic assessment strategies to monitor student progress.
• Ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners and adjust practice to meet the needs of all students.
• Strong organizational skills setting up structures that allow you to manage your own work effectively and position colleagues for success.
• Spanish language proficiency required.
• Bachelors degree required Masters degree preferred.
• Massachusetts Licensure for Art PreK8 required.

How to Join Our Team:

Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills experience and commitment to equity in education meet the qualifications of the position as well as stating how you heard about this opportunity.

At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.