Art Teacher, Putnam Avenue Upper School (SY 25-26)

Position:

Visual Arts Teacher Grades 68

Visual & Performing Arts Department/Putnam Avenue Upper School

Putnam Avenue Upper School Community:

Putnam Avenue Upper School serves students in grades 68 who previously attended the KennedyLongfellow School Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Morse School. Upper School Scholars are provided with learning experiences that are developmentally responsive challenging inclusive and supportive. With a combined enrollment of about 260 our school offers students a sense of close community while providing a large enough cohort and teaching staff to offer rich programming.

Key Responsibilities:

• Teach visual arts classes to grades 68
• Implement a rigorous and balanced standardsbased art curriculum including drawing painting 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 for student achievement
• Demonstrate strong classroom management skills
• Employ instructional methods that motivate students to continue to pursue study in the visual arts community
• Collaborate with school faculty to develop interdisciplinary curriculum and work with challenging students
• Organize and participate in exhibitions of student work on and off campus
• Contribute to departmental and school wide 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 in grades 68.
• 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.
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university required Masters degree preferred.
• Massachusetts Licensure for Visual Arts PreK8 or 512 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.