K-4Th Art Teacher (Hiring For The 2023 - 2024 School Year)

Position: K-4th Art Teacher (Hiring for the 2023 - 2024 School Year)
Reports to: Headmaster and/or Assistant Headmaster
Employee Status: Exempt

Job Summary: Teachers are responsible for the classical education of their students. As examples to their students, teachers are expected to demonstrate high moral character and embrace the virtues of a classical education. Design, plan, and implement effective lessons based on a classical education philosophy, content, scope and sequence, and the state TEKS.
Teachers are employed at-will and operate as professionals within the guidelines established by the School Charter, the Board of Directors, Mission, Vision, and Philosophy of Aristoi Classical Academy.

Adherence to Aristoi Classical Academy’s Mission, Vision, and Philosophy

• Understand and adhere to the principles and practice of classical education, apply the
• Develop the intellect of each student to the utmost of his/her ability using differentiation and the academic rigor of classical education

principles of the high expectations of the Trivium to his/her level of teaching

• Commit to a lifestyle of learning
• Present a virtuous role model for students that reflects the vision of the school in conduct and behavior professionally, ethically, and responsibly
• Develop the personal character and disciplined culture of excellence of every student
• Loves the subject and age group of students assigned to teach
• Learn and implement the "Teamwork” approach, collaborating and cooperating with other members of the staff

Knowledge of Academic Discipline(s) and Teaching Abilities

• Submit a year-long scope and sequence to Headmaster before parent orientation during

in-service

• Assess each child's skills at the beginning of the year (or upon his/her first arrival) and

throughout the year through formal and informal assessments

• Develop and implement lesson plans that follow a classical education including the TEKS.

Lesson plans are due at least by the Friday before the following week. Each lesson plan will include and identify each skill being taught, including planned differentiation.

• Assist students in improving study habits
• Promote learning by modeling and demonstrating appropriate behaviors
• Set up a file for each child, or add to his/her existing file, that reflects his/her mastery of skills and attributes, examples of his/her work, results of conferences, and all test results
• Report students struggling with any subject or skills to the Response to Intervention (RtI)

Coordinator for strategies in guiding the student and informing the parents

• Communicate frequently with students and their parents
• Provide extra tutoring for any student struggling with a subject or skill.
• Compile, maintain and file all reports, records, and other documents required by the business office and administration

Maintenance of Classroom

• Create a classroom that provides a welcoming, nurturing, and stimulating

environment appropriate to the intellectual, emotional, and behavioral development of
students

• Build appropriate relationships with the students that help them develop a passion for

learning

• Model the Character Building virtues of humility, honesty, charity, prudence, respect,

responsibility, perseverance, and temperance to provide the students the means to become men and women of virtuous character

• Be sensitive to and aware of problems as they are developing and intervene immediately
• Teach, by modeling, students to treat others as he/she would want to be treated
• Prevent any student from disrupting the class by 1. Setting the limit of your classroom core values once 2. Follow through immediately with loving action
• Require students to be respectful to the teacher and others
• Require students to speak in turn
• Be persistent in engaging students, training them to be attentive and participatory
• Enforce the dress code
• Tolerate no bullying or cruelty among students

Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications

• Ability to correct students in writing and in speaking
• Moderate to proficient use of computers (Mac and/or PC)
• Ability to speak and write lucidly and grammatically
• Be a lifelong learner
• Breadth of understanding across the curriculum
• Ability to convey knowledge to students
• Depth of knowledge in academic disciplines hired to teach

Parental Relations/Overall Attitude

• Encourage volunteerism
• Develop positive professional communication and relationship
• Collaborate with individual students and their parents to develop an individual success plan for each student in his or her classroom

Other Teacher Requirements

• Professionalism in appearance and actions
• Always choose safety. Take precautions to protect students, yourself, other staff, equipment, materials, and facilities. Immediately report any unsafe or suspected conditions of any kind
• Attendance to other assigned duties
• Immediately bring students to student care and fill out an incident report for students with injuries or illnesses
• Punctuality and attendance
• Cooperate with the special education teacher to modify curricula as needed for special

education students according to guidelines established by their Individual Education Plan

• Comply with all charter school policies, procedures, state regulations, and policies for
• Participate in staff development and professional improvement programs

classroom teachers

• Perform any additional duties related to the ongoing effectiveness of the program as directed
• Communicate with the Team Leader, Assistant Headmaster/Dean of Students, or Headmaster regarding students, parents, lesson plans, curriculum, needed materials, extracurricular activities, field trips and any other concerns

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year, accredited university.
• Willingness to teach and model moral character
• Previous teaching experience preferred
• Ability to maintain an orderly classroom
• Texas Teacher Certification preferred
• Liberal Arts education preferred
• Conviction in the values of a rigorous liberal-arts education
• Ability and willingness to teach a range of subjects
• Highly qualified

Other Requirements

• Maintain one’s self at all times so as not to discredit himself/herself or the school
• Be able to travel on school business, attend in and out of the area trainings, meetings, and /or conferences as required
• Maintains confidentiality of information as required by school personnel policies and/or state and federal regulations

Aristoi Classical Academy is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or ability. This job description summary does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed. This job description is subject to change in response to funding variables, emerging

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $63,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person