Visual Arts Teacher, Tobin Montessori School

Position: Visual Arts Teacher

Visual & Performing Arts Department/Tobin Montessori School

The Opportunity:

Tobin Montessori Elementary School, in partnership with the Visual and Performing Arts Department, seeks a confident, creative, social justice oriented, and compassionate visual arts teacher to lead and enhance the vision for an already vibrant visual arts program. The Visual Arts Teacher will teach grades JK-5, and report both to the Principal of the school and the Director of the Visual and Performing Arts Department (VPA).

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate flexibility and compassion, while maintaining high expectations for student achievement
• Organize and participate in exhibitions of student work on and off campus
• Demonstrate strong classroom management skills
• Demonstrate artistic skill using a wide variety of 2D and 3D media
• Implement a rigorous and balanced standards-based art curriculum including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics and printmaking
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Contribute to departmental and school wide curriculum projects and other initiatives
• Collaborate with school faculty to develop interdisciplinary curriculum and work with challenging students
• Teach visual arts classes to grades JK-5
• Employ instructional methods that motivate students to continue to pursue study in the visual arts community
• 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:

• 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.
• Culturally responsive educator with a strong sense for social justice and equity.
• Ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners and adjust practice to meet the needs of all students.
• Collaborative disposition, eager to partner with classroom teachers, VPA staff, and other team members in the district on behalf of our students and families.
• Massachusetts Licensure for Art, Elementary or All Levels, required.
• Strong organizational skills, setting up structures that allow you to manage your own work effectively and position colleagues for success.
• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred.
• 2+ years’ experience leading visual arts instruction in an urban, multicultural setting.
• Excellent classroom management skills and use appropriate authentic assessment strategies to monitor student progress.

Cambridge Public Schools is committed to slowing and/or stopping the spread of COVID-19. Therefore, as a condition of employment with Cambridge Public Schools, all new hires will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 no later than their first day of work.

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. Applications requested by July 17, 2022, however, positions are considered open until filled.

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.