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About the Role

Challenge Preparatory Charter School is seeking a creative and flexible Art Teacher to foster students' interest and ability in visual expression, aesthetic understanding, and artistic talent. The role involves developing and delivering art lessons, sourcing supplies, and ensuring a supportive learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Planning lessons on art and art history per students' learning objectives
• Preparing the classroom by gathering and setting up equipment
• Developing students' drawing, coloring, and painting techniques
• Providing instruction on the use of media such as graphite and charcoal pencils, as well as oil, acrylic, and watercolor paint
• Teaching students about art history
• Assigning and grading projects and examinations
• Recording and reporting on students' progress
• Ensuring that the classroom is clean after each lesson
• Organize storage areas and control the use of materials, equipment, and tools to prevent loss or abuse, and minimize the time required for distribution and collection
• Attending faculty and parent-teacher meetings
• Provide instruction by which students develop aesthetic concepts and appreciation, and the ability to make qualitative judgments about art
• Demonstrate techniques in activities such as drawing and painting
• Understand the versatility of acrylic paints: dry brushing, staining, layering, underpainting, mono-printing
• Understand a variety of “master” techniques
• Knows and can apply elements of design and modern principles of art
• Knows the fundamentals and different approaches to drawing media techniques
• Provide individual and small-group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students with varying intellectual and artistic abilities, and to accommodate a variety of instructional activities
• Instruct students in the proper care and use of tools and equipment
• Evaluate each student’s performance and growth in knowledge and aesthetic understanding, and prepare progress reports
• Select and requisition books, instructional materials, tools, and instructional aids, and maintain required inventory records
• Plan and present art displays and exhibitions designed to exhibit students’ work for the school and the community
• May sponsor exhibits from outside the school
• Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the school or in self-selected professional growth activities
• Communicate with parents and school counselors on pupil progress
• Participate in curriculum and other developmental programs, such as after-school art club
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Administration

Requirements

• Sourcing art supplies
• Preparing lessons
• Providing developmentally appropriate instruction on art techniques
• Supervising lessons to ensure that learners interact in a supportive and respectful manner
• Encouraging creativity and self-expression among students

Skills

• Drawing
• Coloring
• Painting
• Art history
• Use of media (graphite, charcoal, oil, acrylic, watercolor)
• Elements of design
• Modern principles of art
• Drawing media techniques
• Acrylic paint techniques (dry brushing, staining, layering, underpainting, mono-printing)
• Master techniques

Location

• Far Rockaway, NY

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Salary is based on qualifications and experience.

Salary/Compensations

• $62,000 - $95,000 a year

Benefits

• Full benefits program
• Opportunities for professional growth

About the Company

• Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) has provided students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway, Queens since 2010.
• Serves over 1200 scholars from Kindergarten to 12th grade across 3 sites.
• School’s mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, to demonstrate mastery of the NY State Learning Standards, and to achieve their career aspirations.
• Cultivates and supports the intellectual, aesthetic, social, emotional, and ethical development of its students and prepares them to be responsible 21st century citizens.
• Offers a rigorous instructional program in a safe, supportive, technology-infused and data-enriched and social-emotional learning sequence, authentic field experiences, career counseling, and college coursework.
• Understood that we are one organization with multiple sites, and it is expected that all members of the team collaborate to support all of our scholars.

Equal Opportunity

• An Equal Opportunity Employer
• Challenge Charter School is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
• We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
• We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, particularly in the Far Rockaway area, and committed to educating students.
• We welcome all applicants who share our mission and vision to join us in our relentless work.