Art Teacher K-8th Grade

Aurora Charter School
The mission of Aurora Charter School is to operate a center of learning that embraces academic excellence and celebrates the gift of Latino culture.

Our unique dual language program is designed around the three pillars of dual language education; Bilingualism and Biltieracy, High academic achievement, and socio-cultural competence. We strive to ensure that each child develops strong biliteracy skills, achieves at their highest potential, and develops a socio-cultural competence that helps them develop into noble citizens of our community.
 
The Art Teacher K-8th Grade, under the supervision of the principal is responsible for planning and executing high-quality lessons in the content area they are responsible for. This teacher should be connected to and/or have a broad knowledge of the Latino culture and be able to plan culturally-sensitive lessons.

Qualifications:

• License to teach art in grades K-8 in Minnesota
• Bachelor’s Degree with major or minor in art education or related degree
• Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred but not required

The essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental duties: 

• Provide instruction in the core curriculum areas for which employed; make appropriate use of instructional resources and technologies. 
• Develop and implement innovative methods for providing instruction to students. 
• Utilize school curriculum and resources to inform instruction and ensure that students learn at a high level.
• Evaluate student performance in accordance with system used by the school; promote student achievement; maintain required student records; make related reports to the school administration. 
• Maintain contact and communications with parents of students and work with them to achieve student academic development; participate in parent teacher conferences. 
• Manage classroom and student behavior within the classroom; enforce rules governing the conduct of students; take appropriate disciplinary action with students when necessary. 
• Continue to seek professional growth and development in the curriculum areas for which employed; attend professional development required by the district; maintain active teaching license. 
• Serve on a minimum of one school committee.
• Contribute to the District’s inclusive workplace efforts by fostering a safe, welcoming, and respectful environment. 
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Teachers at Aurora Charter School are expected to:

• Develop lesson plans according to state standards
• Create lessons that may be required for adaptive education or students with special needs
• Develop classroom standards for behavior and acceptable social norms
• Create substitute lesson plans
• Collaborate with other teachers for integrative lesson planning
• Adhere to the school’s discipline policies
• Attend all-staff meetings
• Meet with students, parents, counselor, teachers, and others in special group meetings to develop individual lesson plans
• Attend after-school functions
• Assist the school with its Environmental Education initatives by implementing EE in the classroom
• Participate in field trips
• Organize, clean, and decorate your classroom
• Take attendance and prepare progress reports for grades
• Attend open house and back-to-school nights
• Hold parent/teacher conferences

Salary and Benefits:

• Beginning salaries are determined based on years of experience and level of education.
• Full-time employees are offered health and dental insurance. Based on the health plan selected, the school pays all or the majority of the employee’s insurance premium.
• Employees are offered a variety of voluntary benefits.
• All employees are offered paid time off for illness, personal days, and bereavement.
• All employees are automatically enrolled in a retirement plan. Both the employee and the school contribute to retirement.