Visual Arts Instructors- The Chicago High School for the Arts
Job Category:
Teaching
Job Types:
Permanent
Employment Type:
Part Time
Location:
Chicago
JOB DESCRIPTION: Part-Time Visual Arts InstructorsThe Chicago High School for the Arts seeks dynamic part-time teaching artists for the 2010-11 school year in the Visual Arts Department to teach one or more of the following courses:
Painting I ( FOCUS: observational /figurative but versed in contemporary methodologies)
Drawing (FOCUS: observational/figurative but versed in contemporary methodologies)
Sculpture ( traditional and contemporary)
Graphic Design/Visual Communication
Art History I
The hours of the arts conservatory training are 2:00- 5:00 PM, Monday- Friday. The hours/days will differ for each course.Position Summary: The ideal candidate will be a specialist in the field and will have the passion and skills to create a learning environment that will offer a rigorous pre-professional arts training that challenges students to achieve at high levels. Instructors at ChiArts will be required to differentiate instruction; design lesson and unit plans that properly assess student achievement and encourage skill development and critical thinking. The ultimate goal is to help ChiArts visual students build a portfolio of finished and polished work. RESPONSIBILITIES:Classroom and professional duties include, but are not limited to the following:•Embrace and promote the ChiArts vision, mission, educational approach, goals, and core values•Prepare structured lessons that encourage and foster skill development, critical thinking, applications, and ethics.•Instruct conservatory level courses, serving students with various learning styles, abilities and needs.•Employ outstanding classroom management skills and implement the school code of conduct.•Regularly assess student achievement, skill mastery and career development skills.•Submit unit plans on a timely basis•Manage classroom administration and record keeping including: grades, attendance records, student progress and documentation of student work.•Manage studio material inventory and equipment: ordering and upkeep.•Manage studio set up and break down of equipment and furniture.•Document student work for digital portfolio files.•Regularly communicate with students, parents and other ChiArts staff to share artistic progress, encourage positive behavior, and resolve behavioral and artistic issues.•Attend and participate in faculty and administrative meetings, parent conferences, open house, other school functions, and in- service professional development sessions.•Collaborate with the staff to develop “best practices” tailored to the unique philosophy and instructional approach of ChiArts and to the needs of its student population.•Collaborate with other ChiArts artistic and academic faculty and the larger arts community.•Perform other duties as the needs of the school and needs of the students may demand (e.g., competitions, exhibits.)•Work with academic staff to ensure student’s overall success at ChiArts.
