Minimum Qualifications & Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree, including all courses needed to meet credential requirements.
• Valid California teaching credential authorizing service in grade levels and areas assigned.
• Prior teaching experience preferred.
• Must meet highly qualified teacher requirements.
• Must have ELL authorization.
• Must be able to work effectively with administrators, staff, parents, and community.

        
Essential Functions:

• Teaches knowledge and skills in arts and crafts to junior high students in areas deemed important by the instructor for the age or mental ability of the group.
• Provides instruction by which students develop aesthetic concepts and appreciations, visual communications and the ability to make qualitative judgments about art.
• Demonstrates technique in activities such as drawing, painting, and sculpting using appropriate instructional aids.
• Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of the school district.
• Develops instructional plans and organizes class time to provide a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and working time.
• Provides individual and group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of pupils with varying intellectual and artistic abilities, and to accommodate a variety of instructional activities being carried on simultaneously.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior required to provide an orderly and productive studio environment.
• Instructs students in proper care and use of materials and equipment storage areas, and controls use of materials and equipment to prevent loss or abuse.
• Evaluates each student’s performance and growth in knowledge and understanding, and prepares progress reports.
• Selects and requisitions instructional materials, books, etc., and maintains inventory records.
• Communicates with parents, school administrators, and school counselors on student progress; holds parent conferences to discuss the school program and individual pupil’s progress.
• Plans and presents art displays and exhibits, with the help of students, to exhibit student’s work for the school and community.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in in-service education activities provided by the District and/or self-selected professional growth activities.
• Participates cooperatively with the appropriate administrator to develop the methods by which he/she will be evaluated in conformance with District guidelines.
• Cooperates in school-wide supervision of students during out-of-classroom activities.
• Performs basic attendance accounting as required.
• Maintains grading system with substantiated grades for students.
• Participates in faculty and/or District committees and the sponsorship of student activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Superintendent or designee.