Chapter 510 - Poet Teaching Artist

Teaching Artist Duties

• Lead in-person writing workshops at OUSD elementary schools.
• Collaborate with OUSD elementary school teachers to support student and classroom goals.
• Debrief with staff after each workshop to discuss needs, insights, and seek support.
• Perform and present poetry to elementary students across OUSD.
• Facilitate creative writing professional development workshops for teachers in collaboration with OUSD.
• Ensure students complete and submit final drafts for publication.

Curriculum/Plan

• Design curriculum aligned with Chapter 510 pedagogy and present teaching plan and list of technology requests to supervisor for approval prior to teaching.
• Documents each weekly lesson plan in a designated folder on 510 Google shared drive.
• Provides Program Coordinator a list of needed supplies and other items.
• Met and communicate with all project partners in order to include all the guest artists, volunteers/mentors, advisors and community partners in the program.

Final culmination - publication and celebration

• Ensure that students complete work and that work is ready for exhibit and/or publication.
• Prepare students for their final presentations, gallery walks, and exhibits.
• Attend all presentations and exhibits.
• Write the introduction for any book from the workshop going to publication.
• Supports supervisor and other staff in curating the order of student pieces in an anthology.

Reporting/Evaluation

• Ensure that the following reports/documents are submitted to Chapter 510 ten days after the conclusion of the workshops:
• Reimbursement with original receipts.
• All documentation collected, including photos (labeled appropriately), videos, writing samples, etc.
• Final teacher evaluation if in your first year with Chapter 510.