Teacher, Art (25090)

About the role

Available shifts - Monday - Friday between 8:00 am - 4:00 pm - no weekends

Responsibilities

• Maintain and organize art materials and equipment
• Provide therapeutic art instruction to individuals, small groups, and classrooms
• Provide leadership in a variety of school-wide art events and activities
• Work with school administration to deliver art experiences to students in a variety of school-wide venues on the agency campus
• Provide subject area instruction (Art) that follows the NYS K-12 Art Curricula and provides students with appropriate level art lessons and age experiences
• Develop and implement art instructional materials to provide individual and small group instruction to students of various ability levels grades K-12
• Provide leadership in the school for promoting Art activities and experiences for students
• Work with teachers to encourage classroom, small group, and individual art activities, projects, and events
• Follow school and agency procedures and policies for reporting incidents. This includes behavior incident reports (IR) and incidents such as child/sexual abuse, substance abuse, harassment, bullying, and violence
• Follow all Agency policies and procedures, along with state and federal regulations pertaining to our school and students
• Provide leadership to assigned teacher assistants in the various clerical and non-instructional duties or needed for your classroom

Requirements

• Masters/Bachelor's degree in Art Education
• NYS certification in Art Education

Qualifications

• Experience working with children grades K-12
• Ability to follow NYS Art Curricula
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Skills

• Therapeutic art instruction
• Subject area instruction (Art)
• Leadership in school-wide art events and activities
• Collaboration with teachers and teacher assistants
• Incident reporting and policy adherence

Benefits

• Health care package: medical, dental, and vision
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Holiday Pay
• 401 (K) plan
• Life Insurance
• Loan repayment assistance
• Free training/CEU opportunities
• Free continuing education through SATRI program

Pay

$5,000 retention bonus (paid in 2 parts 1/2 at 90 days and 1/2 at a year)

Schedule

Monday - Friday between 8:00 am - 4:00 pm - no weekends

About Northern Rivers

At Northern Rivers Family of Services, we work together to make a difference in our client's lives. Northern Rivers empowers children, adults, and families to change their lives and build stronger communities. Northern Rivers Family of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.