TEACHER, HOURLY, VISUAL ARTS - K-5TH GRADE

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SWIGERT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Near Northeast

Hourly, not benefits eligible

FTE: 0.20

Salary: See DCTA Teacher Salary Schedule at http://careers.dpsk12.org/teachercomp/compensation-your-first-year/.

Subjects and Grades:

* Position begins in school year 2020-2021
* Kindergarten
* Grade 01 - First
* Grade 02 - Second
* Grade 03 - Third
* Grade 04 - Fourth
* Grade 05 - Fifth
* Elementary Education
* Visual Arts

Essential Functions and Objectives:

- The Hourly Teacher teaches diverse students grade level standards based curriculum for the content area specified. Counsels students to encourage and support student achievement. Monitors, supervises, coordinates and enforces rules of conduct and behavior of assigned students and reinforces positive student behaviors in accordance with school and District policy. Communicates with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.

Knowledge, Experience, & Other Qualifications:

- Must possess a current Colorado Department of Education Teacher License with endorsement in specified subject area.\n
- Teaches diverse elementary school students grade level standards based curriculum in Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies and Personal Development.
- Provides instruction in Visual Arts following DPS standards-based curriculum. Teaches students to recognize and use visual arts as a form of creativity and communication. Helps students explore the application of materials, tools, techniques, technologies, and processes; and relate visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions. Previous experience and knowledge of various arts media, elements and application of art, principals of design, sensory and expressive features preferred.

Qualifications:

Please enter all of your education, licensure, and endorsements on your profile before submitting an application for this position. Candidates without a complete profile will not be considered. If your teaching license is pending, you are eligible to apply.

To see what qualifications are acceptable for this role, please refer to this teacher qualifications guide : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wjNPW43JNUZixwWegvfuzKstB7iJu6or/view.

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Susana Cordova and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.