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Garrett County Public Schools Art Teacher in Oakland, Maryland
Position:Teacher Subject:Art Location:Grantsville Elementary School/Route Forty School FTE:Full-time Status:Exempt Terms:10 months, 187 day work year, 7.6 Hours per day, may vary depending on the needs of the system Salary:Unit I Teacher Salary Scale Supervisor:Principal and/or Director of Elementary-Early Childhood Availability:2024-2025 School Year Deadline:Applications received by11:59 p.m.onJune 2, 2024,will be considered for the initial interviews and will be given first consideration. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
Job Description: The teacher will provide essential academic instruction, as well as develop, implement, and supervise appropriate program-related activities, in an effort to help students develop and demonstrate the necessary skills, knowledge, and attitudes.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Standard Professional Certificate issued by the Maryland State Department of Education in art education.
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills, including, but not limited to, the ability to interact successfully with diverse stakeholders (i.e., students, staff, administration, parents, general public, community agencies, etc.)
- Proficiency in a variety of technology and applications
- Successful management of confidential information and materials
- History of initiative, discretion, leadership, and independent judgment
- Demonstrated understanding of and attention to detail, especially as it relates to student safety and well-being
- History of professionalism and strong work ethic
- Ability to work independently and as a team player
- Ability to serve as a positive role model for students, staff, and other stakeholders
- Ability to maintain emotional control while addressing stressful situations
- Ability to stand, sit, walk, climb stairs, balance, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, bend, push, and pull
- Ability to lift and transport heavy to moderately heavy objects averaging 40-60 lbs.
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to use mouse, keyboard, other appropriate technology, and instructional manipulatives
- Regular and predictable attendance
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job either with or without reasonable accommodations.
- Ability to successfully implement county classroom behavior strategies and individual student behavior plans.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced Professional Certificate issued by the Maryland State Department of Educationin the areas of art education.
- Masters Degree, or higher, in applicable field from an accredited college or university
- Minimum three (3) years of teaching art in an elementary school setting.
Duties and Responsibilities: The following duties and responsibilities are intended only as examples. The omission of a specific duty or responsibility does not exclude it from the position if the work is a similar, related, or logical assignment.
The teacher will:
- Prepare lessons, assignments, and instructional materials.
- Establish clear goals and learning objectives consistent with appraisal of student needs, GCPS curriculum framework, and knowledge of human growth and development.
- Prepare, administer, and correct assessments and record results.
- Select and use appropriate instructional strategies including, but not limited to, lectures, group discussions, demonstrations, modeling, and multi-media teaching aids to present subject matter to students.
- Evaluate student progress using appropriate assessment techniques.
- Maintain order and discipline in the classroom conducive to effective learning
- Take all appropriate safety precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Create a classroom environment that provides for student involvement in the learning process an enables each student to achieve learning objectives.
- Counsel pupils when academic and behavioral problems arise.
- Confer with parents and students regarding progress of assigned students and arrange and participate in teacher-parent or teacher-student conferences, as necessary.
- Serve on special committees, as necessary.
- Maintain accurate and complete records as required by the school, applicable programs and agencies, law, Board Policy, and Administrative Procedure.
- Account for and order classroom and program equipment and supplies, as necessary.
- Attend and actively participate in staff/faculty meetings and appropriate job-related professional development.
- Improve skill and knowledge base in subject matter, current trends, research, methodology, technology, multicultural content, problem-solving strategies, and interdisciplinary connections.
- Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for substitutes and volunteers, as necessary.
- Contribute to the short-term and long-term successes of students, staff, school, and the system in general.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Engage in life-long learning of professional and technical knowledge by attending appropriate workshops, reviewing professional publications and websites, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
- Present a courteous and professional demeanor at all times.
- Demonstrate proficiency, flexibility, self-motivation, accountability and ownership, and a positive demeanor.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Questions: Should you have questions and/or require assistance with accessing or completing the on-line application, contact the Office of Human Resources and Employee Relations at 301-334-8904.
Accommodation Requests: In the event you are contacted for an interview, please notify the Office of Human Resources and Employee Relations at that time of any reasonable disability-related accommodation requests.
The Garrett County Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, and gender identity, status as a veteran or disability in matters affecting employment. Question about this policy should be directed to the Director of Human Resources and Employee Relations at 301-334-8904.