Date Posted:
7/18/2023Job Title: Teacher, Fine Arts Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Principal Pay Grade: Teacher Pay Scale Days: 187
Dept./School: Assigned Campus Funding Source: 199-11-6119-00-XXX-XXX

Primary Purpose:

South San Antonio teachers are passionate innovators. They believe in the power of an excellent education to change the lives of students, and they desperately want to build a game-changing school that redefines public education in the city of San Antonio, the state of Texas, and across the country.
They know how critically important it is to develop a classroom culture that drives student achievement and personal growth for each individual child. South San Antonio teachers will teach students to hold themselves to high expectations, both academically and behaviorally, and they tirelessly support students when they fall short of those expectations. Our teachers are hungry to grow as leaders in this work every day, driven by personal reflection, coaching from school leadership, and partnerships with transformational colleagues.
They understand improving student outcomes will be personally and intellectually exhausting. It will push us to our professional limits. It will ask more of us than we thought we had to give. But they also know we will all be part of something that is worthy, desperately needed, and surely possible for the students in our city.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university
• Master degree in content preferred
  • Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements or required training for subject and level assigned
• Demonstrated competency in the core academic subject area assigned
  • Current licensure, certification or registration by a state or nationally recognized accrediting agency as a professional practitioner in one or more approved occupations for which instruction is offered

• Valid certification in one of the following: Generalist EC-6 or Core Subjects EC – 6
  • Candidate must have satisfactory outcome of fingerprinting background check. Non-refundable fee (approximately $50.00) paid by the employee

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Experience and demonstrated ability in working with children in a teaching, counseling or other applicable capacity.
• Prior experience in an urban, high-poverty and/or turnaround school strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Google Apps for Education (preferred)
• Commitment to accountability, professional development for instructors, and student success;
• Exhibited leadership in working with parents, students, and the community.
• Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills.
• Bilingual preferred (but not required).
• Ability to effectively interpret student/school data, including but not limited to academic, attendance, discipline and survey data, and identify areas strength, need and growth;
• Strong interpersonal skills (communication, problem solving, conflict management, collaboration) to share research-based instructional approaches and provide advice, mentoring, and coaching.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to engage students in innovative lessons and manage their behavior.
• Knowledge of core academic subject assigned and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
• Unwavering belief that all students can succeed.
• Provide feedback and problem solving with teachers to strengthen relationships and classroom culture.
• Other duties as assigned by the Principal.

Experience:

• At least one year student teaching or approved internship

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

Classroom Management and OrganizationCommunicationProfessional Growth and DevelopmentSupervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervise assigned teacher aide(s).

Working Conditions: Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Tools/Equipment Used: Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment; [P.E. teachers: automated external defibrillator (AED)] Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.
• Posture: Prolonged standing/walking; frequent kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
• Motion: Frequent walking, Sensory ability needs - significant; hearing, near vision, peripheral vision color discrimination, depth perception
• Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); may lift and move text books and classroom equipment
• Environment: Work inside, may work outside; regular exposure to noise, frequent cold and heat
• Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress; work prolonged or irregular hours

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
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