Art Teacher

Welcome to the Hatboro-Horsham School District!

At Hatboro-Horsham School District we are focused on continually examining our district practices and structures. We advance, promote, and advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion to enhance alignment with the tenets of the whole child. We are committed to creating and maintaining environments in which each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Hatboro-Horsham draws strength from the rich variety of perspectives and life experiences of our community. As an employee of the district, you can anticipate that your contributions will further our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare, through knowledge of content and pedagogy skills, the content to be learned. Ensure appropriate educational goals for students and monitor through appropriate assessments.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of established District curriculum goals, establishes and communicates clear objectives to the students for all lessons, units, and projects.
• Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis, provides progress reports as required, and communicates with parents as deemed necessary.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by the law, District policy, and administrative regulation.
• Establish and maintain a purposeful and equitable environment for learning.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity, interest, and abilities of students.
• Ensures the classroom and/or instructional environment is attractive, healthful, safe, and conducive to learning and that materials are in good condition and assessable to students.
• Develop a code of conduct for the classroom which is consistent with established administrative policies and develops rules of classroom behavior which are enforced in a fair and just manner.
• Engage students in learning by using a variety of instructional strategies.
• Utilizes a variety of instructional materials and available multimedia and computer technology to enhance learning.
• Provides age-appropriate communication with students on instructional expectations and keeps them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations.
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement.
• Attends established school-sponsored activities (i.e.: back-to-school night, open house) as scheduled by the building administrator.
  
  

Other Duties And Responsibilities

• Position Requires: Bachelor's degree in Education and a Valid Pennsylvania K-12 Art teaching certificate. The candidate should be proficient in a variety of fine art mediums, including experience in Digital Photography and Media and Adobe Professional Creative Cloud.
• Maintains an on-going program of professional growth that satisfies District/State requirements.
• Participates in in-service and staff development activities and staff meetings as required or assigned.
• Works in a self-contained, team, departmental, or itinerant capacity, as assigned.
  
  

Requirements

Valid PA certification

License/Clearance(s): Act 34 - Criminal History Clearance

Act 151 - Child Abuse History Clearance

Act 114 - Federal Criminal History Record

Please click on the link below to read about the Hatboro-Horsham Learning Focus:

HHSD Learning Focus 2021-22.pdf

Click on the link below to read about our Induction Program:

Human Resources / Induction (hatboro-horsham.org)

This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform other job-related duties requested by the Building Principal or designee.

The position holder must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. It is the responsibility of the employee to inform the HHSD Director of Personnel of any and all reasonable accommodation that will be required.

Hatboro-Horsham School District is an Equal Opportunity Employment, Educational, and Service Organization.

The Hatboro-Horsham School requires all employees to adhere to PA School Code and policies set forth by the School Board, which is an essential function of employment. In addition, regular attendance at work is an essential function of employment.