What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visual Arts Teacher position at Millbury Memorial Jr/Sr High School?
DESCRIPTION:
We are seeking a passionate and innovative Visual Arts Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year to inspire and engage students in grades 7-12. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in curriculum design and instruction, fostering student creativity through foundational two-dimensional and three-dimensional art practices. Committed to promoting and showcasing the arts for all students, this educator will create a rigorous yet supportive and inclusive classroom environment where students can develop artistic skills while thriving socially, emotionally, and academically. By integrating traditional techniques with digital media, the teacher will empower students to explore, express, and refine their artistic voices in meaningful ways.
GENERAL DUTIES:
Design hands-on learning activities that include the creation of various types of digital media, as well as the consumption of media, as described in the Visual Arts and/or Digital Literacy standards.
Ability to design learning activities and experiences that utilize traditional art materials and modalities without the use or integration of technology, as necessary, as described in the Visual Arts standards.
Demonstrates techniques and designs hands-on activities that include drawing and painting, digital media, and three-dimensional arts.
Teach essential technology usage through project-based learning to help students develop skills immediately useful in their educational and life experiences.
Design lessons that address a variety of curriculum topics, including digital citizenship, digital design, research skills, effective visual communication, image manipulation, introduction to video and/or animation, and introduction to coding.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the subject matter and the pedagogy it requires by engaging students in learning experiences that enable them to acquire complex knowledge and skills in the subject areas.
Demonstrate knowledge of the developmental levels of students and the different ways students learn by providing differentiated learning experiences to enable all students to progress.
Assess student work and based on results, provide descriptive feedback and engage students and families in constructive conversation that focuses on how students can improve their performance.
Define high expectations for the quality of student work and the perseverance and effort required to produce it.
Use rituals, routines, and appropriate responses that create and maintain a safe physical and intellectual environment where students take academic risks, and most behaviors that interfere with learning are prevented.
Use strategies and practices that are likely to enable students to demonstrate respect for and affirm their own and others' differences related to background, identity, language, strengths, and challenges.
Regularly share, with appropriate colleagues (e.g., general education, special education, and English learner staff), conclusions about student progress and seek feedback from them about instructional or assessment practices that will support improved student learning.
Use strategies to support every family to participate actively and appropriately in the classroom and school community.
Update parents throughout the year and suggest strategies for supporting learning at school and home, including appropriate adaptation for students with disabilities or limited English proficiency. Employ two-way communication with families about student performance and learning and respond promptly and respectfully to communications from families.
Show understanding of and sensitivity to different families' home languages, cultures, and values.
Reflect on the effectiveness of lessons, units, and interactions with students, both individually and with colleagues, and use insights gained to improve practice and student learning.
Seek and apply ideas for improving practice from supervisors, colleagues, professional development activities, and other resources to gain expertise and/or assume different instruction and leadership responsibilities.
Demonstrate sound judgment reflecting integrity, honesty, fairness, and trustworthiness and protect student confidentiality appropriately.
Consistently fulfill professional responsibilities; be consistently timely and reliable with paperwork, duties, and assignments; and demonstrate regular and consistent attendance.
Responsible for instructional and general duties as assigned by the Principal, Assistant Superintendent, directives of the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee, and policies of the Millbury School Committee.
