Visual Art Teacher

Comp Sci High is a new charter high school serving the South Bronx that opened in August of 2018.  Our founding team came together to start CSH because we believe that students in the Bronx can and will join the next generation of programmers, tech entrepreneurs, and computer scientists. We wanted to build a new kind of high school--a high school that truly prepares kids for their lives after graduation.  We also wanted to build a community of adults with strong connections to each other, to kids and families, and to the Bronx community.
 

We are looking for an inspiring, talented, visionary educator to join our amazing team, help us continue to build our school, and, one day, lead one of the city’s best and most innovative high schools.  
 

Our Mission

To ensure every student graduates with a college acceptance letter, high tech skills, real work experience, and a plan to turn those opportunities into a successful career. 

Our Values and Beliefs

At CSH, we value diverse views and ideas.  But, we believe that every adult in our community needs to share a core set of values and beliefs in order to give our students and families the school they deserve.

 

Our Art Teacher Will:

Mission: Our Art Teacher will ensure our students develop a love of theatre through Inquiry and Project Based Lessons. The Art teacher will help students as both individuals and groups, will foster an appreciation of Art, and provide a joyful and supportive learning environment for dramatic development. We seek to provide meaningful art development for our students. Our Art Teacher should be energetic, collaborative and progressive-minded. The Art Teacher will have responsibility for teaching all Art classes and coordinating art shows and displays. The Art Teacher will collaborate with other members of the Arts department.

Job Description: Our Art Teacher needs to be passionate about art education. You do not need years of formal classroom experience, but should be able to teach core art content in a variety of contexts (workshop, small pull-out, classroom). 

The Art Teacher will 

• Work with the Department Lead to develop and build a drama/theatre program that demonstrates and reflects the vast field of study that is Drama and Theatre;

• Instruct Art classes with enthusiasm, creativity, and sensitivity to student learning styles;

• Direct and execute High School showcases;

• Facilitate art enrichment opportunities and seek extracurricular performances on behalf of students; 

• Build strong relationships with students, families, and the Bronx community;

• Lead an advisory, supporting and mentoring 10-15 students and building close relationships with their families;

• Collaborate with faculty, students, and parents to build an innovative, exciting, and effective school model that achieves our mission and impacts education reform nationwide.

Teachers’ hours will be 8:00-5:15 daily, with the student academic day running from 9:30-1:45 on Wednesdays, and 9:30-4:45 on other days. Teachers may elect to lead an after-school extra-curricular club or coach a sport for an additional stipend. In the summer of the upcoming school year new teacher PD will begin on or around August 10, and the school year will begin in late August. 

Pay and Benefits

We offer very competitive pay and benefits, commensurate with experience, and great opportunities for professional and career development.

Who We’re Looking For

Mindset

We believe students succeed when adults build a close, collaborative community and strive relentlessly for excellence.  We are also launching a new school.  

With those things in mind, we are looking for teachers

• who strive for excellence--who constantly push themselves, their colleagues, their school leaders, and their students to be better;

• who bring new teaching methods/ideologies to the team; 

• who are responsive to students’ learning needs;

• who are excited to participate in social-emotional initiatives that help build students soft-skills and self-concept; 

Comp Sci High is a new computer science high school that opened in the Bronx in 2018.

Our mission is to ensure every student graduates with a college acceptance letter, high tech skills, real work experience, and a plan to turn those opportunities into a successful career.

Our vision is to develop a new high school model that uses the power of education, technology, and community to become an engine of opportunity and a force for economic freedom in the South Bronx.

Our model was developed to answer a single question: what will our students need to succeed in a high-tech career? Our answer includes five key ingredients (1) a strong background in Computer Science, (2) a demanding academic model, (3) personalized support, (4) work-based learning, and (5) a focus on community, student voice, and independence.

Teachers’ hours will be 8:05-5:15 daily, with the student academic day running from 9:00-1:45 on Wednesdays, and 9:00-4:45 on other days. Teachers may elect to lead an after-school extra-curricular club or coach a sport for an additional stipend. In the summer of 2018, new teacher PD will begin around July 25th, and the school year will begin in late August.

Pay and Benefits
We offer very competitive pay and benefits, commensurate with experience, and great opportunities for professional and career development.