[SY 23-24] Art Teacher

  • Full-time
  • Start Date: Next year opening
  • Department: Teacher

Company Description

At KIPP Chicago, we are guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our campuses are located in the Austin, Englewood, North Lawndale, and West Humboldt Park neighborhoods. KIPP Chicago also advises over 2000 KIPP alumni currently in high school or college through our KIPP Forward program.  KIPP Chicago is the highest-performing network of schools in Chicago, as measured by our city’s school quality index.  We attract, develop, and retain a diverse and talented staff of educators. Our students and families choose our schools because our teachers are exceptional educators who work together as a collective to ensure students achieve and thrive.  For more data and information about our successes and vision for the future, visit www.kippchicago.org.

Job Description

At KIPP Chicago our elementary students have daily class experiences in non-academic subject areas, and we call these “Excellence Classes.”  Different positions are open at each school, including Music Teacher, Drama Teacher, Dance Teacher, and Art Teacher.  There is no prescribed curricula for these classes but there are pre-existing curricula that have been used successfully.  The content and structure of the class are determined largely by your expertise as the teacher.  All of the positions require participating in and leading school-wide performances and shows throughout the year.

KIPP Chicago Schools’ students perform beyond statistical expectations in part because our teachers are exceptional.  They have a “whatever it takes” attitude toward their role in students’ success.  They are remembered by students and families as inspirational.

Our expectations for all teachers include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • A belief that all students can and will be successful at our schools, including students who present challenges
  • Practice a growth mindset about oneself and all others at the school, including seeking help and engaging in self-reflection in order to constantly refine one’s own teaching
  • Dependable attendance according to our extended school year and extended school day
  • Communicate frequently and consistently with students and families, including after school via phone, regarding academics, behavior, logistics, and homework help
  • Use best practices in alignment with school-wide systems to manage student behavior and create a safe, warm, demanding, and joyful classroom environment
  • Set specific, ambitious growth targets for all students and identify and leverage all necessary resources to ensure they meet them

KIPP Chicago Schools teachers are supported in their demanding work by experienced and dedicated leadership and staff who have themselves proven successful in the teaching role.  Our leaders maintain consistent school-wide systems and procedures -- academic, behavioral, cultural, logistical -- designed to permit teachers to do their best work.

Qualifications

The requirements for a Art Teacher are:

  • Bachelor’s degree (required)
  • Meet testing requirements of Illinois Charter Law (passing score on ILTS Music 212 test) (required)
  • Illinois Professional Educators license (strongly preferred)
  • Illinois Substitute Teachers license (required if a non-PEL licensed teacher, and easy to obtain) 
  • Two years’ prior success teaching urban communities (strongly preferred)

Additional Information

COMPENSATION

KIPP Chicago Public Schools offers a competitive compensation and benefits package:

  • Salaries based on experience related to role and responsibilities

  • Competitive rates for medical insurance and short-term disability insurance.  Dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance are offered at no cost.

  • Competitive retirement savings benefits 

STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

KIPP Chicago Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment. KIPP Chicago does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic background. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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