Job Description

Discipline: Music

Location: Lawndale Elementary School District or Lynwood Unified School District

Schedule: 2 days per week

Position Summary
P.S. ARTS Teaching Artists are equal parts professional artists and professional educators. Teaching Artists are responsible for delivering a highquality authentic and engaging curriculum that is inclusive creative and aspirational. As we move into a new era of education Teaching Artists at P.S. ARTS are given the opportunity and challenge of designing new ways to deliver arts education.

P.S. ARTS serves schools and communities as a partner and ally. Knowing that each community will have different needs P.S. ARTS strives to deliver programming that embodies our values of Art Excellence Equity Innovation and Community.

A successful Teaching Artist is enthusiastic about creatively engaging with their students open to adapting their teaching practice and a dependable figure in the clroom. A Teaching Artists overall goal is to empower students to have the freedom to imagine and the power to create.

Knowledge Ss & Abilities

• Demonstrated experience of inschool (K5th teaching)
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in teaching music
• Demonstrated knowledge or familiarity with Californias Framework for VAPA
• Ability to work collaboratively in/out of a school environment and with school communities
• Experience working in Title I designated schools and surrounding communities preferred
• Fluency in Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

• Deliver and/or facilitate inperson arts instruction;
• Facilitate sequential standardsbased differentiated curricula in the arts;
• Foster a creative and healthy clroom environment;
• Implement clroom management techniques including routines and rules;
• Prep setup and cleanup of lessons clrooms or carts;
• Utilizing and making connections with Californias Framework for VAPA
• Doentation of teaching practice:
  • Submit curriculum and lesson plans using P.S. ARTS online mapping program; and
  • Submit student evaluation rubrics and provide doentation of student work.
• Maintain a supply budget(s);
• Attend and participate in P.S. ARTS Family Art Nights and similar events (festivals backtoschool nights etc.) at igned schools;
• Attend and participate in P.S. ARTS trainings and professional development workshops;
• Demonstrate implementation of new ss within teaching practice;
• Represent P.S. ARTS amongst multiple school community stakeholders including clroom teachers parents administrators and donors; and
• Responding to emails and other communication in a timely manner.

This description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of this position. Descriptions may change in response to Organization need at the discretion of the CEO.

A criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship on these identified job responsibilities potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Additionally per California Education Code 45122.1 45125.1 and 44237 criminal history restrictions apply.

Working Conditions:

Teaching Artists are required to maintain a safe and clean clroom environment physical or virtual that promotes learning creativity and equity. Teaching Artist may routinely:

• Lift push or carry supplies equipment instruments or clroom furniture upto 40lbs.
• Bend twist reach stand and/or sit for long periods of time.
• View LCD screens for long periods of time.
• Work/teach outdoors.
• Work with video equipment and a comfort with recording and/or being recorded.

About P.S. ARTS:

The P.S. ARTS team is a diverse group of people with different s sets and experiences from various cultures and backgrounds with one thing in common a dedication to arts education. P.S. ARTS encourages all employees to feel empowered by and model the Organizations values of Art Community Equity Innovation and Excellence.

P.S. ARTS is an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to better reflecting the communities we serve while building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. P.S. ARTS also supports and will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure the application process is accessible to candidates who require additional accommodation. P.S. ARTS will consider qualified applications with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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