Fine Arts Teacher- Incarnate Word High School
San Antonio, TX School
Description

Incarnate Word High School, an all-girls Catholic high school sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, seeks a Fine Art Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. The position entails a full-time teaching schedule. Candidate must have current licensure. The school seeks to maintain a fully and authentically Catholic environment.  


REPORTS TO:

This position reports to the Principal of Incarnate Word High School (IWHS). 


RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

· Prepare curriculum documents to include standards, scope and sequences, syllabi, and lesson plans.

· Use appropriate and varied instructional strategies, activities, and materials to promote student success and achievement.

· Consistently monitor student achievement through appropriate and varied formative and summative assessments.

·  Update the school's electronic gradebook site Blackbaud with student grades at least once per week.

· Keep class pages in Google Classroom current.

· Post lesson plans weekly.

· Establish and maintain open communication with students, their parents, and administration.

· Attend faculty meetings, events, and professional development.

· Collaborate with other faculty members for professional, instructional, and supervisory duties.

· Assume a variety of roles in support of student activities outside of class, both during the school day and after normal school hours.

· Attend all faculty retreats, and class retreats as assigned.

· Attend all faith-centered activities to include school liturgies and prayer services.

· Have the ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, parents, and co-workers.

· Willingness to assume other extra-curricular duties as needed.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Have knowledge of both curriculum and instruction, and the ability to engage and instruct students in the content area.

· Have the ability to manage a classroom along with student behavior.

· Attendance at AP Summer Institute(s) within the past 3 years.

· Promptly address student needs through interventions, including modifying instructional approaches.

· Have the ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, parents, and co-workers.

· Be a lifelong learner of his/her practice, and have an openness to self-reflect, receive, and implement feedback on improving their teaching skills.

 · Understanding of the Mission of Incarnate Word High School.

· Successful completion of VIRTUS and background check.


REQUIRED EDUCATION:

· Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in  in Art (or relevant degree area).

· A valid Texas Teacher’s Certificate, or 12 credit hours in education courses.