Responding to Art Instructor
Responding to Art Instructor
The Chicago High School for the Arts
Chicago, IL
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The Chicago High School for the Arts seeks a part-time Creative Writing instructor for the 2024-25 school year.
Responding to Art: Three hour class takes place Tuesday from 2:00 – 5:00pm. This is a year-long course.
Responding To Art
Responding to Art uses various art forms as inspiration. Students will observe visual art, dance, theatre, and music and explore ways to extract and expand ideas for writing. Students will investigate the art forms that compel them to write and imitate rhythms, shapes, characters, and forms found in other artists’ work. To support the process of writing from art, the class will explore writing techniques with a focus on rhythm, form, description and detail, sound, image, and idea.
Position Summary
The ideal candidate for this position is a versatile and experienced, artistic writer with the passion and skills to create a learning environment that will offer a rigorous pre-professional arts training. Candidates should have previous experience working with and instructing high school age students. The instructor of this course will center the curriculum on developing critical thinking, production and presentation skills.
Instructors at ChiArts are committed to upholding antiracism, restorative practices, and community values. Instructors will be required to differentiate instruction when designing lesson and unit plans that assess student achievement, and encourage skill development and critical thinking.
Responsibilities
Classroom and professional duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Embrace and promote the ChiArts vision, mission, educational approach, goals, and core values
- Prepare structured lessons that encourage and foster skill development, critical thinking, applications, and ethics.
- Instruct conservatory level courses, serving students with various learning styles, abilities and needs.
- Employ outstanding classroom management skills and implement the school code of conduct.
- Regularly assess student achievement, skill mastery and career development skills.
- Submit unit plans on a timely basis
- Manage classroom administration and record keeping including: grades, attendance records, student progress and documentation of student work.
- Regularly communicate with students, parents and other ChiArts staff to share artistic progress, encourage positive behavior, and resolve behavioral and artistic issues.
- Attend and participate in faculty and administrative meetings, parent conferences, open house, other school functions, and in- service professional development sessions.
- Collaborate with the staff to develop “best practices” tailored to the unique philosophy and instructional approach of ChiArts and to the needs of its student population.
- Collaborate with other ChiArts artistic and academic faculty and the larger arts community.
- Perform other duties as the needs of the school and needs of the students may demand (e.g., competitions, readings.)
- Work with academic staff to ensure student’s overall success at ChiArts.
Bachelor’s degree
Minimum (3) years professional experience in creative writing or course-related field
Minimum (3) years previous teaching experience at a pre-professional or professional level preferably in the content area.
Prior Experience Teaching High School Students Is Strongly Preferred.
Illinois State Teacher Licensure is preferred, but may not be required
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent curriculum development skills
Excellent classroom management ability
Application Process
Qualified applicants should visit employment page of our website www.chiarts.org
Qualified Applicants Should Upload The Following
- Cover Letter
- Resumes (teaching, writing, other related resumes)
- 3-5 Professional References: Name, position, telephone number, and email (upload as "other" document).
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level -
Employment type
Other -
Job function
Education and Training -
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Performing Arts
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