Visual Arts Teacher (part-time)

Why Join Us

Are you looking for a new opportunity to make an impact in the lives of students? Join us at SESI Schools, where we are proving what is possible for students with unique needs. We offer a generous benefits package including:

Competitive salary of $20/hour (10 month, part-time position of 20-24 hours per week)

Possibility of working summer camp for additional compensation

Comprehensive healthcare benefits including medical, dental, and vision

Employer-paid life insurance

401(k) plan with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement of up to $2,625

Other great benefits like Flexible Spending Account, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, and Pet Insurance

Continued training, mentorship, and opportunities for growth

The Auburn School - Silver Spring Campus is an independent day-school offering a specialized program for intellectually engaged students with social and communication challenges. We offer a dynamic educational program for intellectually curious students with challenges in the areas of communication, socialization, pragmatic language, and organization. Our program is appropriate for students who can learn successfully and appropriately in a small classroom setting. Auburn’s program simultaneously supports the development of academic skills, social competency, and pragmatic language in an engaging educational environment.

To achieve this mission, The Auburn School:

Integrates social skills and pragmatic language development throughout the curriculum and school day using research-based programs and educational best-practices;

Provides a challenging academic curriculum featuring multi-sensory instruction, research-based curriculum and appropriate student accommodations;

Offers a safe, nurturing and highly personalized learning environment for children through small class sizes, individualized learning plans and a supportive school setting;

Identifies and develops individual student strengths, talents and interests; and

Seeks out, employs and supports the very best educators and staff.

Position

The Auburn School's Silver Spring campus is actively recruiting a part-time Art Integration teacher for the 2024-2025 school year.

Auburn teachers work in a collaborative environment to implement our unique, integrated academic and social curriculum in a highly professional work environment that brings teachers, social learning specialists and occupational therapists, behaviorists and instructional assistants together on behalf of student success.

The art teacher will provide art instruction to students K-8 to help develop arts skills and intellectual processes providing multiple entry points for students linking to content in other subject areas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include the following. Other duties as assigned.

Teach knowledge and skills, nurture confidence and character, and meet the needs of all students by utilizing instructional models, strategies, and curriculum

Use assessment data to modify short and long-term plans to promote all students’ academic performance

Develop and maintain skill-appropriate lesson plans

Develop and maintain student forms and files as required by SESI Schools, local, state, and/or federal agencies

Collaborate with staff to promote an environment of critical thinking and academic rigor

Drive, record, and track student growth and progress towards goals

Participate in the daily functions of the school such as morning, lunch, and afternoon supervisory duties.

Attending and documenting conferences, meetings, and training with supervisors

Light lifting, walking, and/or climbing stairs may be required

Desired Qualifications

Bachelors degree required, Masters degree highly preferred

A minimum of 2 years of experience teaching art in the classroom, preferably in a special education setting Experience with the blending of content and skills between an art form and a co-curricular subject

Sound understanding of, and sensitivity to, children and adolescents with special learning needs

Experience with Asperger’s syndrome, organizational issues, ADHD and/or NVLD preferred

Experience with differentiated and inquiry based instruction, multiage classrooms, behavior management, and assistive learning technologies preferred

Experience with the Understanding by Design curriculum framework a plus

Commitment to professional excellence

Technologically adept

Enthusiastic about the opportunity to teach students with social and communication challenges

Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), a division of FullBloom, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation/gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.