Date Issued: April 19, 2023

POSITION

Worksite : GW Graham Secondary School

Contract Type: Continuing, Full-Time

Assignment Area(s): Studio Arts Grades 9-12

Effective Date: September 1, 2023

Please Note: The assignment within this position in September may not be identical to the assignment in this posted position.

Deadline for Applications: April 27, 2023 – 12:00 pm

Electronic Applications must be submitted through Make A Future www.makeafuture.ca and include a Cover Letter, Resume, Teaching Report, Transcripts & the names of 2 current supervisors who can comment on your teaching.

Required Abilities, Qualifications and Experience:

• extensive academic training, professional preparation and qualifications in teaching in all areas of this assignment
• knowledge of, and demonstrated application of the Ministry of Education’s current philosophy, teaching practices, and evaluation/assessment/reporting procedures as applied to all areas of this assignment
• completed at least a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major or Minor in Visual Arts
• awareness of and experience working with the First Peoples Principles of Learning
• demonstrated competence in teaching Studio Art, Photography, and Ceramics
• demonstrated content knowledge in teaching all aspects of a Fine Arts program
• demonstrated content knowledge of the most effective ways to help students learn art technique and expression
• demonstrated ability to devise a variety of formative and summative assessments for improving student learning and guiding instructional practice
• demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary approach to teaching
• demonstrated ability to motivate, and provide success for struggling learners
• demonstrated ability to devise and use a variety of assessment processes that effectively allow students to demonstrate their learning
• demonstrated skills supporting and mentoring students with project-based learning where students can work individually or collaboratively on an in-depth learning experiences
• ability to design lessons for a strong commitment to literacy development that promotes the ability to understand, critically analyze, and create a variety of forms of communication including oral, written, digital and multimedia
• ability to teach in combined grade classrooms where the teacher develops a mindset that sees all the students as a group of learners with a range of needs and interests
• ability to design cross-curricular lesson and unit plans with a strong emphasis on the following three core competencies: communication, thinking, and personal and social competency
• ability to design lesson and unit plans that focus on deep understanding and application of knowledge
• demonstrated commitment to use technology to enhance and leverage effective instructional practice and track student learning
• demonstrated commitment to use technology as part of a larger initiative to communicate consistently and effectively with parents
• an exemplary work ethic with proven ability to work as an effective team member
• demonstrated sensitivity, awareness and understanding of adolescent development and enthusiasm for developing positive relationships with adolescents

For Further Information Contact: Chuck Lawson, Principal (604) 847-0772