High School Visual Art Teacher (2024-2025 SY)

Location: Nashville, Tennessee                     Employment Type: Full-time, in-person teaching position for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.  Salary: Valor's certificated teacher salary scale ranges between $55,000 to $77,000+ and placement on the scale is based on years of lead teaching experience in a K-12 school. Pre-licensure candidates will start with a salary of $44,520 and transition to the certificated salary scale once their Tennessee teaching license is active.               About Valor:
Founded in 2014, Valor Collegiate Academies is a top-performing, public charter school network in Nashville, Tennessee, serving 1900 students in Grades 5-12. We operate two middle schools, Valor Flagship and Valor Voyager, that feed into our high school, Valor College Prep. Our mission is to create a community where diverse students of all backgrounds have equitable access to a high-quality education that prepares them to live inspired and purposeful lives. This mission is made possible through an innovative school model that balances rigorous academics and whole-child education in an intentionally diverse environment. Learn more about Valor here: https://valorcollegiate.org/our-model/                     Core Responsibilities Include:
Planning & Instruction (75%)           

• Prepare, internalize, and plan daily lessons that are aligned with Valor’s curriculum scope and sequence to meet the needs of all students           
• Partner and collaborate with EL teachers and Exceptional Education teachers to ensure all students are receiving appropriately accommodated grade-level content and academic support           
• Prepare materials for class activities, do nows, exit tickets, and homework assignments           
• Implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards and identifies gaps in learning; use scholar work and data to inform instruction and intervention strategies            
• Collect, enter, and analyze academic data to provide targeted instruction and interventions that promote a culture of learning            
• Engage in weekly 1:1 coaching meetings to deepen content expertise and develop instructional mastery           
• Submit lesson plans weekly for feedback and review by instructional coach           
• Engage in weekly collaborative curriculum meetings (known as Intellectual Preparation) with a planning partner and instructional leader            
• Update scholar gradebook and proactively communicate academic progress with parents/guardians, other teachers, administrators, and/or school counselors            

Student Mentorship & Family Engagement (12.5%)           

• Adopt the Compass Model and facilitate student Circles weekly to guide academic, behavioral, and social-emotional growth
• Implement various SEL activities and lessons daily during structured mentor time, as well as provide academic coaching to students in mentor group           
• Respond to students' behavior in real-time using school-wide intervention systems and classroom management practices           
• Track and input student behavior feedback and data through Kickboard by the daily school deadline to share with families, school leaders, and the Compass Team            
• Maintain a 4:1 positivity ratio to strengthen school culture and student relationships           
• Serve as the main point-of-contact for families to communicate any student-specific, grade-level, or school-wide information           
• Fully participate in signature experiences with assigned grade level, which include overnight stays or trips

School-Based Responsibilities & Faculty Engagement (12.5%)           

• Enforce, uphold, and exhibit school’s values, student management policies, and culture           
• Willingly, kindly, and actively uphold Valor’s organizational commitments           
• Own an arrival, recess or lunch, transition, or dismissal duty daily           
• Participate in and prepare for school events that occur outside of normal school hours, such as parent-teacher conferences, grade level student trips, IEP meetings, report card conferences, and new student orientation. The estimated time commitment per school year is approximately 25 hours.            
• Support with students’ postsecondary planning and college admission process, including writing letters of recommendations           
• Engage in ongoing professional development, which includes attending 3 weeks of faculty training in July 2024 and participate in weekly professional learning sessions throughout the school year (i.e. weekly academic PL, culture PL, State of School meetings)           
• Engage in faculty Circle once a week; complete an