Teacher Digital Arts Teacher
Job Description
Noble is Chicago’s highest-performing and largest network of public charter high schools. Our 18 schools and 1,300 employees currently serve over 12,300 students, 98% of whom are minority, 89% low-income, and 83% first-generation college goers. The School Quality and Rating Policy scores for the Chicago Public Schools rated Noble campuses as ten of the top fifteen public high schools in the city. We believe our people are the most valuable asset in preparing our students to be successful in college and lead exemplary lives. For that reason, we are looking for the best talent in education.
Who We’re Seeking
Teaching at Noble is ideal for instructors motivated by the certainty that all of their students can and will succeed, eager for the autonomy to design the vision and content of their classrooms, and rooted in the desire to continuously improve their instruction through data. We are looking for mission-aligned Art Teachers for the 2019-2020 academic year who will open the world of visual design or performance art to our students. Each Art Teacher is responsible for cultivating a community of learners in which diversity of thought is celebrated and results are achieved. Noble Art Teachers provide frequent opportunities for students to practice the skills and habits necessary for success in the visual, auditory, or performance arts. The Digital Arts courses allow students to technically understand, comprehend, and evaluate the basic tools and methods of Digital Arts & Media, computer literacy, basic life skills, and Google applications. Students will learn how to type, connect content with creative expression, and approach & execute unique projects while developing their own creative style. The overall scope of the Digital Arts course aims to equip 9th-grade students with a 21st century understanding of digital literacy and media while connecting various life skills.
Our Digital Arts Teachers are expected to:
- design and implement long term, unit, and lesson plans,
- hold self and all students accountable during class, transitions, and school events, and
- exemplify Noble’s Core Values in the work they do.
Above all else, Noble Digital Arts Teachers must invest our students in the benefits and beauty of engaging in the arts.
Noble Quality Non-negotiables
- A belief that all students, regardless of background and current ability, can succeed in high school, college, and life
- A belief in executing Noble’s approach to high expectations
- A record of pursuing and achieving ambitious results
- A regular practice of reflection and desire to continuously improve
- A bachelor’s degree
- Eligibility to work in the United States on a full-time basis
