AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Part-time teaching position in handwork/art.
Environmental Charter Schools is seeking a teacher for our handwork/arts
class. Position will be in the afternoon, four times per week,
Tuesdays through Fridays until June 2011.

Instructor will need experience teaching upper elementary or middle
school students, the ability to independently manage a classroom of
25-30 students and knowledge of practical arts. Students' work in
Handwork/Art supports their study of 6th grade academic standards
(history, science, language arts, and math). Sample activities might
include papyrus-making to support the study of Ancient Egypt, weaving to
support our Ancient Greece unit, or drawing circles free hand and with
homemade protractors to support a geometry unit. Curriculum is to be
developed in collaboration with our staff.

To apply:

Please send:

1. Resume

2. Letter of introduction

3. An idea for a practical arts lesson connected to either ancient India
or ancient Rome

Send all materials to Marcela Paez at marcela_paez@echsonline.org

You can more information about ECMS at our website by clicking on the
link
http://www.echsonline.org/about.cfm/id/environmental-charter-middle-scho\
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Environmental Charter Schools is an Equal Employment Opportunity
Employer. We are located in Inglewood.

Environmental Charter Middle School offers students a small, caring
school environment that supports their transition from elementary school
and prepares them for a college preparatory high school. Our educational
program is designed for students to develop the skills, knowledge and
attitudes to succeed in a college preparatory high school and to be
effective stewards of their community.
At ECMS we believe that the whole child is important—academically,
socially, emotionally, creatively and physically. We integrate our
curriculum, drawing connections between all subjects and teaching
through themes. These themes are targeted at topics of interest to
middle school students, such as survival, revolution, and justice.
Teachers integrate the arts into instruction, developing the creativity
of students and ensuring that learning is multi-modal and engaging.
Specially designed activities from the Tribes Program are embedded in
the curriculum to address the social-emotional learning needs of middle
school students. Four strands of specialty subjects (arts and handwork,
games and movement, Green Tribes, and College Readiness) address the
whole person in a variety of ways. Through these courses, students will
use their brains and bodies in concert to practice physical movements,
fine motor skills, artistic endeavors, service projects, and creative
problem solving.

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