New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Looking for Academic Studio Humanities Faculty Full Time

Division or Department: Academic Studio Faculty Discipline: History/Humanities Teacher Level or Grade: Secondary Education

Position or Type: Full Time

Reports to: Director of Academic Studio 

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Anticipated Start Date: August 2022 

General Description

The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts’s Academic Program,
the Academic Studio, is an innovative teaching and learning environment dedicated to the intellectual growth of young artists. It has
consistently been rated as an “A” school by the State of Louisiana. NOCCA is the State of Louisiana’s Conservatory for the Arts and serves
students from across the state. The Academic Studio’s Integrated Humanities program develops in young artist-intellectuals a deep
understanding of human history and expressive culture. Our curriculum equips students with the skills necessary to imagine, create, and
articulate their own place in the world. Interdisciplinary Humanities courses are team-taught through project-based and inquiry-based
methods. The successful candidate will teach History- and English-based courses. This is not an arts faculty position. 

As
teachers and mentors to individual students, teachers must value diversity, model integrity, foster equity and demonstrate high ethical
standards. As leaders and colleagues, teachers must be able to demonstrate positive interactions and relationships with parents, faculty,
administration, and staff.

Job Duties

• Teaches and assesses high school students in History- and
  English-based Integrated Humanities classes.

• Builds, plans, and organizes interdisciplinary, team-taught, and
  project-based curriculum in collaboration with faculty peers.

• Engages all learners through attention to thoughtful
  differentiation in pedagogy. 

• Implements and structures IEP and 504 accommodations.

• Integrates
  artistic and creative opportunities into academic curricula.

• Serves as a mentor to a small group of students for the
  duration of their four year academic career. 

• Meets and communicates with parents and guardians as necessary to
  ensure that students are successful in their academic development.

• Attends student performances and events outside of
  school hours.

• Serves on departmental and school-wide committees as needed.

• Engages in outreach and
  community events that support and enhance the mission of NOCCA and the Academic Studio.

• Participates in professional
  development opportunities and incorporates that learning into academic curricula.

• Complies with NOCCA policies and
  procedures, meeting required deadlines and participating in required meetings.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in related field of study.

• Minimum three years experience in education, in a school or other
  setting.

Preferred Experience

• Teaching high school students.

• Experience
  with 504s, special education, and ability to work with a range of students’ skill levels.

• Demonstrated interest in the
  arts.

• Self-directed curriculum development.

• Team teaching or other sustained collaborative
  experience.

NOCCA is committed to an equitable and inclusive program and a diverse faculty, staff, and student body.
Candidates from diverse backgrounds are therefore especially encouraged to apply.

This is a position that includes all benefits
afforded to Louisiana State employees including a choice of one of five Medical benefit plans with options of additional supplemental
insurance plans. Instructors receive ample time off surrounding holidays and extended weekends when the school is closed for instruction.
This position also qualifies for participation in the Louisiana State Teachers’ Retirement plan.

Letters of interest with
resumé and contact information for three references due March 6, 2022.

Please use this link to submit your application or mail your materials to:

NOCCA
ACADEMIC STUDIO-HUMANITIES

ATTN: Human Resources Department 2800 Chartres Street

New Orleans, LA 70117

COVID
RESPONSE

NOCCA expects the campus community to adhere to the outlined protocol to help minimize the risks and protect the well-being
of our family. Our current vaccination rate for NOCCA employees is 96%. The best way to protect our community, and to ensure continuity in
learning on campus is to be vaccinated, physically distancing whenever possible, wear face coverings at all times and monitor any symptoms
of illness closely. AS

NOCCA Vision
We believe in the transformative power of the arts. We aspire to create an educational community that nurtures and challenges young people to become more curious, kind, empathetic, engaged, and willing to grapple with complex problems in order to create a just, sustainable, and joyful world.
NOCCA Mission
NOCCA’s mission is to provide a world-class, pre-professional arts education for every young person in Louisiana with the curiosity, creativity, talent and motivation to pursue a life in the arts as they realize the best possible versions of themselves and their futures.

NOCCA Equity Definition:
Equity is fairness in action for all:
Equity is valuing diversity and fairness through actions, systems, and policies. Equity is more than intention. It seeks to undo systemic injustices.
Equity means that everyone is offered what they individually need in order to succeed. Equity does not mean everyone receives the same things in the same way.
Equity within NOCCA means that each member of the community feels safe, supported, and respected.