Visual Art - 6-12, Unified

Position Overview Revere Public Schools is seeking a creative, collaborative, and student-centered Unified Art Teacher (6-12) to serve students at both the middle and high school levels. This position is designed to expand access to meaningful visual arts experiences for students with a wide range of abilities and learning needs. The teacher will provide adaptive art instruction for students who benefit from individualized supports, modifications, and accessible materials, while also developing unified art experiences that bring students with and without disabilities together through creativity, collaboration, and shared artistic experiences. The successful candidate will believe that every student is an artist and that high-quality arts education should provide students with opportunities for choice, expression, belonging, skill development, and authentic contribution to the school community. This position travels between Middle School and High School. Essential Responsibilities The Unified Art Teacher will: Plan and deliver engaging visual arts instruction for middle and high school students with diverse learning profiles and abilities. Adapt materials, tools, instructional strategies, pacing, and learning environments to ensure meaningful access to visual arts experiences. Develop lessons that maintain high expectations while providing appropriate scaffolds, accommodations, and modifications. Design and facilitate Unified Art experiences in which students with and without disabilities create, collaborate, and learn together. Create a classroom/studio environment that promotes creativity, independence, dignity, belonging, and student voice. Provide students with multiple ways to engage in the artistic process and demonstrate their learning. Collaborate with special educators, general educators, paraprofessionals, related-service providers, and other school staff to support individual student needs. Review and implement relevant IEP accommodations, modifications, and goals in collaboration with student support teams. Use student work, observation, reflection, and other appropriate measures to assess student growth and inform instruction. Support students in displaying, presenting, and celebrating their artwork within the school and broader community. Develop routines and systems for safely managing art materials, equipment, supplies, and adaptive tools. Collaborate with middle and high school visual arts teachers to strengthen alignment and expand inclusive arts opportunities across grades 6-12. Communicate effectively with students, families/caregivers, colleagues, and school leadership. Participate in faculty meetings, professional learning, department collaboration, and other responsibilities appropriate to the position. Travel between assigned middle and high school locations according to the established teaching schedule. Perform other duties consistent with the role of a teacher and the needs of the school district. Qualifications Required: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Appropriate Massachusetts DESE educator license or eligibility for licensure in Visual Art. Demonstrated knowledge of visual arts instruction and developmentally appropriate teaching practices. Ability and willingness to work effectively with students representing a wide range of academic, physical, communication, social-emotional, and developmental needs. Strong commitment to inclusive education and creating learning environments in which all students are valued members of the classroom community. Preferred: Experience teaching visual arts at the middle and/or high school level. Experience working with students with disabilities in inclusive, substantially separate, or adaptive learning environments. Knowledge of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), differentiated instruction, assistive technology, and/or adaptive arts practices. Experience collaborating with special educators, paraprofessionals, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other student support professionals. Experience with Unified programs, peer leadership, or other inclusive programming that intentionally brings students with and without disabilities together. Experience working in a diverse, multilingual, urban school community.