Visual and Performing Arts Teacher – Itinerant Elementary

Industry: Certificated, Teacher – K-6

Company: Glendale Unified School District

About the Employer

In Glendale Unified schools, we focus on maximizing student achievement, fostering students’ social and emotional growth, and creating a vibrant, inclusive environment where all children can learn and thrive. Glendale Unified is the third largest school district in Los Angeles County. We proudly serve 25,000 students in preschool through 12th grade and beyond.

We proudly offer dual immersion programs in seven languages; Armenian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Glendale Unified also offers six magnet schools focused on technology, world languages, and visual and performing arts, and a wide variety of Career and Technical Education pathways beginning in middle school. Through a collaborative partnership with Glendale Community College, Glendale Unified offers students multiple opportunities to earn college credit before they graduate from high school, including our Hoover Early College Academy and Glendale High Cloud Computing and Computer Science Academy. We are excelling together to provide our students with endless pathways for success! Several of our schools are recipients of prestigious awards such as: National Blue Ribbon Schools, California Distinguished Schools, California Gold Ribbon Schools, and Title I Academic Achieving Schools.

Glendale Unified is a diverse school district that welcomes students and families from all over the world. Our students come from a wide range of ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds and speak 35 different languages.

Job Summary

This position will teach Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) at multiple elementary school sites.

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Requirements / Qualifications

Credential Required: Applicants must hold a valid Multiple Subject Credential authorized by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
English Learner Authorization: Applicants must also hold a valid English Learner Authorization such as a CLAD, ELA1, ELAS, or similar authorization for designated English Language Development instruction to English Learners.

Glendale Unified is seeking dynamic educators who exhibit:
• Effective skills in working with English Learner (EL) students
• Strong pedagogical skills
• Breadth of experience in educational technology
• Instruction with a 21st Century perspective

Please submit the following:
• Letter of Introduction
• Resume
• Three letters of recommendation (preferably within the last six months and from at least one direct supervisor)
• Credential (see above)
• English Learner Authorization (see above)
• Proof of passing of (California Basic Educational Skills Test) CBEST or equivalent
• Unofficial Transcripts (copies of all college coursework credits)

Applicants must attach all required documents as part of their EDJOIN application. Unfortunately, Glendale Unified will not accept attachments via fax or email. If you have a problem scanning your attachments or any other questions about submitting your application, please call the help desk at EdJoin at 888-900-8945.

Once the District has tentatively offered employment, a candidate must submit evidence of freedom from tuberculosis, pre-employment physical exam (district-paid), and fingerprint clearance with the Department of Justice. Applicants will also be required to provide official transcripts from relevant coursework to determine salary placement.

Comments and Other Information

The District provides the most substantial benefits package of all school districts in Los Angeles County, including employee and dependent health, dental, and vision coverage. In addition, the District provides an Induction Program to clear preliminary credentials. Glendale Unified serves a diverse, multilingual student community; Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973): The Board of Education is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs, activities and services shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), intimidation, and/or bullying based on actual or perceived sex, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, sexual preference, ancestry, ethnic group identification, gender, gender expression, gender identity, physical or mental disability, marital or parental status, or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or sexual harassment in any district service, program and/or activity that receives or benefits from state financial assistance. The Board shall promote programs which ensure that unlawful discriminatory practices are eliminated in all district activities. The District will take steps to assure that the lack of English will not be a barrier to admission and participation in district programs. A copy of the District’s Uniform Complaint Policy is available by calling (818) 241-3111, ext. 1457. Complaints alleging noncompliance with this policy of nondiscrimination should be directed to the following personnel:

Title IX Coordinator – Dr. Kelly King, 223 North Jackson, (818) 241-3111 ext 1209, titleix@gusd.net

Section 504 Coordinator- Dr. Narineh Khemichian, 223 North Jackson, (818) 241-3111 ext 1500, nkhemichian@gusd.net

Title II/ADA: Dr. Kelly King, 223 North Jackson, (818) 241-3111 ext 1209, kking@gusd.net

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