Classroom Teacher (2025-2026)

Afiakc; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative school in Kansas City is looking for a passionate teacher to join their arts-integrated learning community. This role emphasizes the importance of student-centered approaches and constructivist teaching methods, allowing educators to inspire traditionally underserved students. The ideal candidate will embrace the arts as a vital part of the curriculum, engage families as partners in education, and foster a positive classroom environment. With a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, this position offers unique opportunities for professional development and collaboration within a supportive community. If you are dedicated to making a difference in students' lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Retirement system

Job-embedded professional development

Team teaching opportunities

Arts integrated professional development

Qualifications

• Commitment to teaching underserved students and fostering a sense of belonging.
• Ability to implement constructivism and engage families in the learning process.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver lesson plans facilitating active, student-centered learning.
• Design assessments and use data to inform instruction.
• Build positive relationships with students and families.

Skills

Student-centered learning

Inquiry-based learning

Classroom management

Communication skills

Collaborative teamwork

Reflective practice

Arts integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Early Childhood or Elementary Missouri Certification

Job description

We are seeking a teacher to facilitate engaging instruction in a constructivist, arts-integrated elementary learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their full potential academically and socially.

The Academy for Integrated Arts (AFIA) is an innovative, arts integrated school. Our school community is reflective, dedicated, and caring. The unique vision of AFIA embraces arts instruction integrated into the core curriculum as a meaningful part of what students do every day. At AFIA, the arts serve as a catalyst for learning, achievement, curiosity, and self-esteem.

Additionally, instruction is from a strong constructivist viewpoint and is delivered with developmentally appropriate practices. AFIA is a fantastic community in which to work with an emphasis on teacher leadership. AFIA is a true learning community, as everyone in the building, from students to staff, engages in reflective, meaningful learning on a daily basis. To learn more, go to www.afiakc.org.

Teachers of AFIA:

• Demonstrate a commitment to teaching students who are traditionally underserved.
• Value the power of school in changing and improving children’s lives by constructing student-centered learning opportunities.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and an ability to create a classroom environment in which all students and community members feel a sense of belonging.
• Have a strong understanding of and ability to implement constructivism.
• Value the presence and the voice of students’ families as partners in the school.
• Engage in powerful, productive partnerships with families and students to ensure that instruction meets the needs of all students.

Essential skills, duties, and responsibilities:

• Plan, prepare, and deliver lesson plans that facilitate active, student-centered learning.
• Demonstrate an understanding and ability to implement inquiry-based, project learning.
• Design appropriately demanding instructional materials.
• Facilitate a student-centered classroom in which students set goals and engage in deep thinking throughout the lesson.
• Design assessments and use data to inform instruction and planning.
• Build a positive classroom community and effectively manage student behaviors.
• Invest in students’ well-being and build productive, positive relationships with students and their families.
• Develop a vision for student success and carry out that vision through high-quality instruction.
• Provide appropriate timely feedback to students and their families.
• Maintain accurate documentation of students’ progress and development utilizing established systems.
• Collaborate with colleagues and families in meeting the needs of all students.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Be able to work collaboratively with others in a team environment.
• Be a reflective practitioner with a strong personal commitment to ongoing learning and growth.
• Be willing to grow in the ability to implement the arts throughout the curriculum.
• Collaborate with the art/music teachers and community partners to integrate arts across the curriculum.
• Demonstrate ethical behavior, including understanding the importance of confidentiality of information about students and teachers in the school environment and community.
• Embrace feedback and participate in continual, intensive job-embedded professional development.
• Demonstrate an excellent work ethic, flexibility, and positive attitude.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Hold or be eligible to hold the appropriate certification (Early Childhood or Elementary Missouri Certification).

Salary and Benefits:

• Minimum starting salary for certified, first year teachers: $50,000.
• Benefits package including medical benefits.
• Kansas City Public School Retirement System.
• Ongoing, intensive, job-embedded professional development.
• Unique opportunities to engage in team teaching and specific professional learning such as arts integrated professional development.

Start Date: August 1, 2025.
Application Deadline: The position will remain open until filled.
To Apply: Submit resume or curriculum vitae, brief cover letter, and 3 references via Bamboo HR.

Questions about the position can be directed to the Executive Director, Tricia DeGraff at [e-mail].