Arts in Action
Location
Los Angeles, California
Salary
$68,000 - $121,000 / YEAR
The teacher is responsible for promoting the academic success and holistic growth of all students by planning and delivering engaging, standards-based lessons aligned with California Common Core standards, while integrating arts and social justice themes. Key duties include using ongoing assessments to adapt instruction, facilitating parent communication, participating in IEP meetings, and maintaining a positive classroom environment based on restorative practices.
Candidates must possess a California multiple-subject teaching credential and are strongly preferred to have prior classroom teaching experience. Essential qualities include the ability to foster a positive and safe school culture, demonstrated conflict resolution skills, a growth mindset, and strong oral and written communication abilities, with bilingual proficiency in Spanish being preferred.
Arts in Action Community Charter School opened in Fall 2011 with grades K-5. The elementary program aims to provide a rigorous academic foundation while developing the whole child through a rich arts program, a daily social-emotional learning component, and modeling advocacy through social justice initiatives.
For more information on the school's mission and vision, please see www.artsinactioncharter.org [http://www.artsinactioncharter.org/].
To empower, prepare, and inspire students in Los Angeles to achieve their highest potential and become active citizens who work toward building a more just, humane, and sustainable world by providing a democratic arts-enriched and nurturing school environment.
Under the direction of the Elementary School Director, serve as a lower elementary general education classroom teacher through planning and delivering instructional lessons aligned with the California Common Core standards. Teachers at Arts in Action draw upon resources from iReady, Bookworms, and 95 Phonics to develop engaging and rigorous lessons. Teachers drive the mission and vision of the school forward by integrating arts into their classrooms, leading students to think about the social inequities in the world and inspiring them to enact change.
This is a full-time, 10-month salaried position. The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience; a competitive benefits package is included. The salary range is $71,000 - $121,000 annually. Teachers are compensated based on their placement on a salary scale divided into Developing, Lead, and Distinguished Teacher categories. Compensation is determined based on years of teaching, expertise, and education units.
Schools in Action is non-sectarian in its programs, admissions
policies, employment practices, and all other operations shall not charge tuition and shall
not discriminate on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability,
religion or sexual orientation, either actual or perceived.
Market context
In California, classroom teacher roles often stay competitive because licensed centers look for candidates who can show early childhood classroom leadership, lesson planning, and readiness to meet state compliance steps such as background checks and immunizations. This posting’s requirements and benefits are AI-summarized from the original job description, helping you review the role faster and save research time. If you are considering applying, confirm your 12 ECE units and recent classroom experience before submitting.
Salary benchmark
$56,352 avg / yr
Typical range: $41,600–$58,240 based on 300 active listings in California
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