Art Teacher Advisor

Job Description

Core Responsibilities
Art Project-Based Learning Facilitation
- Design and facilitate interdisciplinary, standards-aligned visual and media arts learning experiences that reflect students’ lived experiences, cultural identities, and artistic passions.
- Guide students through authentic, real-world art projects—such as mural design, digital media production, photography, painting, graphic design, sculpture, or mixed media—that integrate creative skills with critical thinking and social commentary.
- Foster experimentation, innovation, and personal expression in the arts, helping students explore how creativity can be a tool for storytelling, activism, healing, and empowerment.

Advisory and Mentorship
- Serve as a primary mentor and advocate for a cohort of students, supporting their growth as artists, thinkers, and emerging community voices.
- Build strong, trust-based relationships and guide students in navigating academic, personal, and postsecondary pathways, including careers and further education in the arts, design, media, or creative industries.

Arts, Culture, and Community Integration
- Connect art learning to music, media, and cultural storytelling, using approaches like hip hop pedagogy, collaborative art projects, or socially engaged art practices.
- Help students examine the role of art in community identity, cultural resistance, and social justice movements, and empower them to use their art to amplify youth voice.

Restorative and Trauma-Informed Practice
- Create a supportive, inclusive classroom environment using trauma-informed strategies, restorative circles, and social-emotional learning tools.
- Foster a safe and healing-centered space where students can take creative risks, process lived experiences, and engage with personal and collective themes through art.

Commitment to Equity and Justice
- Challenge systemic inequities in arts education through culturally relevant pedagogy, inclusive art practices, and an unwavering belief in the creative potential of all learners.
- Center youth voices, cultural identities, and lived experiences in art teaching, learning, and collaborative decision-making.

Collaborative Leadership
- Contribute to a schoolwide culture of shared leadership and innovation.
- Collaborate with fellow advisors, arts educators, and school leadership on curriculum development, interdisciplinary projects, and equity-focused arts programming.

Qualifications

Qualifications
- Valid Minnesota teaching license in Visual or Media Arts (or alternative pathway to licensure).
- Deep commitment to racial equity, youth empowerment, and culturally relevant arts education.
- Experience with project-based learning, hip hop education, or arts-integrated instruction across visual, media, or performance arts.
- Demonstrated ability to connect with and support students affected by trauma and structural barriers.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and creative problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to grow professionally in areas such as trauma-informed care, social justice education, and restorative practice.
- Background in community art, social practice, media production, or other creative fields is a plus, especially where it connects to applied youth-centered arts learning.

Compensation and Benefits
HSRA offers a competitive salary and benefits package, along with a dynamic work environment where teachers are empowered to innovate and lead. Art Teacher Advisors have access to ongoing professional development focused on trauma-informed practice, culturally relevant pedagogy, and community-based arts learning.

Institution Description

High School for Recording Arts (HSRA) is seeking an equity-driven, creative, and culturally responsive Art Teacher Advisor to join our innovative team. At HSRA, advisors are more than classroom instructors—they are mentors, advocates, and co-designers of student-centered learning journeys grounded in real-world relevance, artistic expression, and social justice.

HSRA is a public charter high school where students design personalized learning plans and engage in interdisciplinary, project-based learning that reflects their interests, experiences, and aspirations. Rooted in hip hop pedagogy, youth voice, and trauma-informed practice, HSRA creates a culturally affirming space where all students—especially those historically underserved—can thrive.

Application Instructions/Comments

To apply, please submit the following to: saintanne@hsra.org and maureen@hsra.org
- Your current resume
- A cover letter describing your alignment with HSRA’s mission, your experience with youth and arts-based project education, and your vision for culturally relevant and socially engaged art teaching