Duties/Responsibilities:

• Teach project base, hands on skills in art, including drawing, painting, ceramics, and art history in our after school program.
• Provide instruction by which students develop aesthetic concepts and appreciations and the ability to make qualitative judgements about art.
• Demonstrate techniques in activities such as drawing, painting, and ceramics.
• Understand the versatility of acrylic paints: dry brushing, staining, layering, underpainting, and mono-printing.
• Know and able to apply elements of design and modern principles of art.
• Know the fundamentals and different approaches to drawing and media technique.
• Provide individual and small-group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students with varying intellectual and artistic abilities, and to accommodate a variety of instructional activities.
• Instruct students in proper care and use of tools and equipment.
• Organize storage areas and control use of materials, equipment, and tools to prevent loss or abuse, and to minimize the time required for distribution and collection.
• Evaluate each students performance and growth in knowledge and aesthetic understandings, and prepare progress reports.
• Select and requisition books, instructional materials, tools, instructional aids, and maintain required inventory records.
• Plan and present art displays and exhibitions designed to exhibit students work for the school and community; may also sponsor exhibits from outside the after school program.
• Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the school and/or in self-selected professional growth activities.
• Communicate with parents and student progress.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Grade levels:

• 2nd grade
• 3rd grade
• 4th grade
• 5th grade

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• After school
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

School type:

• Development center

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kansas City, MO 64130: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Teaching: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person