What are the responsibilities and job description for the Classroom Art Teacher position at Wake Christian Academy?
Job Opening for 2026-2027 School Year
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Starting at $42,000.00 per year
- All teaching experience will increase the total amount of salary
- Advance Degrees will increase the total salary amount
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Creates and submits lessons that reflect a biblical worldview
- Listens to children’s concerns/issues and applies biblical solutions
- Provide instruction by which students develop aesthetic concepts and appreciations, and the ability to make qualitative judgments about art
- Demonstrate techniques in activities such as drawing and painting
- Understand the versatility of paints: dry brushing, staining, layering, under-painting, mono-printing
- Understand a variety of “masters” techniques
- Knows and can apply elements of design and modern principles of art
- Teach knowledge and skills in art, including drawing, painting, color theory, and art history
- Knows the fundamentals and different approaches to drawing media techniques
- 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 the 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 time required for distribution and collection
- Evaluate each student’s 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 the community
- Maintains confidentiality about children, their families, and other employees
- Provides clear learning goals in line with WCA’s instructional standards
- Evaluates students (formative and summative) based on the learning objectives with a variety of assessment tools
- Implements research-based instructional methods and technology to enhance student’s engagement
- Implements integration of technology and research in grade-level subjects in coordination with the computer personnel
- Uses instructional time fully for students’ interaction with academic content
- Maintains consistent communication with parents
- Responds as soon as possible but no later than 24 hours to parent, student, teacher, and admin inquiries via phone and/or e-mail duringt the regular work week
- Maintains accurate attendance and academic records
- Teaches and tests higher-level thinking skills
- Demonstrates skill for teaching students of all ability levels/learning styles
- Demonstrates personal organization skills
- Maintains an orderly, organized, and structured learning environment
- Maintains the cleanliness and appearance of the classroom
- Attends required school meetings and functions
- Is punctual and meets deadlines consistently
- Administers discipline consistently
- Handles classroom disruptions with empathy toward students; addresses the concern through biblical counsel, directing students to resolutions and appropriate consequences for growth and discipline
- Demonstrates the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5) in personal and professional activities
- Demonstrates an active concern for the development of Christian character among the students
- Keeps certification current and participates in continuing education
- Exhibits respectful, pleasant, and professional attitudes and conduct
- Accepts and implements suggestions for improvement
- Demonstrates professional support for the administration and board
- Attendance is an essential job function
Salary : $42,000