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Art Teacher
Job Summary
We are looking for passionate, energetic and people-oriented art teachers with a gift for mentoring and nurturing creative potential in students ages 14 - adult. The ideal candidate is an experienced fine artist, a natural team-player and an enthusiastic teacher.
Responsibilities
Art teachers collaborate and teach with a team teacher during their 2.5 hour class(es). All classes have up to 12 students total from ages 14 - adult. Teacher responsibilities include the following:
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Become familiar with the lesson materials you will be teaching in our in-house curriculum.
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Collaborate with your team teacher(s) to plan out each class's expected learning for the day.
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Attend a weekly, all-hands-on-deck teacher meeting.
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Cultivate personal, friendly, professional relationships with the students in your class.
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Foster a positive, confidence-building learning environment.
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Provide one-on-one mentorship to students during class through our expertly-created student milestone curriculum.
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Teach and demonstrate skills of mastery in drawing and the class medium (colored pencil, oil painting or watercolor).
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Lead class discussions from prepared materials to boost student confidence and problem solving.
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Track individual student progress with our in-house app.
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Sub for other Studio teachers as needed.
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Interact regularly with the Studio team to resolve teaching or student-related issues.
Job Details
Job Type: Part-time contractor
Pay: $20-$40/hour
Schedule: Your schedule would be based on current Studio need. Our classes are offered Monday-Thursday between 9am and 9:30pm. You would teach the same schedule each week with the same team-teacher(s).
Location: In-person at Accomplished Artist Studio in Sandy, UT
Benefits:
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No curriculum development
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No weekend hours
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No prep outside of Studio time
Skills & Qualifications
Mandatory Qualifications:
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Experience in instructing students ages 14 through adult (can be in any discipline or setting).
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Advanced mastery of any of the following fine art mediums: drawing, colored pencil, oil painting, charcoal or watercolor.
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Portfolio of artwork (either a url to a website or social channel OR digital files uploaded during the interview process).
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Excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate a friendly teaching & learning environment.
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Willingness to give at least a one-year commitment to work with us.
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Basic familiarity and comfort working with technology including classroom technology and apps for recording student progress and accessing curriculum materials.
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Ability to stand for several hours at a time.
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Must wear professional clothing appropriate for the environment.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
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2+ years of art teaching experience
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2+ years of professional fine art experience
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Degree in either fine art or teaching
About Our Studio
Accomplished Artist Studio specializes in fine art education teaching drawing, colored pencil, watercolor and oil painting. All of our students are interviewed and accepted into our unique program to create a student dynamic that is perfect for positive, collaborative and customized learning. This application-based approach also creates a high-quality teaching environment for our art teachers.
Our Academy Program is designed around a carefully crafted, in-house curriculum that excels at balancing both structured art education and customized mentoring for each student. Our art teachers benefit from this expert curriculum because it promotes a positive, stress-free teaching experience that allows teachers to focus on what's happening in class instead of on curriculum development or lesson planning.
We pride ourselves on both our unique curriculum and our focus on the artist themselves. Our ultimate goal is to help our students grow in confidence as an artist while they master the skills that create “wall worthy” fine art.
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