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• Lower School Art Teacher
  Job Type: Actively Recruiting

  Start Date: 08/01/2024

  Location: Episcopal School of Baton Rouge

Description

The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge seeks a Lower School Art Teacher to work with PreK-3 through 5th grade students for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Lower School Art Teacher is an integral part of the Lower School and Visual and Performing Arts Department, a community of artist-teachers at a dynamic, inclusive, arts-rich institution. This position starts in August 2024. The responsibilities of this position are detailed below.

Our School Mission

As a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge nurtures and develops the whole child -- spiritually, intellectually, morally, physically, and artistically -- through challenging academic and co-curricular programs which prepare our graduates for college and for purposeful lives.

 Our Episcopal Identity

Episcopal schools are Christian communities whose missions integrate spiritual formation into all aspects of the educational experience in a graceful and inclusive way. Even the most diverse of Episcopal schools are created to be communities that honor, celebrate and worship God as the center of life. We are created to be models of God’s love and grace. We are created to serve God in Christ in all persons, regardless of origin, background, ability, or religion. We are created to “strive for justice and peace among all people and [to] respect the dignity of every human being.”

 Episcopal schools have been established, however, not solely as communities for Christians, like a parish church, but as diverse institutions of educational and human development for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Episcopal schools are populated by a rich variety of human beings, from increasingly diverse religious, cultural, and economic backgrounds. By weaving the principles of meaningful school worship, rich community life, foundational religious education, and striving for social justice into the very fabric of the school’s overall life, Episcopal schools ensure that we challenge all who attend our schools to build lives of genuine meaning, purpose, and service in the world they will inherit.

Requirements

 Personal and Professional Characteristics and Experiences

• A bachelor’s degree in elementary art education, an education degree with significant classroom art experience, or certification in elementary art is required.
•  Lower School art content knowledge, including familiarity with process art, the elements of art, and the works of famous artists. 
• Excellent classroom management skills and an ability to direct the instruction of students of various ages, skills, and learning needs.
• Appreciation for and understanding of the uniqueness of early childhood and lower school-aged children, demonstrating a loving and nurturing temperament.
• The ability, drive, and self-motivation to deepen the performance of an already credible department in ways that improve outcomes for students and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• An ability to communicate clearly and with appropriate empathy to students, parents, and colleagues.
• Embraces the whole-child educational philosophy and seeks to help students develop in all aspects.

Submission Information

Episcopal will offer a competitive salary and good benefits for this position. Digital applications are preferred and welcomed at [email protected]. Please include an employment application, cover letter, resume, and three professional references. Application materials can also be sent to Sarah Foret, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, 3200 Woodland Ridge Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70816.

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment upon any basis, including race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or military service.