Visual Arts Teacher 2025-2026 Job at St Agnes in Mission

Description

Duration: 12 month contract – 10-month school/work year schedule

Reporting to: Director of Fine & Performing Arts

FLSA: exempt/contract

Schedule: Monday through Friday (plus scheduled events)

Hours: FT (7:50 – 3:20)

Mission: Rooted in the Catholic, Dominican tradition, St. Agnes Academy challenges young women through exceptional academic preparation and transformational experiences to lead with integrity, joy, and a commitment to social justice.

Job Purpose:

St. Agnes Academy teachers educate within the high school-college preparatory academic level. They teach, inspire, advise, critique, question, and counsel to bring out the best in our Academy women.

Faith, Community, and Dominican Charism

1. Ensure that the four pillars of a Dominican education (prayer, study, community, preaching) are developed and promoted among the school community.
2. Develop an active faith community and model Christian values.
3. Support prayer and spiritual formation within the student, faculty/staff, and parent communities.
4. Uphold and implement the Dominican charism and the Houston Dominican Sisters’ congregational goals.
5. Demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion by honoring the dignity of each member of the St. Agnes Academy community.

The main responsibilities will include:

1. Plan, prepare and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate active learning.
2. Follow the faculty expectations outlined in faculty handbook.
3. Manage student behavior in the classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures.
4. Be familiar and enforce student handbook policies.
5. Encourage and monitor the progress of individual students and use information to adjust strategies.
6. Prepare required reports on students and activities.
7. Participate in department, school, and parent meetings.
8. Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues and parents regarding student progress and needs.
9. Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
10. Provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities.
11. Assign and grade class work, homework, tests and assignments in a timely fashion and update systems accordingly.
12. Communicate and partner with parents in a timely manner.
13. Participate in student/faculty activities (Examples include: retreats, lunch duties, faculty meetings, in-service activities).
14. Follow school emergency procedures.
15. Other duties as deemed necessary by the Department Chair, Director of Fine & Performing Arts, Academic Dean, Principal, Head of School.

Qualifications:

1. Commitment to embrace the mission of St. Agnes Academy
2. Minimum of a four-year B.A./B.F.A. degree in a field of study in or related to the visual arts
3. Teaching certificate or twelve credit hours in education courses preferred
4. Experience teaching in an independent school and/or an all-girls environment is a plus
5. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
6. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic technology needed for teaching, learning, and communication
7. Professional attitude, behavior, and appearance
8. Completion of Safe Haven training

Specific Academic Area Requirements:

1. Demonstrate a mastery in teaching fine art skills, specifically in drawing and painting
2. Provides instruction to students in traditional art mediums (painting and drawing), mixed mediums, and aesthetic and conceptual decision-making
3. Instruct students through critical analysis to make qualitative and historically relevant judgments about art
4. Knows and can apply elements of design and modern principles of art
5. 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
6. Instruct students in proper care and use of tools and equipment
7. Organize storage areas and control the use of materials, equipment, and tools to prevent loss or abuse and to minimize the time required for distribution and collection
8. Evaluate each student’s performance and growth in knowledge and aesthetic understanding and prepare student feedback
9. Plan and present art displays and exhibitions designed to exhibit students’ work for the school and the community
10. Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the school and/or self-selected professional growth activities and development. We seek candidates with a deep connection and commitment to their creative practice and community.
11. Align with the department’s commitment to teaching students the production of original artwork inspired by their diverse lived experiences
12. Has a deep knowledge and understanding of art history, as well as contemporary art and its theories and practices – particularly the intersectional movements, artists, and themes that relate to social justice
13. Ability to work with students from diverse backgrounds and varying levels of artistic proficiency
14. Teach five classes in a rotating block schedule in the Visual Arts program
15. Provide guidance and mentorship to students preparing college portfolios for application to creative degree programs.
16. Create lesson plans aligned with current trends and best practices, which drive instruction through formative assessment.
17. Maintain a safe, organized, positive studio that supports student-centered independent learning, collaboration, and choice while incorporating mutual respect.
18. Encourage student participation in external exhibitions, competitions, and opportunities for young artists.
19. Use technology/instructional media to enhance student learning experiences
20. Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Administration

Work Environment

St. Agnes Academy is committed to hiring, developing, and retaining a diverse and highly competent faculty and staff. This job operates in a professional/educational environment. This role routinely uses standard office/school equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit at desk area, communicate via phone/face to face, basic email correspondence, walk to different office areas, reach with hands and arms, and lifting up to 50 lbs. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and other technology.

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