Lower School Lead Art Teacher

Position Summary

Glenelg Country School is a coeducational independent school located in Howard County, Maryland has approximately eight hundred students, 2-year-old through twelfth grade.  GCS offers a competitive salary including a full benefit package. 

Overview Of Essential Functions

• Teach students basic techniques and encourage them to take the techniques further.
• Plan and implement an art show in the spring of a year’s worth of work for families and students.
• Display artwork throughout the building as a rotating installation.
• Work collaboratively with art department across schools.
• Showcase their own work and allow students to do the same.
• Team teaching with homeroom teachers.
• Order art supplies for teachers to use in their classrooms.
• Perform duties to keep students safe, such as hallway or bus monitoring, take attendance, monitor student behavior, create lesson plans, and grade assignments.
• Additional responsibilities include regular faculty meetings, the supervision of students during faculty duties, lunch, recess, and dismissal.
  
  

Education And Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in education with a specialty in art is required with a dual teaching certification/degree preferred. The candidate’s coursework should include art, art history and the basics of design, developmental classes, computer classes, and basic teaching methodology.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in an elementary classroom is preferred.
• Experience working with cooperative and differentiated instruction is preferred.
• Experience with art history, multimedia, graphic design, and project-based learning.
  
  

Skills And Attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills and practical oral and communication skills.
• A key skill needed is integrating the arts with core subject areas including technology.
• Encourage and inspire students to practice skills that may be uncomfortable at first.
• Well versed in visual and graphic arts to allow students to explore different mediums.
• Celebrate the creative talents of all artists regardless of the skill of the student.
  
  

Compensation Range: $50,000 – $70,000. GCS offers a robust benefits package including health insurances, retirement plan, and generous leave and holidays.