Upper School Visual Art Teacher

Overview

St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School is an outstanding co-educational Independent Catholic school serving students from Pre-K through 12th grade in Austin, Texas. The Lower School is PreK 3-4, the Middle School grades 5-8, and the Upper School grades 9-12. We are distinguished by our Catholic tradition, a welcoming and diverse community, excellent academic programs, and a variety of extracurricular activities. We are a technology-rich school, and teachers and staff are expected to demonstrate meaningful skill with technology and enthusiasm for technological growth to create authentic learning experiences.

We are one community with three divisions, united in our commitment to put students first as we educate them in mind, body, and spirit.

Job Type
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Full-time

Ideal candidates for positions at our school are experienced in and continue to develop expertise in social-emotional learning, project-based learning, innovative teaching strategies, technology-rich and differentiated instruction. Ideal candidates thrive in a collaborative environment designing and delivering innovative and creative cross-curricular instructional units to students with diverse learning styles and needs.

St. Michael's Catholic Prep seeks a full-time, on-campus Visual Arts teacher for grades 9-12. This position requires a dynamic, innovative educator to teach at many high school levels, including Honors or AP courses. Responsibilities include teaching assigned sections of courses, leading an advisory, participating in ongoing community service projects and retreats with students and fellow teachers, and the opportunity to design and implement elective courses.

We are looking for an instructor who inspires our community to new depths in the visual arts, continues to grow and deepen our current art curriculum, and embraces graphic and digital media. This is an exempt faculty position. The employee will work for 10 months of the year, starting in August 2026.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the teacher to:

• Demonstrate a positive attitude towards students, staff and faculty.
• Be passionate about pedagogy and collaborative work.
• Dedicated to carrying out the mission of the school.
• Possess wide-ranging academic preparation.
• Be fully committed to the development of a well-rounded student.
• Willing to work closely with colleagues on departmental objectives.
• Expected to contribute to our Winter Term, a 3 week term during which diverse opportunities are offered for classes, academic travel and internships.
• Have strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills and a commitment to both the developmental needs of adolescents and to education.
• Have a commitment to diversity in all aspects of school life and reflect an appreciation of lifelong learning.

• 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 and understand the versatility of acrylic paints: dry brushing, staining, layering, under painting, monoprinting.
• Understand a variety of master techniques.
• Know and can apply elements of design and modern principles of art.
• Know 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.
• Instruct students in proper care and use of tools and equipment.
• Incorporate projects that utilize technology and digital/graphic media such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and other commonly used visual art applications.
• 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.
• Plan and present art displays and exhibitions designed to exhibit students’ work for the school and the community.
• May sponsor exhibits from outside the school.
• Maintain professional competence through…