Teacher - Art; Elementary K-5 - Syracuse Elementary

Job Description: Elementary Art Teacher (Grades K
- 5)

School: Syracuse Elementary

Reports to: Principal

Employment Type: Certified - Full Time

FLSA Status: Exempt

Contract Length: 184 days

Start Date: 2026-27 School Year

The Elementary Art Teacher designs and delivers a sequential K-5 visual arts program aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards for Visual Arts, supporting students in creating, presenting, responding to, and connecting with visual art. Instruction builds artistic skill, visual literacy, and student voice while intentionally collaborating with classroom teachers to reinforce and elevate ELA and math learning through art-integrated experiences.

Standards-aligned instruction (Indiana Visual Arts Standards)

• Plan and deliver developmentally appropriate instruction aligned to Indiana Academic Standards for Visual Arts (K-5).
• Use anchor standards and clear learning targets to guide daily instruction, unit design, student practice, and feedback.

• Collaborate with classroom teachers and instructional teams to design art-integrated learning experiences that strengthen ELA and math standards while preserving the integrity of visual arts outcomes.
• Reinforce ELA through purposeful speaking, listening, reading, and writing connected to art (for example: artist statements, vocabulary development, content-rich discussion, and short writing tasks). Indiana’s course descriptions explicitly note dialogue, reading, writing, and rich vocabulary as part of the learning experience in elementary visual arts.
• Reinforce math through visual arts processes that naturally apply mathematical thinking (for example: geometry in design, measurement and proportion, symmetry, patterns, scaling, coordinate concepts, data displays in visual communication), coordinated with grade-level classroom standards and pacing.

• Establish a safe, inclusive, well-managed environment that supports productive risk-taking, collaboration, and respectful critique.
• Teach and enforce safe use, care, and storage of art tools, materials, and equipment; follow all safety and health expectations related to art media and processes.
• Maintain inventory and supplies; organize materials and physical spaces to maximize learning time and student independence.

• Participate in professional learning, PLCs/grade-level collaboration structures, and school improvement efforts.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues, administrators, families, and community partners.
• Demonstrate professionalism, reliability, ethical conduct, and confidentiality consistent with school corporation expectations.

• Valid Indiana teaching license with appropriate Visual Arts content certification/credentials for assigned grade levels (K-5).
• Knowledge of effective visual arts instruction and assessment practices aligned to Indiana standards, including collaboration across disciplines.
• Strong classroom management and relationship-building skills appropriate for elementary learners.

Must be able to talk, hear, sit, stand, walk, and use hands to handle objects. Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment is a standard classroom setting with moderate noise levels. The teacher may be required to supervise students in outdoor activities and other school-related settings.

Length of school year and salary determined by the Wawasee Community School Corporation School Board.

Performance evaluation will be conducted according to the school district’s policies and guidelines.