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After School Art Instructor (Tigard/Bvtn/Lake O)
Fine Art Starts
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We're a non-profit art school looking for awesome instructors to join our team teaching after-school fine art classes to K-5 students.
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for current openings and upcoming classes Tigard-Tualatin School District, Beaverton School District and Lake Oswego School District.
TO APPLY
Please email us the following:
• Cover letter or introductory email sharing why you're interested and your experience working with kids (and art!)
• Resume
• Link / handle to social media (insta, etc) where we can see your artwork -OR- include 3 pics of your artwork as attachments in the email
Fine Art Starts Instructors:
• Share fine art skills in a variety of media with K-5 students
• Lead students in proper care and use of art materials
• Get paid while supporting students become more fluent in expressing their own ideas through art
• Different locations in Beaverton, SW Portland, SE Portland, Tigard and Tualatin.
We're a local non-profit fine art school for K-8 students since 1997. We're looking for experienced, enrgetic, bright individuals to instruct and inspire young artists through demos, hands-on practice, and then applying those skills in final art projects.
Our students look forward to the highlight of their week: ART class! They're excited to come to class and practice their skills! We do not teach crafty or make-and-take projects. We teach fine art skills in fun ways.
Please be available to work 1-4 afternoons per week (whatever fits your schedule), on Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs starting at approximately 2:30 PM for 1-1.5 hours per afternoon. If this fits your schedule, please respond to this ad. We are hiring asap for classes that begin between October and January.
LOCATION
Tigard/Tualatin and Lake Oswego
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Love kids and art!
• Ability to manage a classroom with up to 16 kids.
• Enjoy and have RECENT experience (currently or within the last 2-3 years) working with groups of children
• Have a valid driver’s license and dependable car to get to school locations
• Have a fun and outgoing personality while being responsible, dependable and consistent
• Have experience with drawing, painting (and a little clay would be great)
• Pass a background check and mandatory reporter training
• Be able to work independently as well as in a team situation
• Be able to multi- task, make sound judgments and demonstrate appropriate role modeling
• Positive attitude in actions and words
EDUCATION
• Preferred: Associate's and/or Bachelor's Degree in Art, Fine Arts, or Education -and/or- equivalent studio art / life experience to match
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
• Arrive early to the school and carry/cart-in art supplies
• Keep students safe, and report and injuries (emotional/physical) immediately
• Offer best tips and examples for students to follow
• Instruct step-by-step art lessons that allow for students’ creativity within the project
• Prepare materials (paid for and provided by Fine Art Starts), and keep supply bins organized
• Keep student portfolios and their artwork safe
• Clean up and leave the classroom as clean or better than when you arrived
COMPENSATION
$40-$60 per class once a week (classes are 1-hour long), dependent on your experience and the enrollment of the course. $25/hr to shadow a current Instructor.
ABOUT
Fine Art Starts is a local, leading federally-recognized 501(3)c non-profit and Foundation 11 School. We’ve been around since 1997. It is a policy and priority of Fine Art Starts that there is no discrimination or harassment on the grounds of race, color, sex, marital status, religion, national origin, age, disability or sexual orientation in any educational programs, activities or employment.
Learn more about us at www.fineartstarts.org
We look forward to learning more about you!
EMAIL = Yes, best way to contact us!
TEXT = Yes, if you have any quick questions.
PHONE CALL = No, thanks.
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Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
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