Art Teacher-(Clearwater, FL) | Pinellas County Schools

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans, in cooperation with other staff members, a program, which includes the county objectives of art education.

• Works as a teacher serving one or more schools and consults with classroom teachers when needed.

• Plans with principals the scheduling of appropriate use of specialists’ time based on school enrollments.

• Guides the students to visualize, understand, appreciate, interpret, and enhance artistic values in their daily lives.

• Encourages the students to develop their own creativity rather than imposing upon them any style or adult standard.

• Encourages and promotes the coordination of art with other subject areas in the elementary curriculum.

• Assists in planning, preparing, and presenting programs, exhibits, field trips, and festivals for the individual school or on an area or county level.

• Plans a sequential program in art concepts by identifying, implementing, and evaluating concepts appropriate to the child.

• Plans in-depth experiences for special groups or individuals based on student need.

• Holds individual and group conferences with classroom teachers in preparing and evaluating a planned long-range program.

• Assists the principal and staff in inventorying, organizing, ordering, and caring for art materials.

• Performs other related duties as required. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Certification and competency in art education in at least K-6 grades. Understanding and knowledge of child development.