High School Visual Arts Teacher

Visual Arts Teacher

The teacher shall serve as the education leader in a Visual Arts classroom at ERHS beginning the  school year. Elk Rapids Schools has approximately 975 students in grades K-12 and is located in the northwest lower peninsula of Michigan. The District also serves as an authorizer of Mill Creek Academy, a K-5th-grade District that educates approximately 230 students. Elk Rapids Schools is an education leader within the Northwest Education Services Intermediate School District and is eager to interview the best candidates for this vacancy.

Elk Rapids High School is seeking a motivated, passionate, engaged, and dedicated Visual Arts instructor to make a difference in our community and district. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of students by fostering a positive, engaging, and inclusive classroom environment. The ideal candidate will commit to educational excellence, effective classroom management, and a collaborative approach to working with all students, colleagues, parents, and community members.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and prepare learning activities and guide students towards the achievement of curriculum and district objectives.
• Teach knowledge and skills in art, including drawing, painting, lettering, and art history.
• Instruct students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law, administrative regulations, and procedures of the school.
• 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.
• Understand the versatility of acrylic paints: dry brushing, staining, layering, under painting, and monoprinting.
• Understand a variety of "masters" techniques.
• Knows and can apply elements of design and modern principles of art.
• Knows the fundamentals and different approaches to drawing media techniques.
• Instruct students in the proper care and use of tools and equipment.
• 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, and prepare progress reports.
• Select and requisition books, instructional materials, tools, instructional aids, and maintain required inventory records.
• 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.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships, both internal and external to the school district.
• Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the school and/or in self-selected professional growth activities.
• Communicate with parents and school counselors on pupil progress.
• Participate in curriculum and other developmental programs, such as an after-school art club.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Administration.

Additional Qualifications:

• Strong desire and ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students.
• Ability to motivate students and influence student behaviors.
• Willingness and capacity to hold ongoing instructional-specific conversations designed to focus conversations and efforts on improving student learning.
• Commitment to coordinate instruction within and across grade levels.
• Competence to collect and analyze data to inform instructional decisions.
• Ability to help create and thrive in a professional environment of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability.

Professional

Qualifications:

• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate with Visual Arts Education (LQ) endorsement K–12
• Completion of an approved teacher preparation program
• Bachelor's Degree (minimum)
• Ability to Secure Teacher Certification
• Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver engaging standards-based instruction.

Salary:
Based on experience and qualifications within the EREA Contract. Posting Timeline:
June 24, 2026, until filled

Application Procedures:

Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, current resume, transcripts, and three letters of reference via Unified Talent by going to the Elk Rapids Schools website:  On the main page, select "District" and then "Employment Opportunities." Applicants can also send the required information to Jack Young, Principal, at