Grades K-8 Part-Time Studio Arts Teacher

at  Catholic Diocese of Lansing

Beginning the 2024-2025 school year, seeking a studio arts teacher that can form students in the tradition of art in the Western tradition, with a special focus on sacred art. This role is an integral part of the broader classical Catholic approach of the school, which seeks to immerse students in the ideas and beauty of the Western Tradition.
Qualified candidates are asked to please submit the online application and attach a Letter of Introduction & Interest and Resume.
Contact: Mr. Michael Sauter, msauter@sta2.org

QUALIFICATIONS

• Exemplify and articulate a life of faith in Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church.
• Agree with the classical Catholic educational philosophy of St. Thomas School, demonstrate initiative in improving classical educational methods, and possess a desire to develop intellectually and spiritually.
• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree in relevant subject-area knowledge, preferably from a liberal arts college grounded in the Western Tradition.
• Teaching certificate welcomed but not required; teaching experience preferred but not required.

• Understand and uphold the Catholic Faith as it has been handed on, being a role model of Christian love, faith, and virtue. Relate to students by loving them with the love of Christ, encouraging them to develop their own relationship with God, and challenging them to love others as Christ does.
• Manage the class by setting clear expectations of behavior, establishing routines, promoting self discipline based on Catholic principles, and implementing the school discipline policy in the classroom. Communicate clearly and regularly to parents about the well-being of their children.
• Lead students to an appreciation of all that is good, true, and beautiful in art by teaching and directing students in a challenging, joyful, and age-appropriate manner.
• Demonstrate expertise in the principles of visual art in multiple genres of the Western tradition, based on an understanding of beauty as an objective, perceptively-grasped reality. Be able to communicate those principles at an age-appropriate level and lead students, based on models, into a slow and deep engagement with the creative process of art.
• Be available and able to organize the “art” portion of the poetry and art evenings, as determined in conversation with the headmaster.
• Be committed to continually develop teaching skills, knowledge of the Western Tradition, and a love of that Tradition through reading, discussion, collaboration with other teachers, mentoring from the headmaster, and communication with the larger classical school movement.
• Evaluate each student’s progress on a regular basis and report progress to the student, parents, and headmaster, responding expediently to parent, student, or administrator inquiries. Partner with parents in supporting the academic, social, emotional, and spiritual growth of the students.