First Academy Art Teacher

FIRST ACADEMY TEACHERS

First Academy is a growing Christian school in Rogers Arkansas. Housed within First Baptist Rogers FA is open to PK3-7th grade students with plans to continue to expand our upper school in forthcoming years.

We are currently accepting applications for a full-time Art Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year.

Full-time teachers receive paid leave free tuition disability health and life insurance and retirement.

Education

• Bachelors Degree
• State certification/license preferred

Experience

• Two years of teaching experience preferred
• Experience in Christian schools a plus

Personal Qualities

• Credible profession of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ
• Godly character (pastoral and other character references may be required)
• Active membership at First Baptist Rogers required
• Self-educator and lifetime learner and coachable
• Aligned to the schools mission and values
• Ability to integrate a biblical worldview into all subjects
• Maturity and emotional stability
• A heart for children discipling them and seeing them grow in their faith

Job Responsibilities

• Displays to students genuine love for God Scripture and learning

• Prays (privately) for each student in the class

• Plan engaging standards-based lessons for students in elemetary and middle school on a daily weekly and semester basis
• Lead school art show on a yearly basis through student work in classroom
• Support other programs and special projects as needed through art classroom

• Works through the curriculum at an appropriate pace with ongoing assessment of how each child is progressing through the material

• Uses formal and informal assessment tools to measure students progress

• Individualizes instruction according to each childs needs while moving everyone toward class high standards of achievement

• Identifies and addresses academic or disciplinary problems documents situations and/or alerts the principal or parents when appropriate

• Respects the confidentiality of students families and colleagues by using the highest degree of discretion in communication

• Completes administrative tasks to maintain smooth operation of a classroom

• Views parents as students primary teachers and communication with them as highly valuable communicating with them in a timely fashion per school policy

• Contributes to a cooperative and collegial atmosphere among teachers and staff

• Participates in training and other meetings and initiatives

• Respects and upholds school policies and standards delineated in faculty policies student handbooks and in faculty training

• FollowsMatthew 18:15-17model for handling conflicts

• Performs teaching and non-teaching tasks with attention to quality detail timeliness and professionalism

• Maintains licensure