Stark County Educational Service Center

Artful Living and Learning

Teaching Artists

Employer: Stark County Educational Service Center

Responsible to: Artful Living Program Director

Employment Term: Part-Time, as needed, renewed annually, 2021-2022 School Year

In Artful Living and Learning, highly skilled, degreed Teaching Artists come into the schools in Stark County and present daily 20-minute standards-based art lessons (music, visual art, drama, and/or dance) in the preschool classroom. In the lessons, students dance, act, sing, and play, actively learning and enjoying art lessons while learning skills to prepare for Kindergarten. They learn how to learn and explore the world around them in a way that utilizes their senses, their attention, their memory, their engagement, and their positive sense of self.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Education, an Arts area, or Related Field

• Must be actively practicing the arts area for which they are interested. (Music, Drama, Visual Art, Dance)

• All teaching artists must provide their own transportation to program sites in and around Stark County. 

• Teaching Artists are expected to teach from prescribed lessons and must be available when schools are in session (from mid-October to the last week of April; 25 weeks).

• Applicants who are available 4-5 days per week are preferred.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain an acceptable attendance record.
• Maintain a consistent pattern of positive work habits and personal traits:
  • Punctuality, promptness, accuracy, and thoroughness.
  • Adaptability, dependability, and initiative.
  • Loyalty, courtesy, and professional appearance.
  • Ability to work well with others. 

“An Equal Opportunity Employer”

Interested applications should apply for this job posting by creating a login account and upload required documents (cover letter of interest, resume, copies of official university transcripts, and copies of all ODE license(s)/certificates).