VISUAL ARTS TEACHER (K4-6)
Location: Aug Prep North Campus
Schedule: Full-time during 10-month school year
Reports To: K4-8 Principal with program support from the Director of Arts
Desired Start Date: July 2026
Aug Prep is more than a school, it's a community where excellence, faith, and holistic education come together. We’re not only about high standards but also creating a place where people love to grow, learn, and inspire! We currently serve over 2,400 K4-12 students in our ninth year at our South Campus. We are thrilled to launch our North Campus in the 26-27 school year, initially serving about 300 students in grades K4-6 and 9.
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Living Faith: Jesus is at the center of all we do. Join a team where you can pray together, worship together, and anchor your work in hope.
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Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized as a “Best Place to Work” by the Milwaukee Business Journal six times in a row, standing out as the only school on the list in most years!
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High Expectations that Open Doors: We foster a dynamic culture of growth and development for students and staff alike. Our students regularly surpass expectations on state assessments and our graduates have a 100% college acceptance rate and a cumulative $85million+ in scholarships!
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Outstanding Resources: From a “classroom supplies” fund to top-notch curriculum to field trips to advanced technology, we shower our team with the tools they need to succeed. Our state-of-the-art facilities include advanced sports complexes, performing arts centers, top-notch classrooms and two swimming pools.
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Whole-Child Approach: From arts to athletics to character education, we nurture students’ minds, bodies, and souls.
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Joy Factor: This work is hard, but we work hard to bring JOY in all we do! Things like silly staff competitions, praise and worship sessions, team social events or learning a new skill like pickleball or gardening during a professional development day, we ensure our staff finds JOY with one another too!
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Benefits: Aug Prep offers a robust benefits package including medical/dental/vision, a 401(k) with employer match and employer-sponsored disability coverage. Full-time employees each receive $2500/year for college courses or professional development. For a more complete list of our benefits, please click HERE.
We are seeking a passionate and visionary Visual Arts educator to help build and shape a comprehensive K4–6 visual arts program at our growing Aug Prep North campus. This role offers the unique opportunity to develop an innovative, spiraling curriculum that nurtures creativity, skill, and artistic expression from early childhood through high school.
Academics
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Build and teach a cohesive K4–6 visual arts program that grows students’ artistic skills, creativity, and personal expression.
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Integrate both Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) approaches and Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) principles, including art history, aesthetics, and critique, throughout a spiraling curriculum.
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Teach and inspire students across early childhood, elementary, middle, and introductory high school levels in a way that nurtures skill development and artistic understanding.
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Introduce students to a variety of media, including drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, and contemporary digital tools.
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Incorporate ceramics at all levels and maintain the ceramics studio, with the potential to expand upper-level coursework over time.
Classroom Environment and Student Relationships
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Create a classroom environment where students explore, reflect, and create as artists, building both technical skill and artistic voice.
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Build trusting relationships with students so each child feels known, seen and loved.
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Serve as the cultural and spiritual model for their students, always interacting respectfully and striving to demonstrate God’s love to their students and families.
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Support students’ character development by modeling and reinforcing the Aug Prep Way: serving in love with integrity, respect, courage and perseverance.
Professional
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Collaborate with the Arts Team to support interdisciplinary learning, cross-grade arts events, and school-wide celebrations of creativity.
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Communicate proactively and consistently with students, families, and colleagues, providing frequent updates on student progress, classroom activities, and school initiatives.
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Work collaboratively and supportively with colleagues, supervisors, students, parents/guardians, and community members, maintaining positive, solution-oriented relationships that foster a strong, inclusive environment for optimal learning.
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Seek professional growth through building and department meetings/professional development, formal coursework, workshops, and seminars/in-services on a continuous basis.
Schoolwide Support and Supervision
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Showcase student work across the school to honor achievement, build pride, and celebrate the diverse artistic gifts of students on a regular basis
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Participate in school-wide and end-of-year Arts Live events to highlight student growth, joy, and artistic expression.
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Monitor and support students during morning arrival, lunch, recess and dismissal.
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Serve with a flexible, open heart that recognizes no duty is outside the scope of your role, we are a team that is stronger together in service of our students.
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Belief in the creative ability of every child and a commitment to ensure excellence for each student.
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Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts, Art Education, or related field (Master’s degree a plus), including any other requirements for accreditation. State teaching license not required.
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1 year of Visual Arts experience preferred.
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Passion for inspiring creativity in young artists and cultivating a love for the arts.
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Ability to work collaboratively across two buildings on the same campus, integrating the arts into a growing school community.
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Self-motivated, innovative and organized to be able to manage multiple grade levels and organize arts events
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Commitment to faith-based education and to nurturing students’ character alongside their artistic growth.
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Active participation in a Christian church.
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Effective oral and written communication skills
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Team player committed to the St. Augustine Preparatory mission and model.
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Knowledge/Skills:
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Strong background in visual arts education, with expertise in 2D/3D art fundamentals
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Skill and confidence in working with ceramics, including kiln usage, or willingness to learn.
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Experience in developing curriculum across grade levels or a demonstrated ability to build and scale programs.
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Ability to adapt instruction to early childhood, elementary, and middle school developmental stages.
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Lastly and most important, the candidate must demonstrate and possess the highest integrity, and be able to live the values, beliefs, and culture of St. Augustine Prep.
- This describes general information about the position, however, should not be considered comprehensive. Aug Prep reserves the right to modify job duties or descriptions at any time.
Non-Discriminatory Policy
St. Augustine Preparatory Academy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin or any other basis prohibited by law when hiring, promoting, establishing wages, or providing benefits.
As a faith-based institution based on biblical principles, St. Augustine Preparatory Academy hires employees who agree with the school's Mission Statement and Statement of Beliefs and adhere to biblical standards of conduct.
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