The Art Teacher in Shanghai Concord Bilingual School, starting from August 2024

The Role

The Art teacher will report to the Head of Art and Design. He/she will be responsible for contributing to the development of the subject at all levels throughout the school. He/she needs to possess good organisational skills and also be an enthusiastic, energetic and caring teacher, committed to flexible and varied styles of teaching and in sympathy with the aims and objectives of this bilingual school.

Qualifications:

• a high quality degree with Art as the sole or major focus
• a formal teaching qualification is desirable 
• at least on year’s teaching experience

Requirements:

• Minimum two years’ teaching experience and the capability of teaching Art to all age groups 11-18;

• Ability to communicate in English with pupils, colleagues and parents, with support for interpretation into Chinese where necessary, and to build strong relationships with all members of the school community;

• Ability and strong desire to work collaboratively;

• Familiarity with various teaching resources including, where appropriate, digital tools to support and enhance teaching and learning;

• Sensitivity to the cultural differences found in China and the willingness to develop and maintain a cross-cultural approach to work;

• A willingness and commitment to contribute fully to the life of the pupils and school beyond the academic day, including active participation in the academic enrichment and co-curricular programmes;

• Experience of teaching IGCSE students will be beneficial.

For more detail information of the Job Description and Person Specification of the role, please kindly find the attached JD – Teacher of Art.

The 2023-2024 academic year school calendar is attached for your reference.