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Art Teacher (.6 FTE)

Duties

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Appropriately licensed/certified by the Illinois State Board of Education.

 

Accountable to:

  • Building Administrators

 

Primary Objective:

  • Instructs all Kindergarten through Third grade students in art activities aligned with grade level standards in educational institutions by performing the following duties.

 

Major Areas of Accountability*:

  • Plans art programs to promote development of student’s physical attributes, social skills, and life-long activity skills.
  • Teaches individuals utilizing knowledge of art techniques.
  • Organizes, leads, instructs art activities performances.
  • Teaches and demonstrates the use of equipment related to art.
  • Confers with students, parents, and school counselors to resolve student problems.
  • Selects, stores, orders, issues, and inventories equipment, materials, and supplies used in the art  program.
  • Supervises classroom, students, and volunteers.
  • Collaborates with other art teachers in the district to ensure a cohesive art program is provided to Mokena School District 159 students as they progress through all of the grade levels.
  • Other duties as assigned.

 

Requirements:

  • Bending, carrying, climbing, must be able to travel between job sites, lifting, pushing-pulling, reaching, sitting, standing and walking.
  • Must be able to occasionally lift, move, or push items of 50 lbs such as assisting children or moving/rearranging furniture.
  • Must be able to supervise students in all types of weather, meet multiple demands from several sources, and interact with the public and other staff.

 

Working Conditions:

  • Includes extremes of temperature and humidity.
  • Hazards include stairs and communicable diseases.

Benefits:

  • Per MTA Contract.

 

*All areas of accountability considered essential functions of the job.

Salary/Benefits

Salary:

$28,976.40 - $37,462.80

Job Posting Date

3/26/2026

Application Deadline

5/30/2026

Start Date

8/17/2026