Art Teacher, Primary Division (Grades T-5)

Job Description

Avenues Shenzhen opened in August 2018, our first campus in China. Avenues Shenzhen provides a unique early childhood program, and is now expanding to serve students in all grades from grades from toddler through 12. Avenues Shenzhen furthers Avenues' longstanding commitment to developing multiple campuses in China, providing a transformative, world-focused education.

LANGUAGE IMMERSION
Avenues students will graduate fluent in a second language and at ease beyond their borders. To this end, children in Avenues Shenzhen alternate between learning in English and in Mandarin Chinese. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 
At Avenues, children act as artists every day: making creative choices, manipulating materials, exploring themes, ideas and meanings. Through arts, children also develop social and fine motor skills while learning through the target language. As the arts teacher, you will: 

• Develop and teach highly engaging, exploratory, child-centered arts curriculum
• Support all students’ maturation and development, targeting support to address individual needs
• Build a warm, supportive, respectful learning atmosphere
• Collaborate intensively with colleagues to continually enrich the student experience and school culture
• Inspire trust and confidence among parents and families
• Participate actively in ongoing, intensive professional learning

Requirements

• Student teaching or equivalent experience with children ages 2-7
• Profound commitment to ensuring and nurturing children's wellbeing
• Highly effective collaborator, eager to listen deeply, contribute to a team and achieve goals together
• Dedication to learning and developing the craft of teaching
• Very resourceful and adaptive, eager to embrace constant change, growth and learning
• Bachelor’s degree; graduate degree in early childhood education or related field preferred
• Native-level proficiency in English* 

Benefits

• Unparalleled career growth opportunities, like a well-defined career pathway and chances to teach abroad
• The thrill of a start-up, in an organization with a proven track record of results 
• Frequent feedback and top-notch, job-embedded professional learning 
• The chance to impact education by demonstrating what's possible 
• Competitive compensation and greater rewards for growing your impact 
• A beautiful and uplifting school environment
• Housing allowance
• Commercial medical insurance
• Annual round-trip flight ticket
• Paid holidays