Lower School Art Teacher
About the role
Lake Ridge Academy, an independent JK-12 college preparatory school, is seeking a full-time Lower School art instructor for the 2026-2027 school year. As a member of the LRA Fine Arts Department, the instructor will design curricula for six sections of Lower School art classes.
Responsibilities
- Teach multiple sections of Junior Kindergarten–5th grade Art
- Design and implement developmentally appropriate art curricula
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and creative learning environment
- Engage in ongoing professional development in pedagogy, curriculum development, and subject matter
Requirements
- A love for working with young students
- Excellent communication skills
- Willingness to contribute to a collaborative and close-knit teaching environment
- Strong commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community
About Lake Ridge Academy
Founded in 1963, Lake Ridge Academy is an independent JK-12 college preparatory school located on a 93-acre campus in North Ridgeville, Ohio. The school offers a world-class K-12 education in a warm, inviting community where students are known and supported by a highly educated and committed faculty. The mission is to send into a changing world confident young people of integrity who think critically and creatively while embracing the joy of lifelong learning.
Distinctive features include:
- Outdoor learning on a sprawling 93-acre campus
- Hands-on learning activities and student-led discussions
- Collaboration between older and younger students
- An appreciation for racial, cultural, ethnic, religious, and gender diversity, as well as diversity of thought
- Unique creative learning spaces, including an engineering fab lab and fine arts center
Benefits
- Salary commensurate with other independent schools in the Midwest
- Generous tuition remission package