Art Teacher - Creative Arts
Role: Art Teacher - Creative Arts
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Primary-Secondary Education
Function: Classroom Teaching
Experience: Art teaching experience with diverse student groups preferred
Job Type: Full-time
Overview
Art Teacher - Creative Arts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Primary-Secondary Education hiring opportunity for a motivated and imaginative teacher who can guide students in visual expression, artistic techniques, and creative classroom projects. This role is designed for an educator with a strong foundation in fine arts, clear communication skills, and the ability to build an inclusive learning space where students feel encouraged to explore ideas, develop confidence, and express themselves through different art forms.
Job Details
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- City: Dubai
- Industry: Primary-Secondary Education
- Function: Classroom Teaching
- Salary: 6000-9000
- Salary range estimated based on similar jobs; final offer to be confirmed with employer.
- Gender: Any
- Candidate Nationality: Any
- Job Type: Full-time
- Joining: Immediate joiner preferred
Role Context
The Art Teacher - Creative Arts will help students develop practical art skills, creative thinking, visual awareness, and appreciation for artistic expression. The position supports a British Curriculum school environment by delivering engaging lessons, managing creative projects, encouraging individual imagination, and helping students build strong foundations in drawing, painting, design, composition, and mixed media.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging art lessons that support creativity, technical development, and curriculum learning goals.
- Plan classroom activities across drawing, painting, design, craft, visual studies, and mixed media.
- Encourage students to explore artistic ideas, experiment with materials, and develop their own creative style.
- Teach key art concepts including color, form, line, texture, proportion, perspective, composition, and presentation.
- Create an inclusive classroom setting where students of different abilities feel supported and motivated.
- Assess student artwork, practical participation, creative growth, and project completion through constructive feedback.
- Maintain organized lesson plans, student portfolios, assessment records, display work, and classroom documentation.
- Manage art tools, materials, displays, and resources safely and efficiently.
- Support school art exhibitions, creative showcases, competitions, themed displays, and cultural activities.
- Use demonstrations, examples, visual references, and guided practice to make lessons clear and inspiring.
- Collaborate with colleagues and school leadership to strengthen creative learning across the school.
- Maintain positive classroom routines, safety standards, and respectful student behavior during practical sessions.
Ideal Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Art Education, or a related field is required.
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline will be preferred.
- Experience teaching art to diverse student populations is preferred.
- Previous experience in a British Curriculum school will be an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of visual arts, practical art techniques, creative projects, and classroom-based art instruction.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Passion for art education and the ability to inspire students through creative teaching.
- Confident in managing classroom activities, art materials, student portfolios, and practical learning sessions.
- Ability to support different learning styles and encourage student confidence through art.
- Immediate joiners will be given preference.
Skills Set
- Art teaching
- Creative arts
- Fine arts
- Visual arts
- Drawing techniques
- Painting techniques
- Mixed media
- Art education
- British Curriculum teaching
- Lesson planning
- Classroom teaching
- Student assessment
- Portfolio development
- Creative project guidance
- Art classroom management
- Display preparation
- Art materials handling
- Student engagement
- Inclusive learning
- Communication skills
- School exhibitions
- Creative thinking development