Elementary Art Teacher - (2025-2026)

Nashville Classical Charter Schools; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 54,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Nashville Classical East is searching for dedicated educators who embrace a joyful and rigorous curriculum to teach its diverse community. Candidates should hold a valid teaching license and possess strong interpersonal skills to foster a thriving learning environment. This full-time teaching position offers competitive pay and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

5% above local school district salary

Generous medical plans

Full state retirement benefits

Macbook computer and classroom supplies

$500 budget for classroom purchases

Professional development stipends

Qualifications

• Valid Tennessee teaching license or pathway to certification required.
• Full-time teaching experience in a school setting is necessary.
• Preferred experience in a high-performing school with diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Execute curricula as per unit and lesson plans.
• Build achievement-oriented cultures during key moments.
• Communicate regularly with families and engage in professional development.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Enthusiasm

Proactiveness

Listening

Openness to Feedback

Commitment to Diversity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The School

Nashville Classical East opened in July 2013 with one grade, Kindergarten. Since then, the school has grown to enroll 550 scholars in Grades K-8 and become the city’s most popular elementary school, enrolling families from 26 unique Zip Codes.
In the past five years, our school has been

• Named the city’s best nonprofit by the Nashville Business Journal
• Named a Tennessee Reward School by the TN Department of Education
• Achieved top 5% growth in the state in both Math and ELA
• Awarded 3 Blue Ribbon Awards for Teaching Excellence: Most in the city!
• Profiled inThe Tennessean, Newsweek, and in Doug Lemov’s recent books,Teach Like A Champion 3.0 and Reconnect.

Read more in our annual report, here.

The Position
Nashville Classical East seeks educators who are committed to working hard, having fun, and making history. Our team educates a diverse community through a joyful, rigorous curriculum and within a structured, intentional culture, building a foundation of knowledge and habits for high school, college, and life.

Our teachers:

• Internalize and execute common curricula, including unit plans, lesson plans, and materials.
• Build achievement-oriented cultures during key moments like morning motivation, lunch, recess, and closing circle.
• Implement school-wide systems for scholar culture.
• Communicate regularly with families and attend quarterly events in the evenings, such as Report Card Conferences, Cultural Heritage Nights, etc.
• Engage in ongoing professional development, including once weekly until 4:30pm.
• Commit to teaching a daily schedule from 7:17am - 3:37pm.
• Commit to attending 3 weeks of summer professional development starting in July, 2025.
• Do whatever it takes to achieve the mission of Nashville Classical.

The Qualifications
The ideal candidate possesses:

• Valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate endorsement, or a clear pathway toward Tennessee state certification
• Bachelor’s degree
• Full-time teaching experience in a school setting
• Experience and demonstrated success teaching in a high-performing school, serving a culturally and socioeconomically diverse school community is highly preferred

The Competencies
The ideal candidate is:

• Adaptable

• Attentive to Detail
• Enthusiastic
• Proactive
• An eager listener
• Open to feedback
• Committed to building a diverse community

The Compensation
Nashville Classical pays 5% above our local school district and offers employees a 5% raise each year. For teachers, base 25-26 salaries range from $54,651-$97,211. Teachers can select from three generous medical plans and are eligible for full state retirement benefits. This position will follow a 10-month schedule.

We also offer yearly stipends for teacher-leader roles, extracurricular clubs, coaching and additional roles. We offer all employees a Macbook computer, all necessary classroom supplies, and a $500 discretionary budget for classroom purchases.

As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.