Skip to main content
Tes home
SearchBack to search
Visual Arts Teacher

Visual Arts Teacher

Sotogrande International School

Spain

  • New
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
August 2025
Apply by:
1 December 2024

Job overview

Job Overview:

We are looking for a qualified and dedicated Middle School and High School Visual Arts Teacher with expertise in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MVP). The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering engaging and comprehensive Visual Arts education to our students, managing the budget and procurement of resources for Visual Arts, overseeing and leading extracurricular Visual Arts activities, and facilitating Visual Arts trips, events, and opportunities within the school and the community.

Purpose, Duties & Responsibilities: 

  • To deliver engaging whole class lessons and further develop the IBO MYP-DP curriculum.
  • To further build the status and quality of work of Visual Arts within the school and wider community.
  • To contribute to experiential and extra curricular learning opportunities to inspire and extend our students.
  • To collaborate with the Arts team in further building a department that is fully engaging and inspiring for our student body.
  • To contribute to the pastoral care of our students by taking on the role of an advisor for student groups.
  • To contribute to the safeguarding of our students through duties and cover responsibilities.
  • Participate in professional development opportunities to stay current with best practices in Art education and the IB program.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Art Education or a related field.
  • Teaching certification and/or relevant licensure.
  • Experience in IBO MYP & DP Visual Arts.
  • High level of personal artistic skill.
  • UK experience in teaching IGCSE and A Level Art also considered

Software platforms

  • Knowledge of ManageBac
  • iSAMS
  • Adobe
  • Photoshop
  • Google Suite
  • Apple software


Skill set:

Drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, digital design, graphic design, printing, strong knowledge of various art mediums, techniques, and art history and practitioners, experience as a DP Visual Arts examiner of benefit, experience of supervising Visual Arts Extended Essays of benefit, communication & collaborative skills, time management, budget management, management of resources, leadership skills, problem solving, creative thinking and basic Spanish Language. Skill, experience or interest in teaching an MYP Film class. This would be only if the candidate would like to explore this teaching opportunity in addition to their Visual Arts classes.


Attached documents

About Sotogrande International School

Our School is part of the Inspired Education Group

Founded in 1978, SIS is a leading international, co-educational day and boarding school. We are an all-through IB school offering the PYP, MYP and Diploma programmes. We are an inclusive community offering English language and special educational needs support throughout the school where required. Sotogrande International School launched its new San Roque Campus in September 2013. A beautiful second campus that acts as a home for the school's boarding students. This new addition to the school is a result of increased demand for boarding places from around the world.

SIS is fully accredited by CIS and NEASC. Our programme is fully convalidated by the Spanish Ministry of Education, allowing our IB diploma graduates direct access to Spanish universities as well as those in the UK and the USA. This unique combination provides independent, external assurance of the quality of education at SIS.  In addition, the school's own NGO operates from the main campus and offers all our students the opportunities for active leadership and service learning, both in the local community and in the wider world.

Sotogrande International School is a community of learners that has at its core the SIS Values. These values shape our behaviour, inform our decision-making and provide a focus for all our actions. Members of our community are encouraged to open their hearts and minds to the joy of learning, to discover their strengths, identify their passions and develop outstanding learning skills. Our school philosophy is to open minds, create magic and use education as a force for good in the world. Our school mission is to enable and empower children to be the best they can be.

Our school:

  • Focuses on the whole person

SIS has a philosophy of student-focused, inquiry-based, multi-disciplinary, integrated learning. We believe in developing an enduring love of learning, based on the attitudes and attributes of the SIS Values.

  • Offers a rich cultural diversity

SIS has a rich curricular and co-curricular programme of intercultural activities, events and exchanges that are designed to develop a deep understanding of what it means to be a global citizen. We aim to instil an intercultural and environmental responsibility and a commitment to global solidarity and community service.

  • Focuses on academic success

We celebrate achievement and aim for the highest academic standards: our IB diploma graduates have entered top universities worldwide. This reflects strong academic and guidance programmes and high quality teaching and pastoral care. This year we achieved recognition for being a top 75 Global IB school, were number 13th in the EU and the 2nd best school in Spain and we are non selective!

  • Provides outstanding facilities for learning

Our purpose-built, high technology campus reflects our commitment to collaborative learning, designed to meet the needs of young adults entering a global 21st century society.

Build a career with Inspired Education

Inspired schools remain anchored in the vibrant cultures of their respective locations, and collectively, they form an international community that nurtures each student's academic and personal development in a progressive, dynamic, and innovative learning environment.

Specialist-led, extracurricular activities and exchange programmes are woven into the fabric of Inspired's approach to schooling, resulting in a well-rounded, diverse student population of engaged, active learners who confidently apply their wide-ranging skills within a global context.

Students benefit from a robust, holistic, international curriculum formed around the Inspired three pillars of modern education: academic excellence, sports, and performing & creative arts, with dedicated, highly qualified teachers who demonstrate Inspired's exemplary methodology. In the application of a student-centred teaching model, Inspired schools achieve outstanding examination results and, importantly, nurture happy, multi-skilled individuals who have faith in their abilities. Inspired students are empowered to fulfil their potential and are fully equipped to thrive in a modern world.

Please visit our careers site for further information and to see our latest opportunities - https://careers.inspirededu.com/

Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.

Apply