


Visual Arts Teacher
- All Levels
- Licensed Teacher
- Bachelor
- 2 years of teaching experience
- Art
- Teaching Credential/License
- A passion for are and children and looking to inspire and draw out the artistic side of each and every student and instill a love and appreciation or art in all its forms.
- A good sense of humour and collaborative disposition
- Health Insurance (100% paid by school)
- Good annual PD allowance
- Interest free car loan
- pension (optional)
- Nice academic year (170 teaching days) and timetable
The Codrington School, The International School of Barbados, seeks the services a qualified and experienced educator for the position of PYP/MYP/DP teacher of Visual Arts as of August 2025.
The successful applicant will hold at least a relevant initial degree; a teaching qualification and at least two years full time teaching experience as a qualified teacher. The position will require the successful candidate to teach within the International Baccalaureate (IB) PYP, MYP and DP programmes. As such the successful candidate must be cognizant of, and his/her teaching philosophy should reflect that of, the IB. Experience teaching in an International school setting is expected. IB training/experience in one of the IB programme is highly desirable. The position will require the teaching of Visual Arts throughout the whole school.
Contract overview
The contract for each school teacher stipulates:
- the teaching day is from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- teachers are entitled to up to six working days of medical leave during the course of any school year • each teacher is expected to be a home room teacher and participate in the delivery of the school pastoral programme • each faculty member is expected to run an after school club/activity at least once per week.
- teachers will be involved in duties, lunchtime detention supervision and community clubs within the school day
- It is the expectation that faculty are available for special school events (graduation, open houses, school celebrations, parent –teacher evenings) which may take place on evenings and weekends as deemed by the principal
- each secondary school teacher will be allocated at least one student to mentor through their Extended Essay and at least one student to mentor through their Personal Project
As an international school, Codrington offers three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes and shares the IB mission “to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.”
- At Codrington, students don’t just study the world. They are learning to thrive in it.
- They achieve a global perspective that values differences and diversity.
- They are engaged in a challenging academic program that includes acquiring a second language in an open-minded and intercultural environment.
- We don’t just prepare students for college. We give them the intellectual and cultural confidence to succeed in a globally connected world.
- The Diploma Programme prepares students to excel in higher education and beyond.
- Fully qualified and experienced in their respective fields, Codrington faculty members come to us from six continents, bringing best practices in international education to our campus. All are IB-trained, most are multilingual with advanced degrees, and many have taught at leading schools around the world.
- Now more than ever, education must prepare students to succeed in a globally connected and interdependent world. At Codrington, we provide students with the necessary tools – the knowledge, skills and perspective they’ll need to learn, grow and thrive.
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