在当前新课程改革背景下,初中美术教学也面临着较大的挑战,教学内容的改进、模式的创新,以及学生综合能力发展的需求,对初中美术教师的履职能力提出了更高的要求。广大教师应立足教学需要,不断提升自我素质,更好地胜任美术教学工作。笔者结合教学实践,对当前美术教师履职能力进行初步探究。一、美术教师当具备扎实的美术基本功作为一门专业学科,过硬的专业技能是必备的基本功。从当前美术教师的组成结构来看,专业出身的教师比例相对 Under the background of the new curriculum reform, art teaching in junior high schools is also faced with great challenges. The improvement of teaching contents, the innovation of models and the demand of students’ comprehensive ability development put forward higher requirements on the performance of junior high school art teachers . The majority of teachers should be based on the teaching needs, and constantly improve their own quality, better capable of art teaching. The author combines the teaching practice, the art teacher’s ability to perform a preliminary study. First, art teachers have a solid foundation of art as a professional disciplines, excellent professional skills is an essential basic skills. From the current art teacher composition of the structure, the proportion of teachers of professional background relative