Our Middle School Arts faculty stress the importance of developing technical skill and personal voice through in-depth study of a variety of media. We welcome a diversity of experiences in our arts faculty so that our students encounter many avenues for thinking, revising, constructing, negotiating, developing, and symbolically expressing themselves through meaningful art making.

 

Position Description:

This position is for art instruction in Studio Art and Design. This includes the specializations of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics, and Sculpture.

 

Responsibilities

 

• Encourage the exploration of materials and media as languages for personal expression.

 

• Work in partnership with the other Middle School arts faculty members to maintain and refine an intellectually challenging and creative art program with developmentally appropriate research-based practices.
• Develop lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the Middle School Visual Art curriculum.
• Work closely with the chair of the art department and ES-12 art department faculty.
• Provide a safe and stimulating environment that facilitates learning.
• Maintain a palpably strong commitment to educating a diverse student body within a caring and creative environment through equitable and inclusive teaching practices, curricula, and programming.
• Develop, plan, and implement the curriculum through daily lessons.
• Differentiate for individual students based on their unique learning needs.
• Ensure all students are appropriately engaged and challenged.
• Manage classroom behavior.
• Respond promptly to communication from colleagues and parents.
• Maintain records of each student's progress.
• Report student progress to parents through a trimester-based report card.
• Collaborate with grade-level teams to enhance teaching and learning.
• Attend and participate in meetings of all committees joined.
• Attend and participate in regular faculty meetings and interdisciplinary collaborations.

 

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (BFA), have significant teaching experience at the middle school level, provide a portfolio of personal art practice, exhibit enthusiasm and skill for serving as a Middle School advisor, and demonstrate a record of innovation and professional growth in a school setting. Advanced degrees are strongly encouraged; state certification is not required.

Beyond these qualifications, we will give special consideration to forward-thinking applicants who possess a high level of professionalism, a commitment to a learner-centered environment, and collaboration with peers.