About this role
The Spence School
Middle and Upper School Visual Arts
Part-time Position- Leave Replacement (80%)
April 7, 2025-June 18, 2025
Overview
The Spence School is seeking a part-time leave replacement in Middle and Upper School Visual Arts. This position offers the opportunity to join a dynamic team of multidisciplinary artists who guide students through a curriculum grounded in artistic technique and experimentation. The ideal candidate is a practicing artist and lifelong learner with a collaborative spirit and a passion for teaching students how artmaking can be a transformative experience for themselves and their community. The position includes benefits.
Responsibilities
- Teach one general studio art class (Grade 7), one ceramics class (Grade 8), and painting and drawing classes (Grades 9 and 10).
- Share in the responsibilities for maintaining the ceramics studio.
- Participate in department-wide initiatives addressing equity, pedagogy, and curriculum.
- Cultivate and maintain a classroom culture of openness, mutual respect, kindness, and inquiry.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Enjoys working with middle and upper school students and participating in school life.
- Has experience teaching a range of media, with a focus on ceramics and painting and drawing.
- Approaches work with optimism, energy, kindness, and a sense of humor.
- Demonstrates cultural competency and actively engages with and learns from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Values collaboration as essential for professional growth and enjoys working as part of a team.
- Significant experience teaching visual arts to middle and upper school students.
- Has a master's degree or equivalent professional experience.
Spence is committed to equitable programs and a diverse faculty and student body. We actively encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.