Interim Middle School Visual Art Teacher

Job Descriptions:

The Blake School seeks an interim Middle School visual art teacher to begin this fall (in November) through the remainder of the 2024-25 school year. The successful candidate will be an actively practicing artist with significant middle school teaching experience and genuine enthusiasm for working with early adolescents. This 1.0 FTE position, on the Blake campus in Hopkins, Minnesota, reports directly to both the Middle School division director and the PK-12 director of visual and performing arts.

Blake is particularly interested in candidates who will enrich the diversity of identity, lived experience and thinking that makes a community strong and empowers students to engage across differences. The search committee will begin reviewing applications immediately.

Required Experience:

Responsibilities:

Teach five sections of visual art each quarter

Serve as a seventh grade advisor

Participate in required faculty meetings, trainings and staffings

Serve as a member of the department of visual and performing arts, attending meetings and supporting the work of the department

Maintain gallery displays of student art in hallways, lobbies and other creative spaces

Support the school, its mission and its leadership

Engage fully with the community-based experience of an independent school

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree (BA/BS/BFA); a master’s degree will be an advantage

Classroom experience teaching foundational components of 2D/3D visual art

Ability to differentiate instruction when necessary to reach all learners

Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with stakeholders across the school

Excellent communication skills

Proven organizational skills

The Blake School is a pre-kindergarten through grade 12, co-educational, nonsectarian, independent day school enrolling 1,366 bright, talented students from nearly 56 Twin Cities-area communities. Founded in 1900, The Blake School has the advantage of facilities and campuses designed for specific developmental ages. Blake’s mission is to engage students with a dynamic, academically challenging education in a diverse and supportive community committed to pluralism and a common set of values. Students pursue an integrated program of academic, artistic and athletic activities, preparing for college, lifelong learning and purposeful lives as community and global citizens. The school community is also guided by its Commitment to Pluralism and core values. (https://www.blakeschool.org/about/mission-values)

The Blake School believes that a diverse society enriches all individuals and communities. Diversity of race, ethnicity, national origin, geography, religion, gender, affectional or sexual orientation, age, physical ability, and marital, parental or economic status forms the fabric of our society. As a result of these beliefs, The Blake School actively seeks students, families and employees who value and contribute to the fullness of a diverse community within the context of its mission. In doing so, we recognize our responsibility to help make each persons experience a success. EOE

Keyword: Visual Arts

From: The Blake School