Middle School Art
Teacher, Short-Term Family Leave Replacement, January 7 - February 15, 2013
Katherine Delmar
Burke School is an independent K-8 girls’ school located on a 3 1/2 acre campus
in San Francisco. Based on a 100-year tradition of educational excellence,
Burke’s today is one of California’s leading elementary schools. The school
combines strong academic and co-curricular programs with an emphasis on
personal growth in a diverse and inclusive community. We emphasize the
development of fundamental and higher level critical thinking skills in an
atmosphere of creativity, exploration, and academic rigor.
Position
Summary
• Full time
• 6 weeks
Responsibilities include:
·
Teaching art to fifth
and sixth graders (two classes each grade, 18-23 students, meeting for
50-minute periods twice in each six-day rotation)
·
Teaching two
105-minute classes each six-day rotation to a smaller class of seventh graders
·
Teaching small eighth
grade art electives (Urban Arts and Interactive Sculpture)
·
Serving as advisor to a group of 12
eighth graders (meeting daily for morning homeroom and Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons for a 35-minute discussion/activity period
Position
Requirements
·
Experience teaching
art, including contemporary art, preferably to middle school students
• Familiarity
with an independent school environment helpful, but not necessary
Burke’s is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
To Apply
Please e-mail a cover
letter explaining why your experience is appropriate for this position, a
resumé, and sample photographs of student artwork to jobs.art@kdbs.org or mail to Rebekah Wolman, Katherine Delmar Burke
School, 7070 California St., San Francisco, CA 94121.
No calls or
additional e-mails, please. You will be contacted if your qualifications and
experience match the needs of the position.
