ART TEACHER
Faculty Position
(Part time for January-June 2015)
Upper Elementary
Grades
Reports to Division
Head
Marin
Country Day School is looking
for a gifted educator who is passionate about teaching elementary art. We seek
an educator with a demonstrated background and or interest in curriculum
development, technology integration, environmental sustainability, and cultural
competency. Also, we seek an educator with the belief in teaching with the
interests of the whole child in mind, through careful attention to a developed
advisory curriculum. Our approach and
philosophy centers around collaboration, thoughtful innovation, team building
and leveraging diverse and multiple perspectives.
Our Statement of Community and Inclusion*
highlights our mission:
Our school is a community that
Inspires children to develop a love of learning,
thoughtful perspectives and a
diversity of skills;
Nurtures in each of them a deep sense of
respect, responsibility
and compassion; and
Challenges them to envision and to work toward a better world.
as well
as proclaims, “Ours is a Community that would be uncomfortable without diversity
and, therefore, has been intentional about creating and nurturing a diverse
group of adults and children who share the core values of respect, responsibility
and compassion. As
such, to realize successfully our mission and values, each of us must actively
help build and cultivate our multifaceted community by developing cultural
competency.”
We
seek a part-time art educator with the following to fill in for a leave:
- The ability to teach
drawing, painting, ceramics and printmaking with an emphasis on
mixed-media
- Knowledge of computer
graphics and multimedia
- The ability to teach a
wide age range
- The ability to apply
knowledge of art history
- Motivation to collaborate
with teachers outside the department, particularly on projects with a
multicultural orientation that link to the grade level curriculum
- Teaching experience,
organizational skills and a commitment to professional growth
- Awareness of eco-friendly/
environmentally sustainable techniques
Job
Requirements
- a minimum of three years experience as an art
educator
- Bachelors Degree
MCDS is an equal
opportunity employer and promotes the principles and practices of diversity
throughout the school community. Compensation is competitive.
Please send resume
and letter of interest:
Email: employment@mcds.org
Fax: 415.924.2224
Postal: Search / Art Teacher
Marin Country Day School
5221
Paradise Drive
Corte Madera, CA 94925
