Marin Art Teachers April Workshop

Upcoming Marin Art Teachers workshop!

Mata Ortiz master potter, Jerardo Tena Sandoval

April 25th, 2015

10-4pm at Redwood High School in Larkpur

Workshop includes learning the distinctive method of Mata Ortiz hand building, including preparing the surface, painting with slips and oxides and making your own brush. He will also demonstrate how he fires his work. He will bring his own native clay to share.

Visit the link below for more information and to register:

www.marinartteachers.weebly.com

Ceramics and MS Arts Instructor Position

Crystal Springs Upland School, located in Hillsborough, CA is looking for a MS Art teacher (grades 6-8) as well as an US Ceramics instructor. Ideally, this person would be able to do both for a 50% position initially, and then will become full-time as they write curriculum and develop the Middle school Fine Arts program at the new Belmont campus in 2016.

The candidate should be well versed in Ceramics as well as all of the visual arts.

Here is a link to the details for application: 

http://www.csus.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=748922

Kym Matossian, the current head of MS and US Visual Arts is also available for more information at kmatossian@csus.org.

BURKE'S Hiring Makery Facilitator and Technology Integration Specialist for 2015-16

About Burke’s

Katherine Delmar Burke School is an independent K-8 all girls’ school located on a 3.5-acre campus in San Francisco. Burke’s is one of California’s leading elementary schools with a 100-year tradition of educational excellence. The school combines strong academic and co-curricular programs with an emphasis on project-based learning and 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, academic rigor and joyful learning.

In 2013, a team of Burke’s teachers, technology professionals and administrators set out to create a space that would encourage and empower our girls to take risks and to use a variety of STEM/STEAM skills to design, prototype, and explore. This work brought about The Makery, a pair of flexible classroom spaces designed to engage our girls in both high-tech and low-tech project-based learning. Now two years old, The Makery has become a leader in the maker education movement, with visitors coming from around the world to see not only our spaces but also our innovative model for project-based learning.

Position Description

The Makery Facilitator and Technology Integration Specialist will work with students, teachers, and administrators to integrate technology and project-based learning into our K-8 curriculum. This role reports to the Director of Curriculum and Program Innovation.

For the 2015-2016 school year, he/she will work primarily with our Upper School students and teachers (Grades 5-8), collaborating with another Makery Facilitator and Technology Integration Specialist who works primarily with Lower School students and teachers (Grades K-4). We anticipate that this division of work will evolve over time and are looking for a candidate who is eager to be part of an ongoing dialogue about how our curriculum, pedagogy, and spaces can best meet our instructional goals.

We are looking for an experienced teacher who creates a classroom culture that supports deep thinking and learning. An ideal candidate is dynamic, interested in learning and growing as a professional, willing and able to collaborate with colleagues, and experienced in best practices for project based learning, maker education, and technology integration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with faculty to creatively and effectively harness a variety of ever-changing educational technologies

• Plan, teach, and co-teach lessons in both The Makery and other classroom spaces

• Work with the Makery team to manage and continue developing Makery program, including both curriculum and spaces

• Provide support, coaching, and training to faculty to help address identified needs

• Participate in ongoing dialogues with teachers, administrators, and the Makery team related to the integration of technology within and across divisions

• Train and support faculty in use of learning management software, grading software, and other technologies related to teaching and learning

• Record and maintain curriculum maps and guides for technology integration

• Work with the library team and classroom teachers to develop and coordinate media literacy, research skills, and digital citizenship curricula

• Participate as a member of the Upper School faculty including participating in division meetings, attending assemblies, serving on a school-wide committees, chaperoning field trips, and sharing supervisory responsibilities

• Required

• Bachelors Degree

• Experience as a classroom teacher

• Expertise with educational technology, project-based learning, and maker education

• Proven collaborator with a history of working closely with a variety of colleagues

• Forward-thinking vision and a demonstrated interest in exploring ways technology can enhance learning

• Preferred

• Middle-school teaching experience

• Teaching credential and/or National Board Certification

• Experience designing curriculum using the Understanding by Design (UbD) Framework

• History of coaching and/or leading faculty professional development

• Expertise with Apple technology (OSX and iOS), Google Apps for Education, Schoology, JupiterGrades, NoodleTools, and teaching coding.

• Flexible

• Creative

• Collaborative

• Growth mindset

• Strong leader

• Innovative educator

Professional Skills & Experience

Personal Qualities

Compensation

Burke’s offers competitive compensation based on prior experience and position requirements. Comprehensive benefits are provided. More information about the school can be found on the website at www.kdbs.org. Burke’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

To Apply

Please e-mail resume, cover letter explaining why your experience is appropriate for this position, and list of references, in PDF or Word format, tojobs.makery@kdbs.org. No telephone calls, please.

Thank you

Special thanks to Pedro for hosting a great meeting at Katherine Delmar Burke School! It was a great morning of sharing and conversation.

A few project share pdfs are linked below:

From Gregory Gavin at Riveropolis came tips on how to make special building materials. Make sure you check out the link to Riveropolis- it's pretty juicy stuff.

Kristi Martinez & Dylan Jones shared a Keith Haring inspired project as well as this great paper mache figure project.

Peggy O'Leary shared a fun Keith Haring inspired self portrait project. 

And Karin Goodkin shared this lesson to make fun dancing people!

See you Monday, November 10th!

Calling all independent school art teachers in the SF Bay Area- we hope you will join us Monday November 10th from 8:30-12:30 at Katherine Delmar Burke School! Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by FRIDAY OCT 31 to pedro [at] kdbs.org and avalentine [at] mcds.org if you plan on coming, and include any topics that you hope to discuss. Details below.

There will be 2 workshop/breakout times for discussions. One will be devoted to topics of interest (e.g.,: assessment, the maker movement) and one will be for sharing a project you are excited about this year. 

Please plan on bringing:

-Examples or photos of a project that you are excited about.

-One book, lesson plan, resource list or rubric that you refer to or use often. If it is something you can make copies of please bring 25 copies. 

Teachers who have attended these get-togethers in the past have come away with new ideas, new collaborations, and a strengthened sense of community.

We look forward to reconnecting and meeting new people.

Directions can be found on the Burke's homepage-

http://www.kdbs.org/page/Directions 

High School Ceramics Substitute Instructor for 1 yr Sabbatical sought at Independent school in Atherton, CA.

Sacred Heart Schools Atherton is looking for a ceramics teacher to cover a one year sabbatical leave.

http://www.shschools.org/uploaded/01_About/Career_Opportunities/2014-15/Prep_Ceramics_LTS_2015.pdf

Part-time opening at Marin Country Day

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