What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fine Arts Instructor - Photography position at Culver Academies?
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Mission: Culver educates its students for leadership and responsible citizenship in society by developing and nurturing the whole individual, mind, spirit, and body, through integrated programs that emphasize the cultivation of character.
Culver Academies is a private boarding school. We enroll students and employ faculty and staff from across the United States and around the world. Culver Academies seeks diverse and talented educators who value the core commitments of all Culver faculty, support the Culver mission and principles, and embrace the Culver teaching and learning model. At Culver, we are always looking to strengthen our organizational leadership by adding outstanding talent to our faculty and staff whose passion is to serve our students. Located on the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee, Culver Academies encompasses 1,800 acres of green hills and woodlands, and a historic collegiate-like campus with beautiful Gothic architecture. Our location in Culver, Indiana, offers the best of both worlds; a beautiful, serene setting with access to large cities nearby, including the home of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. We are also less than two hours away from Chicago and Indianapolis.
Mission: Culver educates its students for leadership and responsible citizenship in society by developing and nurturing the whole individual, mind, spirit, and body, through integrated programs that emphasize the cultivation of character.
Culver Academies is a private boarding school. We enroll students and employ faculty and staff from across the United States and around the world. Culver Academies seeks diverse and talented educators who value the core commitments of all Culver faculty, support the Culver mission and principles, and embrace the Culver teaching and learning model. At Culver, we are always looking to strengthen our organizational leadership by adding outstanding talent to our faculty and staff whose passion is to serve our students. Located on the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee, Culver Academies encompasses 1,800 acres of green hills and woodlands, and a historic collegiate-like campus with beautiful Gothic architecture. Our location in Culver, Indiana, offers the best of both worlds; a beautiful, serene setting with access to large cities nearby, including the home of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. We are also less than two hours away from Chicago and Indianapolis.
We are currently seeking an accomplished and enthusiastic educator to teach visual arts in a student-centered environment beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. The primary focus of the role is the teaching of photography. Individual classes to be taught include Analog, Digital, and Advanced Photography.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Minimum of a BA/BFA in visual arts.
• Demonstrated outstanding artistry.
• Ability to support both analog and digital photography labs.
• Desire to establish active working relationships with other faculty.
• Commitment to belonging and inclusion in education and artistic activities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
• Master’s degree in visual arts specialty.
• Minimum of three years teaching experience at the secondary or college level.
• Experience maintaining darkroom, analog lab, and digital labs.
• Curatorial experience.
The responsibilities outside the classroom include supporting students pursuing honors in the visual arts as coordinated with the visual arts team, hosting weekly open-studio hours for the community, and co-curating the Crisp Visual Arts Center Art Collection and galleries. There are opportunities and support to engage in the arts at Culver based upon one’s interest and expertise to include clubs, performances, and studio practice.
The Crisp Visual Arts Center includes professional and student gallery spaces, a vast art collection (including works by prominent photographers such as Ansel Adams, Eudora Welty, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Edward Curits), classroom studios, and space for private practice. The analog lab has around a dozen enlargers, a newly outfitted digital lab with full access to Adobe CC programs, separate lighting studio and private office. We seek not only to maintain the quality and scope of the program but also to adjust offerings to meet educational goals as well as student needs and interests. Our students have high expectations for their education, and demand that their teachers be positive, energetic, motivating and supremely compassionate examples of a servant leader in all that they do. Since Culver is a secondary level boarding school, supervisory and mentoring opportunities outside visual arts with students are expected, as is designated by the department chair, Dean of Faculty, and Head of School.
Culver Academies places a premium on a teaching and learning culture in which faculty routinely talk about practice, observe each other in the practice of teaching, create curriculum together, and teach each other what they know about teaching and learning. Professional development is available for all instructors and is born from goals set by individual teachers and goals established within the fine arts department. Opportunities include traditional off-campus workshops and conferences, graduate work, research with students or colleagues, faculty-developed curriculum projects, and regularly scheduled on-campus forums for learning support, educational technology, disciplinary expertise, and culture. Successful candidates will have a commitment to fostering belonging and inclusion in concert with our student-generated Diversity Statement. Interested candidates who find themselves aligned with Culver’s Teaching and Learning Model and supportive of the Commitments of Culver Educator should express interest by completing the application link below.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Minimum of a BA/BFA in visual arts.
• Demonstrated outstanding artistry.
• Ability to support both analog and digital photography labs.
• Desire to establish active working relationships with other faculty.
• Commitment to belonging and inclusion in education and artistic activities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
• Master’s degree in visual arts specialty.
• Minimum of three years teaching experience at the secondary or college level.
• Experience maintaining darkroom, analog lab, and digital labs.
• Curatorial experience.
The responsibilities outside the classroom include supporting students pursuing honors in the visual arts as coordinated with the visual arts team, hosting weekly open-studio hours for the community, and co-curating the Crisp Visual Arts Center Art Collection and galleries. There are opportunities and support to engage in the arts at Culver based upon one’s interest and expertise to include clubs, performances, and studio practice.
The Crisp Visual Arts Center includes professional and student gallery spaces, a vast art collection (including works by prominent photographers such as Ansel Adams, Eudora Welty, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Edward Curits), classroom studios, and space for private practice. The analog lab has around a dozen enlargers, a newly outfitted digital lab with full access to Adobe CC programs, separate lighting studio and private office. We seek not only to maintain the quality and scope of the program but also to adjust offerings to meet educational goals as well as student needs and interests. Our students have high expectations for their education, and demand that their teachers be positive, energetic, motivating and supremely compassionate examples of a servant leader in all that they do. Since Culver is a secondary level boarding school, supervisory and mentoring opportunities outside visual arts with students are expected, as is designated by the department chair, Dean of Faculty, and Head of School.
Culver Academies places a premium on a teaching and learning culture in which faculty routinely talk about practice, observe each other in the practice of teaching, create curriculum together, and teach each other what they know about teaching and learning. Professional development is available for all instructors and is born from goals set by individual teachers and goals established within the fine arts department. Opportunities include traditional off-campus workshops and conferences, graduate work, research with students or colleagues, faculty-developed curriculum projects, and regularly scheduled on-campus forums for learning support, educational technology, disciplinary expertise, and culture. Successful candidates will have a commitment to fostering belonging and inclusion in concert with our student-generated Diversity Statement. Interested candidates who find themselves aligned with Culver’s Teaching and Learning Model and supportive of the Commitments of Culver Educator should express interest by completing the application link below.
TOTAL REWARDS: Culver offers much to complement your pay. Our health benefits include medical (Health Savings Account available), dental, and vision insurance options offered at extremely affordable rates and one of our most valued offerings is our FREE on-site Health Clinic including various free generic medications. Financial planning benefits include Life Insurance and a 403b retirement account with a very generous company match. At Culver, we seek to support your whole self – wellness in mind, spirit, and body – is what makes our employees successful which is why you have access to our on-site Fitness Center, fall, winter and spring breaks as well as summers off, and professional development, including continued education, to support excellence in your craft. Culver also offers FREE meals in the dining hall, limited laundry and dry-cleaning services and a discount at the Campus Store and Uniform Shop. A strong Tuition Remission Program and scholarship opportunities are available for your eligible children attending both schools and camps.
Culver Academies is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
