Ceramics Teacher

• B.A., B.F.A. or B.S. in a relevant discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5-7 years of prior teaching experience is preferred.
• 5-7 years working in a ceramics studio is preferred.
• Experience in preparation and application of slips, engobes, oxides, waxes and a variety of cone-5 glazes is required.
• Experience with electric kiln loading and firing is required.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development in both subject matter and methodology.

• Prepares lessons in collaboration and alignment with other members of the department.
• Evaluates student progress through various modes of assessment.
• Keeps student records, including online grades.
• Implements a wide array of classroom activities to address multiple learning styles.
• Communicates regularly with student-support team members: parents, other teachers, student services, deans, and other administrators.
• Provides ongoing student feedback, both informal and formal, including written narrative evaluations and regular peer-to-peer critiques.
• Meets with students and families as needed.
• Treats students equitably, is sincerely interested in them as individuals, and responds to their needs.
• Integrates culturally responsive and anti-biased teaching practices into the classroom and is committed to professional growth on equity and inclusion.
• Experience in guiding and managing student potters in an environment that fosters trust and mutual respect.
• Demonstrated ability to teach a variety of ceramics skills and techniques to beginning 9-12th grade students.
• Help students prepare for and mount recurring exhibits and special arts festival days.
• Manage all firings and operations in the Kiln House including loading and unloading Kiln and firing all class work
• Manage the Ceramics budget in cooperation with the Visual Art Department Chair.
• Oversee purchases for all materials and equipment in the Ceramics Studio and Kiln House and manage the learning spaces for optimal instruction. This includes the following:
  • Receiving deliveries
  • Ordering replacement parts as needed, monitoring supplies
  • Preparing, managing budget - ordering supplies including clay, laundry, glazes, slips, wax
  • Work with Chair to manage CalArts/CYP/Special Topics schedule and materials
  • Repairing/Maintaining kiln shelves
  • Maintain/Clean Kiln House
• May serve as an Advisor to a grade-level group of students.
• May serve as an Advisor to an Affinity Group.
• Will teach in Oakwood’s Immersion program.
• Actively engages in the life of the school.

Oakwood School is a K-12 coeducational day school in North Hollywood, California that opened its doors in 1951. The school has remained faithful to its original mission ever since: to create a diverse educational environment where young people are partners with the adults who teach them and learn from them; where the best means of preparing students for the future is to immerse them in the present; where a healthy learning environment requires joy and humor as well as rigorous intensity; and where students’ intellectual and aesthetic depth – along with their capacity for empathy and moral courage – emerge out of authentic engagement with their teachers, one another, and the world around them.

Oakwood School is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultural diversity in our workforce. With purpose, Oakwood celebrates and affirms diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, faith, family structure, socioeconomic background, age, and ability.

Salary : $71,622 - $88,550