What are the responsibilities and job description for the Upper School Art Teacher, Long-Term Leave Replacement position at Oregon Episcopal School?
Oregon Episcopal School seeks an Upper School Art Teacher Long Term Leave Replacement to begin duties April 1, 2025.
OUR MISSION: Oregon Episcopal School educates students to realize their power for good as engaged citizens of the world.
ABOUT US: Founded in 1869, Oregon Episcopal School today occupies a wooded 59-acre campus where 880 students in Pre-K through 12th Grade share an excellent faculty, an inquiry-based curriculum, and a strong sense of community. The Upper School also includes a small boarding program of international and domestic students who live and learn together enhancing the vibrancy of the school community.
The School values employees who seek to continually develop the OES Essential Competencies in themselves and others and are prepared to engage in a vibrant, diverse learning community. Committed to the professional development of our faculty, teachers are guided by the Learning and Teaching at OES faculty growth model.
As an Episcopal school, we are rooted in a rhythm of gathering and reflection that values and respects all beliefs and cultures. As such, we educate toward a larger purpose— toward inclusion and respect, service and justice, and commitment beyond ourselves.
JOB SUMMARY:
OES seeks a curious, creative, and self-reflective educator for a long-term sub position teaching Visual Art in its Upper School starting April 1st, 2025. The teacher will provide traditional studio-based (drawing and painting) and digital art instruction (Photoshop; Illustrator) to students across grade levels (9-12).
The ideal candidate will recognize the teaching of art as a way to develop in high school students essential skills including critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, awareness of self, cultural competency, and purpose.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Support the creative development of high school students in Drawing & Painting and Advanced Digital Studio Art classes
- Create, communicate, and maintain clear, consistent, and appropriate learning objectives and expectations that are aligned with the existing curriculum and the Art department’s goals
- Engage in assessments and projects as tools for student learning and growth
- Provide frequent, constructive, objective, and prompt feedback
- Seek to understand, value, and respond to each student
- Differentiate instruction
- Believe in each person’s potential for growth
- Maintain high standards for student behavior in and out of the classroom and maintain professional boundaries with students
- Recognize, respect, and promote the cultural differences and diversity of the individuals in the classroom and community
- Communicate responsibly and professionally with colleagues and students
