What are the responsibilities and job description for the One Year Instructor, Studio Art position at Phillips Academy?
Phillips Academy seeks to fill a 1-year position for full-time Instructor in Studio Art / Foundations to begin in September of 2025. Candidates must have demonstrated skill and teaching experience in one or more of the following areas: Foundations, 2D and 3D design, drawing, and painting. The specific teaching assignment will consist of three or four class sections per trimester, which includes our ninth-grade foundation Visual Studies course. We seek dynamic candidates who will be active participants not only in the academic program but also in the athletics/fitness and residential programs at this boarding school. Graduate degree and at least three years of high-school teaching experience preferred.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Please visit our application portal to submit a cover letter (addressed to Ms. Merrilee Mardon, Dean of Faculty, Phillips Academy), résumé, three references, and a single PDF file that contains a web link to your portfolio (or an embedded portfolio of your work) and a portfolio of student work and sample course syllabi.
Phillips Academy is an intentionally diverse residential school committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community in which students from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences learn and grow together. The ideal candidate embraces and supports this commitment. In your cover letter, please explain your experience and/or interest in working in such a school community.
Phillips Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by law. Any offers of employment will be contingent upon successful CORI/SORI and fingerprinting background checks, as well as unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Please visit our application portal to submit a cover letter (addressed to Ms. Merrilee Mardon, Dean of Faculty, Phillips Academy), résumé, three references, and a single PDF file that contains a web link to your portfolio (or an embedded portfolio of your work) and a portfolio of student work and sample course syllabi.
Phillips Academy is an intentionally diverse residential school committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community in which students from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences learn and grow together. The ideal candidate embraces and supports this commitment. In your cover letter, please explain your experience and/or interest in working in such a school community.
Phillips Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by law. Any offers of employment will be contingent upon successful CORI/SORI and fingerprinting background checks, as well as unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
