What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teacher of Visual Arts and Art History position at Scranton Preparatory School?
Teacher of Visual Art & Art History
Full-Time Position
Scranton Preparatory School is currently accepting applications for qualified, visionary, and dynamic applicants.
The ideal candidate will meet the following minimum requirements:
§ Bachelor’s degree in visual art, art education, or art history. Master’s degree or MFA preferred.
§ Previous high school teaching experience. Advanced Placement & other upper-level course teaching experience preferred.
§ Ability to demonstrate and/or articulate planning, teaching, assessment, and classroom management skills in both studio-based and lecture-based courses, including preparing students for an AP Art History Exam through historical art analysis and writing skills.
§ Strong knowledge of current trends in both visual art and art history education.
§ Experience using instructional technology.
§ Willingness to participate in professional learning about the AP History curriculum and/or other art and art education offerings.
§ A willingness, imagination, and enthusiasm for designing new coursework as the Fine Arts curriculum evolves.
§ Possesses a genuine enthusiasm for and interest in the co-curricular aspects of the school community.
§ Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
§ Willingness to animate the Catholic and Jesuit mission of the school and its philosophy and values.
Please send letter of interest and resume to
employment@scrantonprep.org
*Those selected for an interview will be asked to bring your portfolio with you or to submit a link to your digital portfolio.
Scranton Preparatory School’s Diversity Statement:
St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, teaches us to seek God in all things. Jesuit schools believe that God can be powerfully encountered through an educational experience that includes and explores the great diversity that marks Creation in general and humanity in particular. Accordingly, Scranton Prep strives to form a school community in which differences in race, ethnicity, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, and learning style are experienced, accepted, and understood.