What are the responsibilities and job description for the Photography Teacher 2024-2024 Academic Year position at The Governor's Academy?
Job Details
Description
OUR SCHOOL
The Governor’s Academy, the oldest boarding school in New England, inspires and engages inquisitive students in ninth through twelfth grade. Our 456-acre campus is thirty miles north of Boston and five miles south of Newburyport, a classic New England coastal town. Govs has approximately 400 students and 200 employees.
Govs faculty and staff are committed to creating and cultivating an intentionally diverse and inclusive community that allows students to learn from each other’s unique backgrounds and experiences, discover their passions, use their unique voices, and achieve academic and co-curricular excellence. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Adults in our community are professionals who appreciate individuality, collaboration, and service to others all so that we can go far together.
POSITION SUMMARY
This is a full-time photography teaching position, and the successful applicant will be able to teach photography to novices and to those taking AP Photo who will be submitting artwork to regional and national scholastic competitions. Additionally, art department teachers at Governor's are encouraged to create unique, intensive, semester-long classes to be added to the course catalog. The Kaiser Arts Center includes a digital media lab, photo darkrooms, ceramics studio and display galleries. At Governor’s Academy, the Fine Arts are an integral part of all disciplines, emphasizing creative thinking and self-expression as essential components of one’s overall academic experience. Also, this position will include ongoing contact with and direct responsibility for the academic and social life of students on campus (in loco parentis) and will involve specific responsibilities that include coaching or other afternoon program involvement, possible residential life duty, and student advising after one’s first year on the faculty. With Teaching Faculty status comes the expectation of consistent involvement in the lives of students on campus.
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Teaching:
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4 sections of art classes, all with an emphasis on photography
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Afternoon Program:
- 2 seasons (athletics, performing arts, and/or community service)
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Residential Life Program: dorm parenting or equivalent (if housed on campus)
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Other: Serving as an advisor to students
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Other: Multiple weekend duties to oversee and chaperone weekend activities
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A demonstrated interest in social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work
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Participation in professional development as related to social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work.
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A demonstrated interest in ongoing curricular and pedagogical professional development work
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
B.A. required Master of Fine Arts preferred; strong background in photography; experience in teaching in an independent school or college setting preferred; experience in coaching and/or playing interscholastic athletics and/or experience directing in the performing arts preferred; must be able to work collegially; must be committed to working in a diverse community and have the ability to communicate effectively with diverse populations; must enjoy working with young people in a boarding school environment. Must have a valid driver’s license and be willing to drive students in school-owned cars, vans, and mini-buses.
