Wilmington Friends School, a preschool to grade 12 Quaker, college preparatory day school located in Wilmington, Delaware and enrolling 720 students, has an exciting employment opportunity for a part-time visual arts teacher beginning fall 2022.
A highly qualified candidate is one who:
o Has strong coursework (graduate level preferred) in visual arts
o Has experience teaching sixth-twelfth grades, or at the college level
o Has experience working in an immersion classroom environment
o Is passionate about the arts and fosters this same enthusiasm in young scholars
o Is familiar with current research, trends, best practices and pedagogy
o Understands and loves working with high school aged students
o Is committed to and interested in working in a diverse, multicultural environment
o Is comfortable working with technology
Our schedule rotates over a 7-day cycle and art classes meet 3 out of 7 days.
If interested, please send a cover letter, resume, and list of three references electronically to Megan Walters, mwalters@wilmingtonfriends.org. Address the cover letter to Rebecca Zug, Head of the Upper School.
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