Details
Posted: 02-Jun-22
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full Time
Required Education: 4 Year Degree
Salary: $50,000-$66,800
Categories:
English/Language Arts
Visual/Performing Arts
Salary Details:
A comprehensive benefits package is offered, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 403b contribution, daily homemade lunch, and generous vacation time.
Unique opportunity at a nationally acclaimed, small, independent middle school in East Harlem, New York!
The East Harlem School at Exodus House is seeking an energetic and passionate art teacher for the 2022-2023 school year. Applicants must have a strong academic foundation, as well as a commitment to teaching students from East Harlem and the surrounding community. The Visual Art Program uses the foundation of observational drawing to generate skillful artistic discipline, creativity, and confidence of expression. The Visual Art teacher provides guidance and instruction for a multimedia curriculum that develops students from 4th to 8th grade.
About the East Harlem School
Our mission: The East Harlem School challenges students to develop a balanced physical, moral, and intellectual strength that they will use to adapt to change - and for the final purpose of creating and sharing lives of deep meaning, dynamic actions, and transcendent joy. We are a middle school (grades 4-8) that recruits children from families with low income and the highest values, and we give preference to those who keep to the traditional belief that creative flight can only be sustained by grounded discipline.
Our history: Exodus House has been an anchoring and iconic institution in Harlem since its founding in 1963 by Reverend Dr. Lynn and Mrs. Leola Hageman as a drug rehabilitation center. Due to a heightened concern for the welfare and well-being of the community’s many underserved, at-risk children, Exodus House was converted in 1984 to an after-school and summer program facility. Then, in the fall of 1993, inspired by the steadfast commitment of the Hagemans to the East Harlem community, the couple's sons, Hans and Ivan, opened an independent year-round middle school on the original Exodus House site to better address the critical needs of these children and their families. Today, EHS is chartered by the New York State Department of Education and accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The East Harlem School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Qualified applicants will have at least a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree in Fine Arts or a related field, strong written and oral communication skills and a desire to collaborate with colleagues. The position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Salary range $50,000-$66,800
Candidates who can coach soccer or lacrosse should mention it in their cover letter.
Recent college graduates are encouraged to apply. Candidates are not required to have a teaching certification.
Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to Courtney Knowlton, Dean of Faculty and Staff, at hiring@eastharlemschool.org. Please include “Visual Arts Teaching Position 2022-2023” in the subject line of your email. Qualified candidates will be contacted for a phone and/or Zoom interview if they are being considered for the position. Please note: all candidates must be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19.