Summary/ Objective:

Oxbridge Academy seeks to hire a full-time, experienced 2D & 3D Art Teacher. Employee is responsible for understanding the Mission, Vision, Core Values, Employee Handbook, and other school policies of Oxbridge Academy, and ensuring the adherence of these policies in job performance, action, and self-conduct. The Oxbridge faculty members create and manage a variety of learning environments and activities that provide opportunities for students to achieve their learning objectives and develop to their fullest potential.

Tasks/Essential Functions:

• Primary teaching responsibilities include delivering instruction for beginning through advanced level courses in 2D Art, digital art, and foundational 3D concepts. Areas of focus may include drawing, painting, printmaking, digital art, mixed-media work, sculpture, and both hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics. The ideal candidate will also be responsible for maintaining a safe, well-organized studio environment that may encompass a ceramics workspace, wood shop, kiln room, digital workstations, project storage, and outdoor work areas.
• Work with individual students and groups of students in planned, interactive, hands-on visual art classes primarily in the Middle School, as well as in the Upper School.
• Engage in and create events that connect visual arts students to the community including exhibitions, showcases, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Communicate both concrete and abstract visual arts concepts to students.
• Prepare learning activities in an environment that fosters collaboration, inquiry, innovation, and personal discovery. Model artistic curiosity, creativity, and an enthusiasm for both traditional and emerging art practices.
• Provide meaningful feedback on both formative and summative assignments.
• Adapt and differentiate teaching methods and instructional material to meet students varying needs, abilities, and interests.
• Demonstrate a willingness to collaborate within the department, school community, and greater community on multidisciplinary projects and initiatives.
• Collaborate regularly with colleagues in the Fine Arts Department on curriculum alignment, interdisciplinary units, and shared events.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records in the current student information system as required by law, policies, and administrative regulations.
• Observe students in a variety of educational environments and evaluate their academic performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, cultivating Oxbridge’s core values of kindness, courtesy, integrity, respect, and compassion.
• Advise a group of students and keep parents and legal guardians informed about student progress.
• Pursue relevant professional development to maintain expertise in subject matter, curriculum development, and teaching methods.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree in a related field preferred.
• Strong knowledge of both 2D and 3D Art practices, including drawing, painting, printmaking, digital art, mixed media, mixed-media sculpture, foundational 3D concepts, and ceramics.
• An existing portfolio of student work produced in classes that you instructed.
• Demonstrated success teaching middle and/or high school students in a studio-based visual arts environment.
• At least three years of relevant classroom teaching experience. Ability to work well with students, parents, colleagues, and all members of the Oxbridge community.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate improved learning, habits, and measurements of achievement.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive classroom environment that supports diverse artistic voices and learning styles.
• A collaborative, flexible, and creative approach to teaching and curriculum design.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and use sound judgment.

Oxbridge Academy is a premier, independent, co-educational college-preparatory school located on a beautiful 54-acre campus in West Palm Beach. Founded in 2011 by philanthropist William I. Koch, Oxbridge Academy provides an outstanding education empowering students in grades 6-12 to Lead with Kindness and Act with Courage. Offering a dynamic curriculum, enriching environment, and expert faculty, Oxbridge Academy applies an interdisciplinary academic approach while fostering the development of extraordinary leaders, thinkers, problem-solvers, and world-changers. With a vision to change the paradigm for middle and high school students, Oxbridge Academy values the autonomy and individuality of teachers. Working within the guidelines of their department, teachers are given significant freedom to develop their curriculum, class policies, and instructional practices.

Oxbridge Academy is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity at all levels, and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, age, national origin, ethnic, background, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, FL, has engaged DovetailED to lead a search for this position. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter (addressed to Human Resources Manager, Elizabeth Fox), resume, and list of at least three professional references consolidated as a single PDF to Ashlyn Chillemi, Senior Recruiter at DovetailED Talent Sourcing, at ashlyn@dovetailedsourcing.com.  Please do not contact the school directly.

About Oxbridge Academy

Oxbridge Academy is a private, independent school serving grades 6-12. Regardless of their economic background, our students have access to the best teachers and technology to learn the skills they need to be tomorrow’s leaders and innovators. Teachers at Oxbridge Academy foster a lifelong love of learning, spark curiosity, encourage students to make good choices, and serve as role models. They deliver their content expertise to their assigned classes so that all students have rigorous and inclusive access to the curriculum and instruction every day to meet their learning goals. In Curriculum Coordination Teams, teachers work collaboratively on such areas as creating and revising curriculum, reviewing student work, selecting and developing instructional resources, planning and coordinating portfolio and exhibition activities, meeting with specialists, and preparing common assessments.

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