Upper School Dig Art, Yearbook, and Dept Chair

Friends Select School • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

Friends Select School seeks a highly dedicated and collaborative community member who has expertise in designing and teaching digital art courses for students in grades 9-12 in digital photography, illustration, video production, animation, digital fabrication tools, and publications. The school’s visual arts program endeavors to nurture each student’s creative potential through practicing skills and engaging with art-making as a means of communication, personal expression, and creative problem-solving. Courses may include Foundations of Digital Art, Digital Photography, Illustration & New Media, Video & Animation, Advanced Digital Art, and Digital Art Portfolio . This position will also involve advising the yearbook. This role will also include serving as Department Chair for the 2026-27 school year (and beyond), overseeing the Pre-K-12 visual arts program. The department chair is directly accountable to the division directors and is responsible for establishing and maintaining professional and curricular standards for the department. The department chair manages the curricular scope and sequence, staffing, budgeting, and exhibitions. They are a support person for all art teachers in the department and run regular after-school meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in art, design, media production and/or art education
• Effective classroom management skills and a working knowledge of the developmental needs and learning differences of upper school age students from a variety of backgrounds
• Significant experience with the Adobe Creative Suite

Nice To Haves

• Master’s preferred
• Experience with digital fabrication tools, such as 3D printers and laser cutters
• Experience maintaining a computer lab and video and photo equipment
• Comfort teaching multiple levels and mediums simultaneously in the same class
• A collaborative spirit with an interest in multidisciplinary art practices and interdisciplinary teaching and learning

Responsibilities

• Create and implement a challenging, developmentally appropriate, values-driven curriculum that is engaging, real-world connected, and responsive to students’ strengths and interests
• Develop engaging and relevant art and technology lessons that are highly differentiated
• Take a friendly and collaborative approach to teaching in order to create an inclusive learning environment for all students
• Maintain LMS (Blackbaud) for assignments and grading
• Participate actively in upper school life, including student clubs, committees, and other activities
• Oversee the art department, including staffing, budget, curricular scope and sequence, as well as all exhibitions
• Collaborate with the art department and the wider faculty
• Advise the yearbook and an art-related student-led club

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level