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Posted: 27-Mar-22
Location: CARPINTERIA, California
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: Masters
Salary: TBD based on experience.
Internal Number: 8
For over 100 years, Cate has been combining the best of East Coast tradition and West Coast energy and innovation in the service of highly motivated, independent-minded kids. Residential life is structured to develop well-being and leadership through the practice of self-discipline and service. In addition to an inquiry-driven curriculum designed to elicit the greatest possible growth in every student, all students participate in an extracurricular program that includes athletics, drama, music, dance, community service, and an extensive outdoor program. With more than 50 honors and advanced courses, the Cate curriculum can meet the demands of the most ambitious students. A typical applicant to Cate has impeccable character, a history of high academic achievement, is mature, curious, and adventurous, and willing to assume responsibility and independence.
At Cate School Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work is integral to our mission because we recognize that academic excellence and productive citizenship are impossible without intercultural competency. While DEI work at Cate has historically focused on increasing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity amongst students and faculty, today’s efforts must also provide the skills and competencies that will allow all stakeholders to thrive in increasingly diverse environments, beginning with the one we are constructing at Cate.
Cate’s approach is to “meet students where they are,” and ensure, through education and practice, that they graduate with the foundational skills necessary to excel in institutions of higher learning and in the 21st Century workplace. This approach embodies Cate’s mission as an educational institution rooted not only in character development, but in skill building. Likewise, faculty cultural competency is evaluated during the hiring process and then supported and evaluated at regular intervals as part of Cate’s ongoing professional development. Continually honing these skills is essential to ensuring that each member of the Cate community feels a genuine sense of belonging and is able to achieve their greatest growth.
To that end, Cate’s curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular programming relies upon a community-wide, skills-based framework that acknowledges the centrality of DEI competency to teaching, professionalism and collaboration, and, for students, meaningful interpersonal connections and post-secondary success. This framework is important because one can value difference immensely and never become interculturally competent. Put simply, awareness and sensitivity must be augmented with greater knowledge of myriad cultures, ideologies, faiths, and ways of living and the practical tools that will enable the most proactive and inclusive behaviors.
At Cate, we often talk about the deep sense of community that attends the “spirit of this place.” While the “spirit” manifests in many ways, it is rooted in the full recognition of the dignity of each person. We encourage all members of the Cate community to share their background, interests, identities, and beliefs so that we can collectively work to broaden our perspectives, deepen our capacity for empathy, and strengthen our resilience. In doing so, we can continue the daily work of creating and building community
Cate School is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity Employment and nondiscrimination in the treatment of employees or applicants for employment without consideration of race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, gender or gender identity.
POSITION PURPOSE:
Cate School is currently seeking applications from candidates for a full-time Visual Art instructor. This position will formally begin in August of 2022. The instructor will teach multiple courses/sections in the Visual Art Department, may oversee or assist during two extra-curricular seasons, may fulfill a residential commitment, will attend department and faculty meetings, and report to Joy Doyle, Chair of the Visual Art Department.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teaching
- The Visual Art Department is currently home to full time teachers in Studio Art, Photography & Film, Digital Art, and Ceramics, respectively. We are seeking an educator with experience in one or more of the following areas – drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, ceramics, photography, film making, and/or digital art – to help collaborate and expand on our current offerings.
- courseload may include introductory, intermediate, and upper level courses in some or all of the following disciplines: Studio Art, Photography & Filmmaking, Digital Art, Ceramics;
- design and implement curriculum to engage students in inquiry based learning;
- draw relevant connections for students between class work, art history, and contemporary artists;
- foster a creative and relevant learning environment for students of diverse abilities and identities;
- assign and assess class work, homework, assignments in a timely, fair, and consistent manner;
- help students maintain up-to-date portfolios and records of their progress and development, and write written reports reflecting such;
- assist in managing arts spaces including studios, classrooms, and gallery;
- participate and contribute in department, school meetings, and parent/family meetings;
- keep updated with developments in subject area and with teaching resources and methods, make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities, and be willing to grow professionally.
Vision
- Develop, implement, and advance courses and curriculum consistent with school-wide and departmental skill/content objectives and institutional scholarly aspirations;
- partner with peers and colleagues in all departments, and help Cate to build paradigmatic programs throughout the School.
Collaboration
- work effectively with other teachers within your discipline and department in order to develop courses that are substantially the same at grade-levels and coordinated across the four-year Art curriculum;
- commit to professional development throughout the year in consultation with the department chair, suited to the individual and to institutional priorities;
- maintain a growth mindset in considering all manner of pedagogical ideas, evaluative feedback, and evolving school needs.
Education and Experience
- minimally a BA and priority given to candidates with a masters
- preference given to candidates with teaching experience
- relevant teaching experience in a high-achieving, college-preparatory environment
- knowledge of relevant technology and ability to use a learning management system
Key Competencies
- creative problem solver
- organized, pays attention to detail
- self-motivated with high professional standards
- values diversity, equity, and inclusion
- effective communicator
- collaborator with a growth mindset
- flexible and adaptable
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