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Friends Community School (FCS) is a progressive co-ed Quaker K-8 day school serving a diverse student body from the greater Washington, D.C. area. FCS offers a challenging curriculum imbued with strong values of equality, integrity, community, environmental stewardship, simplicity, and peaceful conflict resolution, rooted in our Quaker heritage. Faculty and staff are highly engaged and enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and creativity. FCS’s LEED-certified building is situated on 17 acres surrounded by Greenbelt National Park, nine minutes from the University of Maryland, College Park, and thirty minutes from Washington, D.C.

In its fourth decade, FCS has cultivated a diverse community of students, families, and employees. Fifty-four percent of its student body self-identifies as people of color and students and employees represent various gender identities, faiths, family structures, and socio-economic backgrounds.

FCS seeks a full time Middle School visual arts teacher for the 2023-2024 school year. Please see job responsibilities below.

Job Summary

Middle School Art Teacher will:

• In keeping with progressive practice, support the academic, social, and emotional development of the whole child
• Contribute to positive and professional climate of Friends Community School
• Participate actively in the community
• Establish working relationships that demonstrate integrity, confidentiality, respect, flexibility, fairness and trust
• Be familiar with and promote Quaker processes and values

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach visual art lessons to students in grades 5-8

• Perform lunch, recess, and dismissal duties several times a week
• Be an advisor for a group of 11-12 students
• Communicate regularly with students’ parents as necessary
• Collaborate with other teachers for lesson and curriculum planning
• Assess students work regularly
• Participate in morning (8am), weekly faculty meetings and Meeting for Worship
• Attend major school-wide events including Fall Fair and Spring Auction
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to build a learning community
• Embrace and promote equity and inclusion, social justice, environmental stewardship, and peaceful conflict resolution, in line with the school’s values
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in visual arts
• Previous experience teaching art to middle school students
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Experience working with technology such as the Google suite
• Professional development in diversity, equity, and inclusion or multicultural education and experience working with a diverse population of children and adults
• Experience or openness to working in a Quaker organization or faith-based community
• Strong EQ and ability to form strong and trusting relationships with adults and children
• Possess joy, a growth mindset, and a sense of humor