The Blake School seeks a talented and committed Middle School visual art teacher to begin in the 2025-26 school year. This teaching artist will integrate the mission of the school into an engaging, inclusive visual art curriculum, fostering creativity while guiding students in developing their artistic skills, critical-thinking skills and cultural/global awareness. The successful candidate will be an actively practicing artist with significant middle school teaching experience, an understanding of the developmental needs of middle grades learners and genuine enthusiasm for working with early adolescents. This position reports directly to both the Middle School director and the PK-12 director of visual and performing arts. This is a 1.0 FTE position teaching students in grades 6-8 on the Blake campus in Hopkins, Minnesota.
Blake is particularly interested in candidates who will enrich the diversity of identity, lived experience and thinking that makes a community strong and empowers students to engage across differences. The search committee will begin reviewing resumes on Monday, Dec. 2 and will continue to welcome applications until the position is filled. Blake will typically cover the travel and lodging costs for finalist candidates visiting from out of town.
Experience and Skills:
Responsibilities:
Teach five sections of visual art each quarter
Maintain gallery displays of student art in hallways, lobbies and other creative spaces
Serve as a seventh grade advisor
Mentor clubs based on student interest
Support the school and its mission
Serve as a member of the department of visual and performing arts, attending departmental meetings, developing and updating course curricula and supporting the work of the department
Participate in required faculty meetings, trainings and staffings
Engage fully with the community-based experience of an independent school
Required Qualifications:
Undergraduate degree (BA/BS/BFA) is required; a master’s degree will be an advantage
Classroom experience teaching foundational components of 2D/3D visual art
Ability to integrate technology, innovative curricula and employ best pedagogical practices
Ability to differentiate instruction when necessary to reach all learners
Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with students, parents/guardians, faculty, staff and administrators
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and proven organizational skills
Blake is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational day school for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Founded in 1900, Blake offers a rigorous education grounded in shared values — curiosity, kindness, inclusivity and resilience. Our campuses in Hopkins and Minneapolis unite 1,316 students from 50 neighborhoods served by 300 faculty and staff, creating a diverse and inclusive community. Blake’s mission is to engage students with a dynamic, academically challenging education in a diverse and supportive community committed to pluralism and a common set of values. Students pursue an integrated program of academic, artistic and athletic activities, preparing for college, lifelong learning and purposeful lives as community and global citizens. The school community is also guided by its Commitment to Pluralism and core values.