St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School (SSSAS) of Alexandria, VA is looking to hire a dynamic Lower School Art Teacher beginning in late August 2025 who wants to make a real difference in the lives of students . Are you passionate about teaching art to young children? Do you like to inspire students to explore visual arts processes, skills, concepts, and principles through engaging and hands-on learning experiences. Do you have strong knowledge of child development principles and developmentally appropriate teaching methods? Would you like to be part of a supportive and amazing faculty in a positive, inclusive environment? If so, please read on!
The Visual Arts program at St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School is a comprehensive arts education program. Our Lower School Visual Arts program includes students' guided engagement with a wide range of materials and media. The school welcomes a diversity of experiences in its Visual Arts Teachers, so that children encounter many avenues for thinking, revising, constructing, negotiating, developing, and symbolically expressing their thoughts and feelings through art.
The Art Teacher will inspire students to explore visual arts processes, skills, concepts, and principles through engaging and hands-on learning experiences. The Art Teacher will also collaborate frequently with other art teachers in the Lower School and in the other two divisions and also with the other Lower School specials teachers and classroom teachers. Members of the SSSAS faculty and staff are required to exercise professional judgment and responsibility in keeping with the expectations of the school.
The ideal candidate will:
The primary responsibilities include:
All members of the faculty instill our school's mission by helping their students to become responsible, honest, compassionate, respectful citizens. The successful candidate will be required to exercise professional judgment and responsibility in keeping with the expectations of the School's faculty.
The School accepts candidates with the following minimal qualifications:
Overview
St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School is an affirming and collegial community committed to our mission to "pursue goodness as well as knowledge and to honor the unique value of each of our members as a child of God in a caring community." SSSAS is an age 3 to Grade 12 Episcopal day school located on three campuses six miles from Washington, D.C., in beautiful and historic Alexandria, Va. We believe that educating the whole child by tending to their individual academic, social/emotional, cultural, and physical needs, prepares them to be knowledgeable, kind, and empathetic citizens in a complex world. Combining a rigorous academic program with outstanding opportunities in the arts, athletics, and service learning for our students, SSSAS is a community that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and we seek candidates who share these same values.
Our culture promotes lifelong learning, and employees have a wealth of opportunities available to them to continue expanding their knowledge of both their disciplines and in their field of education. Cultural competency workshops for all faculty and staff, regular, small-group DEIB exploration/workshops, support for graduate studies, summer study grants, and conferences (e.g., People of Color Conference, the National Association of Independent School Annual Conference, and CASE-NAIS) are just a few of the ways in which we support and encourage our Saints faculty and staff to continue to develop and learn in their field and as part of our community.
READY TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY?
We understand your time is valuable, and that is why we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this teaching job, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application . We look forward to meeting you!
Interested applicants should apply through the SSSAS website at
For more information about St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, we invite you to visit our website at
For more information, or to apply now, you must go to the website below. Please DO NOT email your resume to us as we only accept applications through our website.About St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School
OUR MISSION: To help our students succeed in a complex and changing world, we seek to inspire a passion for learning, an enthusiasm for athletic and artistic endeavor, a striving for excellence, a celebration of diversity and a commitment to service. Our mission is to pursue goodness as well as knowledge and to honor the unique value of each of our members as a child of God in a caring community. Located six miles from Washington, D.C., St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, a JK-12 Episcopal School, educates the whole child by tending to the academic, social, physical, and spiritual needs of each of our students. Named as the 2nd best workplace in Washington, D.C. by the Washington Post, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes is a positive and collegial community with a commitment to our mission to pursue goodness as well as knowledge and to honor the unique value of each of our members as a child of God in a caring community. SSSAS combines a rigorous academic program with outstanding opportunities in the arts, athletics and service learning for our students. SSSAS has a deep commitment to creating an inclusive community which values diversity and multiculturalism, and we seek candidates w ... ho have this same commitment. The diverse student body is 27% students of color, and 21% of our students receive financial aid to create a socioeconomically diverse community. Our culture promotes lifelong learning, and our faculty have a wealth of opportunities available to them to continue expanding their knowledge of both their disciplines and the field of education. Summer study grants, a 6-week multicultural seminar for new faculty, support for graduate studies, and conferences and workshops are just a few of the ways in which we support and encourage our teachers to continue to grow and learn.
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