NOW HIRING: Fall 2024 + Spring 2025 Oxbow Teaching & Residential Life Fellow
STIPEND: $10,000 + housing and meals ($5k per semester)
The Oxbow School seeks to hire a dynamic, collaborative, forward-thinking Teaching & Residential Life Fellow. The Oxbow School welcomes lifelong learners. Prospective colleagues should embrace working with administrative staff and students who possess a range of abilities, talents and learning styles.
THE OXBOW SCHOOL. The Oxbow School is a one-semester visual arts program for sophomores, juniors, seniors, and gap semester students from public and independent high-schools nationwide. The school offers forty-two students a unique educational experience focused on the in-depth study and practice of the visual arts. The four month program encourages motivated students to pursue a serious interest in art while meeting and furthering their high school diploma requirements. The goal is not to produce career artists, but to empower students to see with clarity and engage in mindful critical inquiry to become active participants in the world. Through work in the studio, trips to museums and galleries, and projects with visiting artists in residence, Oxbow provides students with direct exposure to the richness and diversity of contemporary art and culture. The Oxbow School is founded on the belief that engagement with the arts fosters and supports flexible thinking skills, and that creative thinking is particularly valuable for students in today's increasingly complex global community. Located at the oxbow of the Napa River in Napa, California, the pedagogical approach at Oxbow includes team-teaching and interdisciplinary connections. To learn more, please visit our website here.
The Res Life/Teaching Fellow is a position for a recent college graduate interested in working with adolescents in a residential environment. Beyond teaching, the main responsibilities lie in general student supervision and the residential life experience on campus. The Fellow will live in an apartment adjacent to the dorms to assist in organizing community activities and being an additional adult presence on campus for student life issues that may arise. The person who best fits this role is someone who is mature, has strong interpersonal skills, is genuinely invested in the welfare of adolescents, and possesses an infectious enthusiasm for The Oxbow School program.
RESPONSIBILITIES.
Participate in ongoing curriculum collaboration
Co-Teach/Assistant for 1 section (up to 16) of students daily
Act as a Dorm Supervisor, overseeing student affairs and dormitory needs
Evening studio/dorm duty 1-2x/week; weekend duty coverage roughly once per month
Co-lead a student advisory cohort of 6-8 students
Provide social-emotional support for students
Drive students to and from campus for appointments and miscellaneous outings
Participate in community building activities throughout the semester
Participate in field trips and co-programming activities
Lead an elective activity 1 session per week
Engage in ongoing professional development
Other responsibilities as assigned
Please send a cover letter and resume to Jennifer Jordan, Head of School: jjordan@oxbowschool.org
The Oxbow School is an equal opportunity employer.