Sculpture and Ceramics Teacher

Marin Academy seeks an experienced and dynamic Sculpture and Ceramics teacher to join a vibrant Visual Arts department. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical expertise across ceramic and three-dimensional media while fostering creative risk-taking, conceptual thinking, and interdisciplinary exploration. The Sculpture and Ceramics teacher will design and teach a comprehensive 3D arts curriculum that introduces foundational skills, develops intermediate technique, and supports advanced student inquiry. The program emphasizes both material fluency and contemporary artistic practice, encouraging students to combine disciplines and experiment across media.

The Sculpture and Ceramics teacher will design and teach a comprehensive three-dimensional arts curriculum that begins with foundational instruction in sculpture and design. Introductory courses will develop students’ technical fluency across multiple media, including ceramics (coil, slab, hand-building, and wheel-throwing), as well as traditional and non-traditional 3D materials. As students progress, the teacher will guide them through increasingly sophisticated techniques in ceramics and related 3D forms, supporting both skill development and the emergence of individual artistic direction. Collaboration with colleagues to ensure coherence across the Visual Arts sequence is essential, as is the capacity or willingness to teach within a Foundations-level introductory arts curriculum.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, the Sculpture and Ceramics teacher will steward a dynamic mixed-use studio environment that is safe, efficient, and thoughtfully organized. This includes managing and maintaining kilns, overseeing the care and inventory of tools and materials, and ensuring responsible storage and workflow systems. The teacher will model and enforce best practices in studio safety, sustainability, cleanliness, and shared community use, creating a space that supports both technical rigor and creative exploration.

Desired Qualifications:
Demonstrated expertise in ceramic techniques, including hand-building, coil, slab, wheel-throwing, and surface treatment.
Experience with kiln operation and maintenance
Experience working in additional three-dimensional media (e.g., metal, glass, installation, or other sculptural forms).
Ability to support students in both technical skill development and conceptual growth.
Strong classroom management skills and the ability to steward a collaborative, mixed-use studio environment.
Commitment to fostering an inclusive, student-centered learning environment.

Successful candidates will also possess a keen interest in working with adolescents in an independent school environment, we are looking for candidates who are eager to partner with us in service of our mission. At Marin Academy, we believe equity and inclusion are at the core of our mission, which calls on us “to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion.” In challenging us “to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society,” the MA community seeks to envision and manifest a more just world and to actively grapple with the inequitable systems and structures that persist around us. These values are embedded in our teaching and learning. At MA, we recognize that creating an inclusive school is not a one-time act—it’s an ongoing process that requires continual attention and evolution. While we work to represent diverse voices within the curriculum, we also engage in reimagining our practices and culture to consider students’ lived experiences and needs.

Salary Range: Teachers at Marin Academy are paid according to a published salary scale, with steps for years of experience and degrees earned. A teacher with 5–10 years of experience and a Master’s degree can expect to earn between $99,000-$113,000 per year. If you have questions about the salary for your degrees & years of experience, please be in touch!

Applicants should submit a letter of interest and résumé to Stella Beale, Dean of Faculty, via this link to our  ADP portal. www.ma.org/careers

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