Summer Museum Education - Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistants are typically rising college seniors or recent college graduates. The Addison seeks a creative and outgoing TA interested in an opportunity to innovate and discover new ways of teaching and learning in all disciplines.

During Summer Session, the Addison works with classes across the full spectrum of academic subject areas to support the development of students’ visual literacy, creative, and critical thinking skills. All tours are inquiry- and discussion-based and designed to be highly interactive and include activities to engage different learning styles.

The Museum Education Teaching Assistant will work closely with the Addison Gallery of American Art’s Education Department to support the availability of museum resources to Summer Session classes by facilitating up to three museum tours per day, four days per week (Tuesday-Friday). This includes all research and lesson planning for each class on Mondays. While teaching experience is preferred, candidates need not have museum experience, as training will include exhibition content and museum tour methodology.

In addition, the Museum Education Teaching Assistant serve as House Counselors in student dormitories. In this capacity, they are charged with creating a safe, supportive living environment and ensuring the health and wellbeing of the students in their care. TAs should expect to have roughly 35-40 hours per week of assigned duties, their museum hours and 1.5 hour of coaching or activity (4x/week), 3 hours of evening study hours (3x/week) and/or 2-3 nights of residential supervision. In addition, on a weekly basis, TAs are likely to participate in the life of the campus by attending All School or Program meetings, as well as participating in weekly Faculty Meetings and TA Cohort Meetings. TAs are also expected to chaperone at least two on-campus social events and at least two off-campus trips during the summer. TAs live in Academy-provided housing, either in student dorms (if serving as house counselors) or in faculty-only dorms and have full access to all Phillips Academy facilities and dining services for the duration of the summer. Few exceptions are made to this policy, although unusual circumstances may determine that an applicant’s situation should be handled on an individual basis.

• At least three years of undergraduate education completed by the time of employment.
• Experience working with middle- or high-school-aged students.

• Strong interest in interdisciplinary teaching and supporting critical thinking skills across subject areas.
• Demonstrated history of creativity and outside the box thinking and connection-making.
• Curiosity about the behind the scenes work of museums.
• Appreciation of the mission and culture of independent, residential, college-preparatory schools.
• Demonstrated experience and success in collaborative environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced, dynamic environment requiring both the ability to take direction and the readiness to problem-solve.
• Ability to adapt to a variety of audience responses.
• Capacity to apply feedback to improve work.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion.

In order to apply for this position, please visit our website at: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=7ddc8884-11ea-4d1a-a8a0-2e8834b6caf3&ccId=9200508496526_2&lang=en_US.

Phillips Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity and solicits applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, disability (with or without a reasonable accommodation), genetic information, veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. 

  Any offers of employment will be contingent upon successful CORI/SORI and fingerprinting background checks as well as unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.