Filmmaking Teacher

Sacred Heart Greenwich has been empowering girls and young women since 1848 in a stimulating and developmentally appropriate educational environment in accordance with the Goals and Criteria of a Sacred Heart education. This mission provides opportunities to develop spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills. Sacred Heart Greenwich integrates technology into the learning process through enhanced collaboration, exploration, discovery, and creativity.

We aim to form students of faith, intellect, and awareness, who will use their gifts in service to others. Relationship and mentoring are at the heart of the student experience, which is grounded in student centered learning, inquiry, problem solving, interdisciplinary connection, collaboration, and an understanding of social justice. Student leadership and well-being are connected to every academic discipline, as all full-time teachers are also grade level advisors.

The school offers a coed program for young children at the Barat Center for Early Childhood Education and then an all-girls experience from K-12 on our 110-acre campus in Greenwich, Connecticut. We are proudly part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.

We are currently seeking a Filmmaking Teacher to join in the vision of our Filmmaking & Media Studies Department for the  school year.

Filmmaking Teacher: 25%–75% position

Director of Media Studies

Exempt

• Sincere and visible commitment to best filmmaking teaching practices and continued professional development
• Experienced in teaching film theory, with a deep understanding of film genres, and technical expertise, and critical thinking skills.
• Genuine passion for and command of subject matter, and enthusiasm for working with high school students
• Teaching position will be focused on Upper School, but may include teaching in Middle School and Lower School as well
• Experience and demonstrated success in implementing a scaffolded, organized, inquiry-based, student-centered instructional approach
• Represent Sacred Heart Greenwich at the monthly A9CC Cable Council meetings, apply for A9CC grants, and attend all‑day judging in the spring
• Instructional design that encourages students to think critically, ask questions, and reason creatively while problem‑solving, and inspires confidence in their own abilities
• Learning opportunities to encourage curiosity, exploration, and discovery appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of the students
• Diverse strategies and approaches to support all learners through in a caring classroom environment where students learn and interact positively with one another
• Proficiency with current educational technology, especially as part of classroom instruction; facility with electronic communication and learning management applications
• Development of formative and summative assessments that portray differentiated approaches to identifying student understanding
• Evaluation of student work that exhibits fairness, consistency, and prompt response to student progress
• Maintain supportive relationships with the student, advisor, parents, and families
• Provide written reports to parents on students' academic progress, social growth and learning needs at designated times of the year, and meet with parents as necessary
• Support the film festival by selecting films, attending the event, and helping behind the scenes
• Engaged participation in the Upper School community, including division and departmental meetings, and assigned non‑instructional duties

• Expert knowledge of DaVinci Resolve
• Experience working in a studio environment including lighting and audio
• Experience in film and video production, editing, cinematography techniques, photography, editing, web design, graphic design and visual communication strategies
• Experience in animation, audio production, podcasting, virtual reality, graphics, and color correction ideal but not required
• Software knowledge preferred:
  Canva, Photoshop, animation, audio editing, podcast, and web design.
• Initiative and ability to solve problems
• Ability to work independently and to collaborate well with others
• Effective verbal and written…