Visual Arts Teaching Position at The East Harlem School

Unique opportunity at a nationally acclaimed, small, independent middle school in East Harlem, New York!

The East Harlem School at Exodus House is seeking an energetic and passionate visual arts teacher for the 2026 - 2027 school year. Applicants must have a strong academic foundation, as well as a commitment to teaching students from East Harlem and the surrounding community. The Visual Art Program uses the foundation of observational drawing to generate skillful artistic discipline, creativity, and confidence of expression. The Visual Art teacher provides guidance and instruction for a multimedia curriculum that develops students from 4th to 8th grade.

Qualified applicants will have at least a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree in Fine Arts or a related field, strong written and oral communication skills and a desire to collaborate with colleagues. The position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Salary: $50,000 - $65,000

Candidates are not required to have a teaching certification. Recent college graduates are encouraged to apply.

About the East Harlem School

Our mission: The East Harlem School challenges students to develop a balanced physical, moral, and intellectual strength that they will use to adapt to change - and for the final purpose of creating and sharing lives of deep meaning, dynamic actions, and transcendent joy. We are a middle school (grades 4-8) that recruits children from families with low income and the highest values, and we give preference to those who keep to the traditional belief that creative flight can only be sustained by grounded discipline.

Our history: Exodus House has been an anchoring and iconic institution in Harlem since its founding in 1963 by Reverend Dr. Lynn and Mrs. Leola Hageman as a drug rehabilitation center. Due to a heightened concern for the welfare and well-being of the community’s many underserved, at-risk children, Exodus House was converted in 1984 to an after-school and summer program facility. Then, in the fall of 1993, inspired by the steadfast commitment of the Hagemans to the East Harlem community, the couple's sons, Hans and Ivan, opened an independent middle school on the original Exodus House site to better address the critical needs of these children and their families. The East Harlem School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.