Hannah Senesh Community Day School, a progressive, independent K–8 Jewish school in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, is hiring a part-time (Mondays and Tuesdays) Lower School Art Teacher for the 2026-27 school year with an immediate start. The ideal candidate is a warm, joyful, and skilled art educator who sees art as a powerful way for students to explore ideas, develop their voices, and connect creatively to Jewish life and the world around them. Salary range: $30,000 - $35,000, commensurate with experience. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Sara Keen, Lower School Director, Hannah Senesh Community Day School at skeen@hannahsenesh.org.

About the School

Hannah Senesh Community Day School is an open and inclusive Jewish day school where students grow into curious, kind, and confident people. Senesh cultivates intellectual curiosity in a rigorous and joyful academic environment that teaches the whole child. Students are guided by Jewish values and challenged to be agents of change toward a more just world. Students, parents, and staff together create a welcoming and vibrant home at Senesh, offering a place of belonging for diverse Jewish families. To learn more about the school, visit www.hannahsenesh.org.

Responsibilities include:

• Teach engaging, developmentally appropriate visual arts classes to students in Kindergarten–4th grade.
• Develop students’ artistic skills, confidence, creativity, and ability to talk about and reflect on their work.
• Integrate Jewish traditions, texts, holidays, artists, and culture into the art curriculum.
• Use Hebrew naturally and purposefully in the art classroom.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers on interdisciplinary learning.
• Introduce students to a diverse range of artists and artistic traditions, including Jewish and Israeli artists.
• Create a classroom environment where students feel known, supported, and encouraged to take creative risks.
• Participating in faculty meetings and professional development as appropriate
• Maintaining documentation of curriculum and student progress
• Fulfill other duties and responsibilities associated with the role

Qualifications and Dispositions include:

• A degree in art education, studio art, education, or a related field.
• At least three years of experience teaching visual arts in a school setting, preferably with elementary-aged students.
• Native or fluent Hebrew speaker
• Strong knowledge of Jewish culture and holidays with the ability to bring Jewish learning naturally into the art classroom.
• A deep appreciation for the role of creativity, imagination, and artistic expression in children’s development.
• A whole-child approach that supports students’ academic, social, and emotional growth.
• Strong classroom management, organization, and planning skills.
• A Collaborative, flexible, and reflective teaching practice
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Cultural competence and a commitment to building a community in which every student feels known, valued, and that they belong.
• A willingness to learn, collaborate, and contribute to the vibrant Jewish life of the Senesh community.

Hannah Senesh Community Day School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes candidates who will add to the diversity of our school community, including but not limited to staff of any race, color, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation.