Founded in 1961, Sandy Spring Friends School is a progressive, coed, academically-rigorous day and boarding school serving approximately 600 students from age three through 12th grade. The campus is located on 140 acres in the historic Sandy Spring area of Montgomery County, Maryland, and the School is approved by the Maryland State Board of Education and accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools.

SSFS offers an inquiry-based college preparatory program that emphasizes deep understanding throughout the curriculum while encouraging collaboration, instilling confidence, fostering practical experience, and cultivating respect for others. The School's teachers help students internalize a process we call "QRA” —Question, Reflection, Action—which ensures that they think critically, integrate new knowledge, and apply what they learn. We help students develop their individual sense of purpose as they become caring citizens of the world.

Our school’s culture, rooted in the idea that collaboration engenders achievement, can be traced to our Quaker heritage and abiding belief in the Quaker values of simplicity, equality, honesty, stewardship of the environment, and peaceful resolution of conflict. Our teachers are lifelong mentors and strive to identify and cultivate each student’s intellectual, extracurricular, and social passions. In doing so, we help shape students whose actions speak volumes and whose lives become exemplars—not only among their peers and families today but also in their personal, educational, and professional communities long after high school. Sandy Spring Friends School students are taught to act upon what they learn. This call to action propels their accomplishments as graduates, in college, and beyond.

Upper School Long Term Substitute Theater Director and Acting Teacher 

Summary: An Upper School Theater Director and Acting Teacher for the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year. Responsibilities will include one acting class and directing a play in the Fall of 2022.  The ideal candidate will have experience teaching and directing in a high-school setting.  The acting teacher will co-teach the established acting curriculum for a one semester acting class for students in 9th to 12th grade.  This long-term substitute position runs from August 15-January 31. 

The Theater Director teaches an additional class which will culminate in a performance.  Responsibilities include: selecting a piece for the fall, rehearsing (during the school day), collaborating with the Theater Technical Director and designers, and coordinating strike. This role includes evening and weekend responsibilities. 

Qualifications: An excellent candidate will have extensive experience doing theater with high school age actors. The ability to collaborate with other artists is essential.  Familiarity with Quaker education is preferred but not required.

Functional Competencies: 

• Leadership/Integrity- Effectively communicates the School’s shared purpose; builds trust among colleagues; is accountable; lives up to commitments 

• Team Player/Commitment- Understands the big picture and manages areas of responsibility in a manner consistent with the School’s mission and culture 

• Interpersonal Skills- Relates to employees, students, parents, and clients in a cooperative manner 

• Productivity/Organizing/Planning- Meets deadlines, demonstrates effective use of time, and handles multiple assignments successfully 

• Professional Growth- Understands and acknowledges the need for growth and is receptive to constructive feedback  

Commitment to Diversity:  Sandy Spring Friends School embraces the Quaker testimony of Equality and seeks applicants who represent all backgrounds and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We greatly value our diverse student population with 42% of students self-identifying as people of color and 89 international students representing 21 different countries. We actively seek faculty representative of our students’ diversity. Click to learn more about diversity at Sandy Spring Friends School. Special consideration may be given to members of The Religious Society of Friends.   

Sandy Spring Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or a person's status as a qualified candidate with a disability in administration of its educational program, admission policies, financial aid program, staff hiring and other school-administered programs.

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