About the Role
Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide digital photography enrichment services for K–12 students. This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate digital photography sessions
- Introduce students to photography fundamentals, visual storytelling, and digital photo editing through hands-on projects
- Adapt activities based on student experience levels, site requirements, available technology, equipment, and program objectives
- Support students in capturing, organizing, editing, and presenting photographs using school-approved devices and software, where applicable
- Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment
- Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate
- Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session
- Follow applicable site safety, visitor, technology, media, emergency, and student-protection procedures
Requirements
- At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site
- Experience with digital photography, photo editing, visual arts, media production, journalism, graphic design, or related creative disciplines
- Familiarity with Photopea, Apple Photos, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Canva, or similar digital editing tools
- Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students
- Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills
- Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable
- Familiarity with Chromebooks, iPads, digital cameras, tablets, smartphones, and other educational technology commonly used for photography instruction
- Photographers, photography instructors, visual artists, journalists, graphic designers, media professionals, yearbook advisors, art educators, communications professionals, and others with relevant instructional or creative experience are preferred backgrounds
- Assignments may utilize school-provided cameras, tablets, Chromebooks, iPads, smartphones, photography accessories, Photopea, Apple Photos, curriculum resources, lesson plans, project guides, and other instructional materials, where available
- Contractors may use their own instructional methods and materials when appropriate, safe, age-appropriate, lawful, and consistent with the assignment scope and site requirements
- Purchases requiring reimbursement must be approved in writing by Concorde before they are incurred
- Applicants selected to move forward may be invited to create a contractor profile and complete any required onboarding steps
- Potential assignments are subject to assignment fit, agreed compensation, completion of required onboarding, applicable background-check review, Fair Chance or pre-adverse action procedures where required, site-specific clearance requirements, and final written confirmation from Concorde Education
- Some assignments may require background-check authorization, fingerprinting, agency clearance, site-specific documentation, identification badges, or other compliance steps before services may begin
- Applicants should not provide criminal-history information unless and until requested through the appropriate legally compliant process
Skills
- Digital photography
- Photo editing
- Visual storytelling
- Hands-on project facilitation
- Classroom management
- Communication
- Organization
- Classroom facilitation
- Photopea
- Apple Photos
- Adobe Photoshop
- Lightroom
- Canva
- Chromebooks
- iPads
- Digital cameras
- Tablets
- Smartphones
- Camera fundamentals
- Composition techniques
- Lighting techniques
- File organization
- Image management
- Digital citizenship
- Copyright
- Consent
- Privacy
- Ethical photography practices
Location
- On-site at partner schools; varies by assignment
Work Type
- Independent contractor
- In Person
- After school
Experience Level
- Varies by assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation
Education Level
- At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site
Salary/Compensations
- $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation
- 50 - 100 USD Per hour
About the Company
- Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide digital photography enrichment services for K–12 students.
Equal Opportunity
- Concorde Education considers contractor applicants without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and is committed to respectful, inclusive, and student-centered programming.
