Comic Book Creation Instructor

Location
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On-site at partner schools; varies by assignment

Teaching Mode
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In Person

Grade Levels
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Elementary, Middle, and High School; varies by assignment

Schedule
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Typically 1–4 instructional service hours per week after school

Program Length
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Commonly approximately 10 weeks per assignment

Start Dates
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Opportunities become available throughout the school year

Compensation
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Typical compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation

Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide comic book creation 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.

Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, curriculum, available materials, student experience levels, and program objectives.

Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson‑plan suggestions, instructional resources, project ideas, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.

• Plan and facilitate engaging, age‑appropriate comic book creation sessions;
• Introduce students to storytelling, character design, illustration, and sequential art through project‑based learning;
• Adapt instruction based on student experience levels, artistic ability, available materials, site requirements, and assignment objectives;
• Guide students in developing original characters, storylines, scripts, comic panels, and completed comic book projects, where applicable;
• Encourage creativity, collaboration, constructive feedback, and artistic confidence;
• Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age‑appropriate learning environment;
• Exercise professional judgment when selecting instructional materials and ensuring that all content remains age‑appropriate, educational, respectful, and consistent with school policies and assignment requirements;
• Communicate assignment‑related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate;
• Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session; and
• Follow applicable site safety, visitor, emergency, student‑protection, and technology procedures.

• Character creation and visual design;
• Story structure, plotting, and narrative development;
• Comic scripting, dialogue, captions, and pacing;
• Panel composition, page layout, and visual storytelling;
• Facial expressions, action poses, perspective, and drawing techniques;
• Inking, coloring, lettering, and finishing techniques, where appropriate;
• Revising, editing, and completing original comic book projects; and
• Creativity, communication, artistic expression, and constructive critique.

• At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site;
• Experience in illustration, comic creation, graphic storytelling, visual arts, animation, creative writing, graphic design, or related creative disciplines;
• Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school‑age students;
• Strong communication, organization, classroom facilitation, and project‑management skills;
• Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable; and
• Familiarity with traditional and/or digital art tools used for illustration and comic creation.

Preferred backgrounds may include artists, illustrators, comic creators, graphic novel authors, art educators, creative writing instructors, animators, designers, art students, and others with relevant instructional or creative experience.

Assignments may utilize school‑provided art supplies, drawing materials, sketchbooks, markers, colored pencils, curriculum resources, lesson plans, project guides, digital illustration software, tablets, or other instructional resources where available.

Contractors may use their own instructional methods and materials when…