Assistant Professor of Art Education

Assistant Professor of Art Education Position Information

Position Number: 005283

Working Title:

Assistant Professor of Art Education

Classification

Title:

9-Mo Tenure-Track/ Tenured Faculty

College:
Col of Arts & Architecture (Col)

Department:
Art & Art History

Position Designation:
Faculty

Employment Type:

Permanent
- Full-time

Months per year: 9

The Department of Art & Art History empowers students to expand their vision through study and practice in Art, Design, Art History, and Art Education. We foster innovative studio practices, scholarship, and arts-based teaching, affirming that art and visual culture are essential to our students, university, communities, and future. The Department currently offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Graphic Design, a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Art and Art Education, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Art with six concentrations, along with a minor in Art History and an Honors Program in Art History.

Additionally, the Department contributes to the University General Education curriculum.

The Art Education concentration prepares teacher candidates to earn their NC licensure in Art K-12 through a rigorous professional curriculum with content and pedagogy that fosters a love of teaching and learning. The Art Education concentration seeks a colleague to enhance and advance the department's record of innovation through dynamic, engaged teaching, impactful research, and visionary, collegial leadership and service. Faculty members in the Art Education concentration collaborate with colleagues in the studio concentrations;

art history; university galleries; the Cato College of Education (COED), the Teacher Education Advising and Licensure office (TEAL), and the Office of School and Community Partnerships (OSCP).

All Candidates

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the differentiation of mission, goals, and objectives inherent in the diversity of disciplines represented by its colleges and departments. Thus, the Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty should be interpreted in the context of the related departmental and collegiate goals.

Teaching, Advising, Curriculum and Instructional Development
- Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to teaching may include but are not limited to: subject matter competence, course design, course presentation, advising and consultation, directing student research, curriculum and instructional development, and grading student work.

Scholarly Research, Creative, and Other Professional Activities
- All tenured and tenure-track faculty are expected to participate in expanding the knowledge base of their academic field by conducting research or engaging in other creative activities as appropriate to the faculty member's discipline. Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to research may include but are not limited to: research/creative activity that generates new knowledge and/or synthesizes and/or integrates existing knowledge, publication, an on-going agenda for research, scholarly, and creative activity, and are expected to seek extramural support for their work.

Service to University, the Public, and the Profession
- All tenured and tenure-track faculty are expected to engage in a program of service appropriate to their discipline. Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to service may include but are not limited to: service to the administration and governance of the University, public service, and service to the profession.

This position is subject to research-security screening. As part of the application, applicants must disclose,
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