Art Instructor; Part-Time Faculty Pool Fresno City College

Position: Art Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Fresno City College
Announcement Information

Posting Number Title Art Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Fresno City College Campus Location Fresno City College Start Date Essential Functions of Position

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity-minded individual is a person who:

* Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;

* Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;

* Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;

* Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and

* Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 34,000 students in which 60% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 5% as Black/African American, 20% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 3% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community.

The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Art for Fresno City College, the instructor will be responsible for:

* Teaching a part-time schedule of Art courses as assigned;

* Using a variety of pedagogies and integrating a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for face-to-face, on-line, and/or hybrid formats;

* Communicating effectively with students, faculty and staff;

* Using effective teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter, adherence to institutionally approved curriculum course outlines of record;

* Evaluating student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc. in keeping with course objectives;

* Providing course syllabi to students;

* Maintaining classroom records in accordance with District Policy;

* Turning in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner;

* Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed;

* Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and

* Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; and

* Master's in fine arts, art, or art history; or

* Bachelor's in any of the above and Master's in humanities; or

* A valid California Community College Credential; or

* The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

Please Note:

* "Master's in fine arts" as used here refers to any master's degree in the subject matter of fine arts, which is defined to include visual studio arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, and metal and jewelry art; and also art education and art therapy. It does not refer to the "Master of Fine Arts" (MFA) degree when that degree is based on specialization in performing arts or dance, film, video, photography, creative writing or other nonplastic arts.

* If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.)

Desirable Qualifications

* Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;

* Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially…