Theatre Arts​/Costume Design Instructor Tenure-Track Fresno City College

Theatre Arts/Costume Design Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College

Posting Number: AA

Title:

Theatre Arts/Costume Design Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College

Campus

Location:

Fresno City College

Start Date:

08/05/2026

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;
• 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 2024‑2025 academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a proud Hispanic‑Serving Institution (HIS), a Black‑Serving Institution (BSI), and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander‑Serving Institution (AANAPISI), 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 a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Theatre Arts on the Fresno City College campus and/or at off‑site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching the full range of theatre arts courses which include classes in theatre appreciation, costume design, costume construction, and theatrical make‑up application;
• Managing the costume shop, including oversight of daily operations, inventory tracking, equipment maintenance, and compliance with safety protocols;
• Partnering with the Dean to administer the annual costume shop budget to ensure responsible use of resources;
• Supervising and directing student aides in shop‑related tasks;
• Providing oversight during evening and weekend hours including technical rehearsals, dress rehearsals, performances, and strike periods;
• Leads the design and implementation of costumes for major theatrical productions, from initial concepts through final execution; oversees and actively participates in sourcing, construction, alterations, and fittings, ensuring designs are fully realized within production schedules, budgets, and shop staffing constraints;
• Mentorship of design students in the production process;
• Participating in student recruiting, mentoring, and advising;
• Communicating effectively and professionally with students and staff;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, curriculum development and revisions, including student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
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