Chinese Brush Painting Instructor (Temporary, Part-Time Pool

Chinese Brush Painting Instructor (Temporary, Part-Time Pool)

San Francisco Community College District

Position Number: AC00242P

Job Close Date: 7/2/2027

Campus:
Ocean Campus: 50 Frida Kahlo Way in San Francisco

Compensation is determined in accordance with the City College of San Francisco Faculty Salary Schedule for Pay-by-workload assignments. The workload compensation upon entry currently ranges from $2,163.36 to $3,302.80 per workload unit, depending upon placement.

This part-time position requires the ability to instruct classes in Chinese Brush Painting, introduce the students to various media and processes in the discipline, giving demonstrations as needed. Instruction will also include visually illustrated lectures that cover historical and contemporary approaches in Chinese Brush Painting. Teaching assignments can be scheduled as day, evening or weekend courses.

The Art Department schedules over 65 credit courses each semester in face-to-face, online and hybrid formats. Over 25 faculty members teach the disciplines of Art History, Ceramics, Chinese Brush Painting, Design, Drawing, Illustration, Jewelry & Metal Arts, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Watercolor. Art Department faculty and their curriculum support the transformative power of education and the responsibility to identify and serve the needs of more than 1000 students each semester who reflect the rich ethnic and racial diversity, and complex socioeconomic reality of the Bay Area.

• Instruct students in person at various levels, from beginner to advanced, in freehand Chinese brush painting and formal styles of Chinese calligraphy, following the course curriculum.
• Conduct appropriate lectures and demonstrations as needed to instruct various methodologies in Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy.
• Assign students various learning activities in accordance with the current course outlines, generate relevant instructional materials and lectures to promote student achievement and evaluate student progress.
• Perform duties associated with instructing and assessing student progress including, but not limited to census, grading, and student learning outcomes.
• Maintain appropriate records in accordance with the needs of the Art Department and the expectations of the college in general.
• Instruct students and demonstrate safe and proper use of materials and tools.
• Abide by and enforce college identified safety and hazardous materials protocols.
• Coordinate with area faculty in ordering teaching/classroom supplies.
• Routinely communicate with area faculty for ongoing improvement of teaching approaches, resources, student assessments and related reports.
• Teach in-person day, evening and/or Saturday classes as required.
• Support and engage in an innovative culture of culturally responsive, inclusive and anti-racist practices as it relates to student success with an awareness of student equity gaps.
• Participate in ongoing training on diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism to center pedagogy.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities to work with community college students with disabilities, various sexual orientations, and diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds (Required).
• Master's in Fine Arts, Art, or Art History OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's in humanities OR the equivalent.
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  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, creative writing or other non plastic arts.)
• [The degree major(s) posted on an applicant's transcript(s) must be exactly as listed above under the degree requirements. Otherwise applicant must claim education equivalency for the formal educational requirement. Applicants who are currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs that do not award a master's degree also need to claim education equivalency. The "Faculty Equivalency Application Form" is available on the left side margin.
  
  This form will be considered as part of the application materials and must be submitted on or before the filing deadline as indicated on this job posting.]
• [If you have previously gone through the education equivalency for this same subject area from City College of San Francisco OR you have obtained the clarification of your "major" from the department chair/dean of the institution you attended in order to meet the minimum qualification for this job posting, you must submit a copy of the information. When attaching this document, please use the "Equivalency Application Form" link.]

• One or more years of successful teaching…