Assistant professor of art job description

25427

Location

Queens College

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Queens College's Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Art Education , starting spring 2023. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Visual Arts and PreK-12 education in both in-person and online formats. In addition to teaching, position responsibilities include advising students, sharing administrative and supervisory responsibilities in the Visual Arts preK-12 education program, and developing and maintaining a research program in art education. The successful candidate will immediately become the sole program director of an art education program with approximately 120 students.

Queens College enjoys a national reputation for excellence in liberal arts and sciences and preprofessional programs. With its extensive range of graduate and undergraduate degrees, honors programs, research opportunities, and internship placements, the college serves more than 20,000 students, mentored by an award-winning faculty. Located on a beautiful, 80-acre campus, the college has been cited for 28 consecutive years in the Princeton Review as a "Best Value" college. U.S. News and World Report and Forbes magazine also rank Queens College a "Best Value College," thanks to its outstanding academics, generous financial aid packages, and affordability. The Equality of Opportunity Report placed Queens College in the top one percent of all colleges in moving students from poverty to prosperity. Queens College is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban university in the US, providing an excellent and affordable education to more than 500,000 students.

The School of Education and the Secondary Education and Youth Services department enjoy a reputation as a regional leader for preparing urban educators. Queens College produces more education graduates who become principals, teachers, and counselors for New York City's public schools than any other college in the metropolitan area. The Godwin-Ternbach Museum, located on campus, is the only museum in the CUNY system, and the only encyclopedic collection of art and artifacts in the borough, housing over 7,000 global objects that date from ancient to modern times. As a part of Queens College's Kupferberg Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, the museum presents contemporary and historical exhibitions and programs that provide exciting educational opportunities and aesthetic experiences to the college community and residents across the five boroughs and Long Island.

QUALIFICATIONS

An earned doctorate in Visual Arts education or related field

Experience directing a teacher art education program

* Demonstrated success partnering with museum education

* Record of scholarship, including publications, conference presentations, and related activities

Preference will be given to the candidate who provides evidence of the following :

* Excellence in curriculum and instruction in art teacher preparation, including experience with in-person and online formats and undergraduate and graduate levels

* Innovation and success in directing an art teacher education program

* External funding for teacher education or research, or strong potential for such funding

* Commitment to working collaboratively to improve urban arts education that serves diverse communities

* Experience as a prek-12 teacher, including New York State Visual Arts preK-12 Teaching Credential

COMPENSATION

CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.

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Candidates must upload (1) a cover letter describing related qualifications and experience and (2) a curriculum vitae, in any of the following formats: .doc, .docx, or .pdf. Please use a simple file name for the document you upload (e.g., JDoeCV) as documents with long names cannot be parsed by the application system. Selected finalists will be required to provide three letters of recommendation.

CLOSING DATE

November 11th, 2022

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.