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Teaching Assistant Professor – First Year Coordinator and Instructor
East Carolina University
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Posted: 02-Nov-24
Location: Greenville, North Carolina
Internal Number: 81533
Job Duties:
The School of Art and Design at East Carolina University seeks nine-month, Teaching Assistant Professor who will serve at the First Year Coordinator and teach first year and/or shared experience coursework . The position is defined broadly within the School of Art and Design and will teach 3 three-credit ART studio courses per semester. The equivalent of one three-credit course per semester will be devoted to coordinating the first year curriculum, instructors, and support services to contribute to first year student and instructor success. This position will mentor first year students; engage with other faculty regularly; participate in departmental activities, such as recruiting; engage in opportunities for curricular and course development that reflect their expertise and professional experience; and participate in service to the School, College, University and community; and other activities as appropriate.
Position duties will include:
- Coordinate, call, and run meetings with all first year shared experience instructors (20), which includes graduate student instructors of record.
- Coordinate team-taught sections through regular communication with team members, ensuring module switch meetings occur, and address issues that arise.
- Oversee facilities, supplies, and students (~140) enrolled in first year shared experience courses.
- Coordinate supply lists for courses and manage the first year/shared experience supply closet.
- Provide twice-weekly drop-in art tutoring to first year students .
- Support students by serving as an additional resources for first year students.
- Meet with the First Year Committee to discuss curricular changes, provide insights and information.
Contingent upon available funding.
Special Instructions To Application:
To apply, candidates must submit the following materials online via the PeopleAdmin system (www.jobs.ecu.edu):
- Cover letter addressing position description and teaching philosophy
- Curriculum Vitae
- List of at least three professional references, including affiliation, email address, and phone number.
- A link to your personal website that includes: 20 images of personal work and 20 images of student work.
Please be aware that if selected as a candidate of choice, an automatic e-mail will be sent to the individuals entered by the applicant in the References section of the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system. Letters of reference submitted via the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system will be verified and considered towards meeting this requirement.
Official transcripts are required upon employment.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Minimum Education/Experience:
Minimum Qualification (candidates must have):
- Terminal degree (MFA or equivalent) in art or design in one of the following fields: animation/interactive design, ceramics, film and video production, graphic design, illustration, metal design, printmaking, photography, painting/drawing, textile design, or sculpture
- Evidence of potential for program coordination
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Full time or Part time: Full Time
Position Location (city): Greenville
Organizational Unit Overview:
The School of Art and Design provides a multidisciplinary approach to art and design that offers opportunities for students to develop their creative and critical thinking abilities by thinking through making. The school currently enrolls more than 500 students in twelve areas across three degrees. The School of Art and Design is the largest BFA art program in the University of North Carolina system and has been continuously accredited by NASAD since 1962. The school has 35 full-time faculty and is located in the Jenkins Fine Arts Center, a 142,000 square-foot facility with specialized equipment, tools, and technology for the School of Art and Design's 14 disciplines—animation/ interactive design, art education, art history, ceramics, film and video production, glass, graphic design, illustration, metal design, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile design. From computer labs, digital looms, CNC router, and laser cutters to a woodshop, foundry, letterpress shop, black and white darkroom, and beyond, the school's facilities are comprehensive and available to faculty and students who think, make, and work across the school's disciplines.
East Carolina University has a long record of contributions to our community since its founding in 1907. Within the University of North Carolina system, ECU is one of the largest of the state's 16 degree-granting public institutions. Based on the quality of its academic programs, ECU has been named one of the best colleges in the Southeast region by the Princeton Review. ECU is committed to maximizing student success, serving the public, and leading regional transformation in the East.
The University is in Greenville, North Carolina, on the Tar River, a community of over 90,000 and ranked 12th best college town by the Wall Street Journal. A former tobacco town, Greenville has developed as a cultural center in eastern North Carolina. In addition to extensive arts offerings by the School of Theater and Dance, School of Music, and School of Art and Design and its Gray Gallery, the city boasts the Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge and Greenville Museum of Art and numerous community schools of music, dance, and more. Outdoor amenities include access to the Tar River for boating and kayaking, the expansive River Park North, a greenway system, a superb little league stadium and programs, and BMX/skateboarding parks. ECU is located adjacent to the city's historic downtown. Restaurants, coffee shops, brewpubs, retail businesses, and art galleries comprise this thriving district, which regularly hosts community events such as Freeboot Fridays before home football games and First Friday Art Walks.
About East Carolina University
To be a national model for student success, public service and regional transformation, East Carolina University uses innovative learning strategies and delivery methods to maximize access; prepares students with the knowledge, skills and values to succeed in a global, multicultural society; develops tomorrow's leaders to serve and inspire positive change; discovers new knowledge and innovations to support a thriving future for eastern North Carolina and beyond; transforms health care, promotes wellness, and reduces health disparities; and improves qualify of life through cultural enrichment, academics, the arts, and athletics. We accomplish our mission through education, research, creative activities, and service while being good stewards of the resources entrusted to us. East Carolina University delivers on the promise of opportunity. We open doors. We improve lives. We transform the present, and we discover the future. In these ways and more, we serve our community, our state, our nation and our world as together we reach toward our greatest potential. Tomorrow starts here.
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