Position category: Academic
Position title: Special Faculty in Arts Education
School: Provost’s Office
Program: Arts Education Minor/Concentration
Reports to: Tracie Costantino
Time: Part-Time (0.125 FTE)
Appointment: Special
Position starts: September 1, 2025
Review of applications will begin: March 17, 2025
Search closes: May 1, 2025
Develop and teach a new course entitled Arts Education Technologies to undergraduate and graduate student artists. The course is an introduction to best practices for the use of technology in arts education in K-12 education settings. It should be designed to meet the technology education requirement for the California Preliminary Teaching Credential while drawing on CalArts’ unique spirit of experimentation and creativity. The course will cover a broad array of contemporary digital tools that support teaching and learning in the arts, as well as critical issues such as integration of assistive technologies and the rise of generative AI. The position also involves feedback, evaluation, and regular interaction with students.
This is a new elective course for a growing minor and concentration in arts education. The Arts Education minor (for undergraduates) and concentration (for graduates) prepares students to develop their own personal teaching philosophy in preparation for classroom teaching at all levels. The undergraduate minor focuses on teaching K-12 students, and the graduate program addresses both K-12 and higher education. Students explore historical and contemporary theories of learning from a critical perspective, as well as develop fundamental skills in course planning and classroom management and working with today’s diverse student populations.
Candidates should have a degree in arts education, instructional technologies, or other related fields, and teaching experience in arts education. We seek to employ faculty who can engage our diverse communities of learners at the highest levels of artistic endeavor and critical thinking. We welcome candidates who possess a demonstrated worldview and cultural competency to support teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students of varied backgrounds, capabilities, perspectives, social identities and gender expressions. CalArts is an equal opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
- Develop course content (syllabus, lectures, assignments, exercises, etc.) for a 3-unit course on Arts Education Technologies based on the technology education requirement for the California Preliminary Teaching Credential, CalArts standards, and Critical Studies (general education) requirements.
- Teach one in-person course in the fall or spring semesters, or one online course in the summer semester.
- Incorporate the use of Canvas Learning Management System into course delivery and as part of the course pedagogy.
- Provide extensive student engagement through class discussion and feedback, assignment support, and in-person or online office hours.
- Grade all students according to CalArts grading scale by or before the grading deadline.
- Participate in the course evaluation process.
- Collaborate with the program director and provost to ensure course(s) align with institutional goals.
- Meet with institute staff, administrators, or faculty as needed.
- Follow up with student incompletes if provided (at faculty discretion).