Position title:
Assistant Professor Position in Art (Ceramics)
Start date:
August 2016
Salary:
Commensurate with qualifications and experience. The CSU provides generous health, retirement and other benefits.
Position Summary
The position is in the School of Art at San Francisco State
University. SF State is a member of the California State University
system and serves a diverse student body of 30,000 undergraduate and
graduate students. The University seeks to promote appreciation of
scholarship, freedom and, human diversity through excellence in
instruction and intellectual accomplishment. The School of Art is
focused on developing socially engaged art practitioners, art
historians, and arts professionals whose individual and collective
efforts contribute to personal and intellectual growth, as well as
community-building and cultural production.
The position is focused on the discipline of ceramics as a socially
engaged practice that can manifest in many forms including ceramic
sculpture and/or installation, functional vessels, performance, or forms
that encompass some or all of these.
The position includes a full-time faculty workload per the Collective
Bargaining Agreement between the California State University and the
California Faculty Association. The workload primarily includes teaching
assigned undergraduate courses in Art and MFA seminars, conducting an
active ongoing scholarship program of creative work and exhibition which
advances knowledge in the field of one’s specialty. The teaching
assignments will be in existing ceramics courses in hand-building
foundations, wheel throwing, ceramic sculpture, glaze calculations, mold
making, kiln building, soda/pit firing, as well as courses in emerging
technologies in the field (to be developed). Graduate courses include
interdisciplinary critique seminars and special topic graduate studios
(to be developed). The scholarship may address a range of topics in the
areas of ones expertise.
Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assist
in maintaining and supervising two ceramics facilities, productive
participation on departmental, college, and university-wide committees;
mentoring and advising graduate and undergraduate students; holding
regular office hours; curriculum development and improvement,
particularly with regard to student learning outcomes; and remaining
current in both subject area and teaching methodologies.
Essential Job Tasks
Prepare course materials such as syllabi, lecture and discussion
materials, readings and assignments, assessments, and learning
resources.
Prepare and deliver effective lectures to undergraduate and graduate
students on topics such as glaze surface, kiln building and design,
atmospheric firings and graduate seminars in Art.
Initiate, moderate, and facilitate classroom discussions.
Evaluate and grade students’ class work, assignments, papers, etc. in a timely manner.
Compile, administer, and grade examinations or other learning assessments.
Maintain student grades and other required records or reporting materials.
Guide and supervise department technicians in support of safe, clean studio facilities and equipment.
Conduct research in one’s field of interest and present
documentation of an high level of activity associated with being a
professional, working artist on a national and international level in
significant institutions, and selections into collections, publication,
and professional conferences.
Stay current on developments in the discipline by reading new
literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional
conferences.
Plan, evaluate and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
Hold regularly-scheduled office hours for the purpose of advising and assisting students.
Actively participate on assigned committees in accordance with department or College needs, and SF State’s strategic vision.
Supervise student laboratory work, graduate and undergraduate
assistants, and assist with studio maintenance and supervision of the
ceramics facilities at the main SFSU, and Romberg Tiburon campuses.
Additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Abilities
- Terminal degree MFA in Art, with an emphasis in Ceramics, required.
- 1-2 years of undergraduate teaching experience with a large, diverse student body or in a multicultural setting, required.
- Minimum of one-year experience in the management of a ceramics
facility preferred including heavy equipment operation, gas and electric
kilns, and glaze chemistry lab.
- Possess a broad knowledge of traditional and contemporary theory and
practices in ceramics, and a capacity for exploring new directions in
the discipline.
- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum design, instruction of individual and groups and learning assessment.
- Planning and organizing skills sufficient to ensure implementation of assigned curriculum.
- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum design,
instruction of individuals and groups, and the assessment of learning.
- Planning and organizing skills sufficient to ensure implementation
of the assigned curriculum, job duties, and established expectations.
- Oral and written communication skills in the English language at a
level that comprehends and conveys information to and from students,
colleagues, and others in an effective manner.
- Awareness and engagement with critical concerns in the discipline and capacity to continue to produce original creative works.
- Interpersonal orientation that encourages productive interactions
with students, colleagues, and other campus stakeholders and promotes
collegiality in department, college and university contexts.
Application process
Submit letter of intent/interest, a current CV, 20 images of recent
personal work, 20 images of student work, statement of teaching
philosophy and names and contact information for three professional
references. Letters of recommendation may be requested at a later date.
Submit all materials online at, https://sfsu.submittable.com/submit
by January 8, 2016. Late applications will not be reviewed. Questions
concerning the position should be submitted to Gail Dawson, Director,
School of Art, [email protected]
San Francisco State University is a member of the California State
University system and serves a diverse student body of 30,000
undergraduate and graduate students. The University seeks to promote
appreciation of scholarship, freedom and, human diversity through
excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment. SFSU faculty
are expected to be effective teachers and demonstrate professional
achievement and growth through research, scholarship, and/or creative
work.
San Francisco State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a
strong commitment to diversity. We welcome applicants of all ethnic,
racial and gender identities, sexual orientations as well as people with
disabilities. We particularly encourage those who may be from
historically underrepresented groups.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be
completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position
with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check
may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment
of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
Questions regarding this position should be emailed to [email protected]. No phone calls please.
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