FT Faculty - Technical Theatre -Scenic Design

Description

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Duties

The College seeks candidates who exhibit an understanding and commitment to the community college mission, and who have a passion for commitment to student success. The position encompasses the following professional responsibilities and competencies:

SERVICE:

• Assume leadership roles both within the department and in the institution as a whole.
• Commitment to serving the needs of the student, department, college, and community.
• Collaboration across disciplines and utilization of student support resources.
• Participation in department, division, college committees, and participatory governance activities.
• Participation in curriculum and program development.
• Work collegially and collaboratively within the college community.
• Participation in ongoing professional development.

• Ability to create a dynamic learning environment that values instructor/student interaction.
• Ability to effectively engage with and facilitate authentic learning for students of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
• Ability to adapt teaching pedagogy to the knowledge of each individual and class.
• Ability to self-reflect and respond to an evidence-based assessment of student learning.
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to integrating new technologies into the learning process, including but not limited to interactive technologies for on campus and on-line courses.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Qualifications

• Evidence of an ability to address and adapt to the instructional needs of varying student levels, using a variety of innovative, culturally relevant and responsive teaching strategies, as well as equity minded pedagogy, to encourage retention and student success in a wide range of theater courses.
• Recent community college or lower division teaching experience.
• Demonstrated experience in set design, including proficiency in building scale models, drawing set renderings, ground plans, set construction, and scenic painting. Additional experience in other design and technology areas (lighting, sound, props, stage management) is also desired.
• Master of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in Scenic and/or lighting design
• Commitment to work with students in activities outside of the classroom is essential.
• Desire and demonstrated ability to participate actively in department, division, and college committees and in the shared governance of Long Beach City College.
• Desire and evidence of an ability to take on leadership roles both within the department and in the institution as a whole.
• Commitment to the Mission and Strategic Objectives of the college.
• Evidence of an ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work with computers, and other technologies in order to provide high-quality classroom and lab instruction, including set design computer programs
• Willingness to develop new curricula and innovative materials for instruction.
• Proficiency in building scale models, drawing set renderings, ground plans, set construction and scenic painting.
• Creativity, flexibility, imagination and dedication are necessary to effectively perform the duties of this position.
• Fulfilling three design responsibilities each semester. Demonstrated versatile range of scenic design training, knowledge of design history and styles, and experience.
• A successful candidate will contribute to the artistic and intellectual growth of our department while ensuring the safety and quality of our productions.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with directors and designers to facilitate construction and completion of scenic
  design elements within production timelines, budget, and standards.

Additional Information

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Long Beach City College only considers complete applications for employment. All application materials must be electronically submitted and uploaded by the applicant by the application deadline. Applications are initially screened for completeness and State Minimum Qualifications. Complete applications are forwarded to the Department hiring committee for further review.

A COMPLETE APPLICATION INCLUDES:

• A Long Beach Community College District Online Application
• A cover letter outlining your education and experience relevant to this position.
• A current resume or curriculum vitae.
• A list of three references, including current addresses and telephone numbers of both colleagues and supervisors.
• ALL graduate and undergraduate transcripts, showing school name, all college coursework, degree title and conferral date. This includes transcripts for any and all for the following degrees AA/AS, BA/BS, MA/MS and above (Ed.D, Ph,D, etc.) and courses used for transfer credit. Transcripts can be official or unofficial and must be submitted as an attachment. The conferral date must be on or before the application deadline in order to meet Minimum Qualifications.
• Transcripts from countries other than the United States must be evaluated by an agency that is a member of the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Service (NACES)or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc (AICE).
• Applicants who do not meet the Statewide Minimum Qualifications for this discipline verbatim are required to submit a Supplemental Equivalency Application (Download PDF reader).

The District contributes to medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and eligible dependents and life insurance for the employee.