Instructor in Stagecraft (Initial focus: Prop & Scene Design/Construction/Crew Management) (PT Pool)

About the role

Theatre Arts Department at Moorpark College seeks an accomplished prop and scenic designer and educator with an advanced ability for construction as well as ability in managing crews for a part-time faculty position. Due to the College’s proximity to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, a successful candidate will have an established design portfolio of professional credentials in theatre and possibly the film and television industries as well.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic instruction to students through lecture, lab, or performance courses.
• Assess and develop cognitive abilities, communication skills, and higher order thinking skills among students through appropriate assignments and activities in one-on-one, classroom, and distance mediated instructional settings.
• Advise and instruct students regarding programs of study, other institutions of higher education, lifelong learning resources, and effective study skills.
• Instruct students on the importance of effective study skills and refer students to support services, programs, resources, and other professionals as appropriate.
• Evaluate and select instructional materials such as textbooks, manuals, software, and tools in collaboration, as appropriate, with discipline faculty.
• Maintain current, accurate records of course enrollment, attendance, student academic progress, course curriculum, and student learning outcomes.
• Evaluate and update course content and materials of instruction in accordance with new theory, application, and industry developments within the discipline or area of specialization.
• Revise and update course content and materials of instruction in accordance with new theory, application, and industry developments within the discipline or area of specialization.
• May participate in curriculum and program development; may provide input into the development of student learning outcomes.
• May attend and participate on committees and in department, division, campus, and district meetings.
• May provide work direction to others.

Requirements

• Any bachelor's degree or higher and two years of professional experience OR any associate degree and six years of professional experience OR the equivalent*
• Possession of a valid California Community College Teaching Credential appropriate to the discipline.

Qualifications

• Candidates must possess the minimum qualifications for the discipline as approved by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and defined in the Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges handbook.

Skills

• Strong leadership skills.
• Desire to work in an educational environment at the community college level.
• Ability to effectively recruit and mentor diverse and often marginalized student populations.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.