Teacher Education and Credential Programs - Arts Education Instructor - UCLA Extension

UCLA Extension, in partnership with the Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, seeks an Arts Education Instructor to lead Foundations of Teaching Artistry & CTE, the first course in a new six-course, post-baccalaureate CTE Credential in Teaching Artistry — California's first CTE credential built specifically for teaching artistry pedagogy. This is a limited appointment contract position for one 10-week hybrid course, beginning September 23, 2026.

About the role

The instructor's primary area of expertise is arts education — theory, practice, pedagogy, and praxis — with a strong preference for familiarity with the teacher credentialing process and the CTE credential in particular. A CTE Coordinator/Specialist joins periodically as a guest instructor to support the CTE-credentialing portion of the course.

Responsibilities

• Lead weekly seminar sessions (in-person and via Zoom), delivering arts education content grounded in social justice pedagogy, social-emotional learning, culturally relevant/sustaining pedagogy, and Universal Design for Learning as applied to arts-education contexts
• Guide candidates through lesson design and facilitation of original arts-based K-12 learning experiences, including supervision of the Micro Team-Teaching lesson and sample art piece
• Coordinate with the periodic guest CTE Coordinator/Specialist so CTE credential content (CTC standards, legal/ethical obligations, the credential pathway) reads as one integrated narrative alongside the arts-education content, not a separate track
• Facilitate weekly creative-reflection practice (Padlet posts, Trio Dives) connecting course content to each candidate's field placement
• Grade and provide feedback on weekly assignments, the Social Message Art Piece, the Micro Team-Teaching Presentation and Lesson Plan, and the Teaching Artist Advisory Network project
• Support each candidate's capstone Teaching Artist Philosophy Statement and Individual Learning Plan, informed by the candidate's ongoing conversations with their mentor teacher
• Maintain the course Canvas site, post weekly readings/media, and manage attendance and grading records

Requirements

• Substantial professional experience as a teaching artist and/or arts educator
• Demonstrated fluency in social justice pedagogy, social-emotional learning, culturally relevant/sustaining pedagogy, and Universal Design for Learning as applied to arts-education contexts

Qualifications

• MA required; MFA or PhD preferred
• Familiarity with the teacher credentialing process, and specifically the CTE credential in Teaching Artistry
• Experience mentoring adult learners or graduate-level/post-baccalaureate students

Application window: August 24, 2026 to September 23, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.