Adjunct Faculty, Foundations (Online)

$3340 per studio class, per term

Location: Lakewood, Colorado OR remote (Must reside in AZ, CO, CA, FL, MT, NY, TX, or VA)

Open Until Filled

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design seeks qualified applicants for positions in Foundation Studies online. Candidates must have experience working with first-year college students in studio art courses and first-year studio seminar. The curriculum in Foundation Studies serves RMCAD’s BFA degrees in Animation, Art Education, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Game Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, and Photography. Successful candidates will be part of a growing and dynamic community of diverse educators and practicing artists. Courses taught in this role include Seminar: Methods of Inquiry, Observational Drawing, Life Drawing and Topics in Color. Course Descriptions may be found in the RMCAD Academic Catalog located here: https://www.rmcad.edu/academic-catalog/.

RMCAD is committed to supporting faculty in educational care through teaching, academic excellence, engaged pedagogical practices, and professional development. Our goal is to support students in their journey to becoming engaged citizens prepared to flourish in a complex, global world. Students in Foundations + Fine Arts study in a variety of academic disciplines emphasizing the knowledge base needed to pursue an informed, meaningful, and effective studio practice.

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design seeks artists and designers who are passionate about teaching first-year students at the college level. Successful candidates teach within the one or more of the following studio courses:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Facilitate meaningful learning of curriculum, competencies and proactively support all facets of an inclusive learning environment.
• Encourage a culture of learning that values mutual responsibility and respect, life-long learning and ethics.
• Teaching and Instructional Activities: the practice and art of teaching, including evaluation by students, supervisors, and self. Faculty must also comply with all administrative and classroom management policies, procedures, and instructional deadlines
• Regularly record class attendance in Faculty Portal and submit midterm/final grades by the due date specified
• Provide timely, periodic, and meaningful feedback to students on assignments and participation
• Hold regular, weekly office hours.
• Attend required training sessions and departmental meetings.
• Regularly record class attendance in Faculty Portal and submit midterm/final grades by the due date specified.
• Provide timely, periodic, and meaningful feedback to students on assignments and participation.
• Successfully completed online Faculty Certification Course, a two-week faculty online orientation and certification class administered through RMCAD’s Learning Management System.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Must live in following states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, MT, NY, TX or VA
• Candidates must have a MFA or MA within Art and Design and at least 18 graduate credit hours in the posted field or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated expertise in drawing, Illustrator, Photoshop, color theory, and design thinking.
• Official transcripts must be received before invitations to teach courses will be offered.
• Strong written, oral, and online communication skills are required.
  
  
  

How to Apply:

Review of applicants will begin immediately. Please use the online application link to submit your cover letter, CV, unofficial transcripts, examples of your professional work (website link or digital portfolio of 10 images), and student work if available. A PDF may be submitted as an alternative. The size limit for individual files is 5MB.

About RMCAD:

RMCAD is a small, premier art and design college with accreditation from HLC and NASAD, offering degrees in applied and fine arts. RMCAD’s Art Education program consists of 8-week terms. RMCAD is dedicated to living its mission and values, specifically that “Our students come first.” RMCAD is dedicated to diversity and inclusion and maintains a policy of inclusiveness that recognizes values and reflects the diversity of the community it serves. The college fosters a dynamic learning and working environment that encourages multiple perspectives and the free exchange of ideas. We welcome people from a multitude of backgrounds who are committed to creativity, academic excellence, societal and cultural evolution and betterment, civility, mutual respect, social justice, and the free and open exchange of ideas.