Continuing Education Instructor, Design & Illustration For Children's Books

Rhode Island School of Design • Providence, RI

17h • Remote

About The Position

RISD Continuing Education instructors plan, organize, teach, and provide feedback to promote and direct student learning in keeping with the institutional learning-centered values and in a manner that meets the essential competencies of an artist and designer. Our instructors respond to students in a timely manner and communicate with the discipline and division via college-provided tools and resources. We welcome instructors whose teaching experience addresses historically underrepresented communities. The successful candidate should be prepared to teach asynchronous online courses to a diverse group of students from a range of disciplines, through online content development, including recorded video demonstrations and/or lectures provided weekly for the course duration. Candidates should be prepared to develop culturally diverse syllabi for studio and seminar courses, and weekly feedback to student work that models constructive criticism that encourages students to grow creatively and intellectually. We are looking for an instructor whose specialty is in Design & Illustration For Children's Books. The successful candidate will need to be able to teach visual storytelling by thoughtfully combining images and text. This course will cover the process of developing sketches and taking storyboards into polished and well-paced picture book layouts. Having essential skills in overall design layout for story interpretation, character development and visual pacing for a picture book audience is a must.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• A track record of professional experience at companies successfully doing related work, and/or a robust, creative, intellectually and critically engaged design or studio practice, as evidenced by recognition in publications, commissions, exhibitions, awards and/or collaborative projects
• Teaching experience, including the ability to create syllabi and lesson plans, and how to tie those to learning outcomes
• Ability to accept and act upon constructive feedback from course evaluations by students and staff
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Ability to meet RISD’s technology requirements
• Experience leading classes and critiques that model inclusivity in an environment of diverse learners
• Ability to tailor instruction to meet the needs students with a wide range of pre-existing skills
• In-depth knowledge of design and illustration specifically for children's book

Nice To Haves

• Teaching experience in a collegiate or adult education setting that addresses underrepresented communities
• Online teaching experience, or experience utilizing an LMS
• MFA preferred or equivalent in established professional practice in area of study
• Lifelong learning orientation with demonstrated interest in learning about new developments in their area of study
• Ability to empathically relate to a wide range of student perspectives and maturely handle interpersonal issues that may arise
• Experience in course content development, including video creation of demonstrations and lectures

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, teach, and provide feedback to promote and direct student learning.
• Respond to students in a timely manner.
• Communicate with the discipline and division via college-provided tools and resources.
• Develop culturally diverse syllabi for studio and seminar courses.
• Provide weekly feedback to student work that models constructive criticism.
• Teach visual storytelling by thoughtfully combining images and text.
• Cover the process of developing sketches and taking storyboards into polished and well-paced picture book layouts.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level