Continuing Education, Start Making Comics - Youth In-Person Instructor
About The Position
RISD Continuing Education is seeking a practicing art and design educator interested in supporting the growth of aspiring teen artists interested in exploring future career opportunities. The ideal candidate has art education experience, a history of successful freelance art/design work, and extensive knowledge of potential career paths in art. Applicants should be ready to teach online while delivering a course to a diverse group of students with various abilities and experiences. We welcome candidates whose teaching experience addresses historically underrepresented communities. As a youth programs instructor, you will lead teens toward aspiring career paths while problem-solving through art and design. Our program emphasizes design thinking, communicating, and creating, and students will look to you for guidance while navigating daily prompts and assignments. Each class will serve as an opportunity for your students to develop socially and intellectually; by the end of the course, they will have identified new (or hone in on existing) academic and career goals with your help.
Requirements
- BS, BFA or Art/Design Major required
- Teaching experience, including the ability to create syllabi and lesson plans, and how to tie those to learning outcomes
- Demonstrated expertise in start making comics
- Ability to convey complex art and design concepts to students with varied skills (novice to advanced) in a condensed time frame
- Accept and act upon constructive feedback from course evaluations by students and staff.
- Ability to develop and implement diverse teaching and learning for learners from a variety of educational backgrounds, environments and expectations
- Ability to meet RISD’s technology requirements
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience teaching K-12 in art and design
- Expressed interest in career planning and preparation for teens
- Masters degree
- Teaching certification/certificate
- Knowledge and understanding of early-mid childhood learner principles and respect for students
Responsibilities
- 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 essential competencies of artists and designers.
- Guide students with empathy.
- Deliver courses to a diverse group of students from a range of abilities and experiences.
- Introduce the very basics of comic strips and single-page formats.
- Develop basic characters and settings.
- Craft a narrative in just a few panels to get to the essentials of the story.
- Consider creative ways to enhance your story with simple panel structures.
- Complete comics with inking and lettering.
- Create syllabi and lesson plans, and tie those to learning outcomes.
- Convey complex art and design concepts to students with varied skills (novice to advanced) in a condensed time frame.
- Accept and act upon constructive feedback from course evaluations by students and staff.
- Develop and implement diverse teaching and learning for learners from a variety of educational backgrounds, environments and expectations.
- Meet RISD’s technology requirements.
Benefits
- Personalized support from our program manager to enhance your teaching.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
