Teaching Artist

Columbia College Chicago • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Columbia College Chicago is an acclaimed undergraduate and graduate institution that provides a comprehensive education in the arts, communications and public relations. We constantly aim to reach our full potential as an educational innovator, incubator of new creative practice and generator of real-world success for young creatives. We are in the heart of Chicago, across the street from historic Grant Park, and housed in some of the most iconic buildings in the South Loop.
Columbia College Chicago is a private urban institution of approximately 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students, four-year College offering a distinctive curriculum that blends liberal arts, creative and media arts and business is currently searching for a Teaching Artist.
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the appropriate Columbia College Chicago School Director, the Part-Time Teaching Artist is responsible for the design and delivery of foundational courses in the areas of visual art, theater, dance, and music.
In partnership with the Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education (DAE), Columbia College Chicago presents RE:ALIZE, the premier early college arts program in Chicago. Drawing high school juniors and seniors without robust arts access at their home schools to Columbia College Chicago and the Wells campus, RE:ALIZE provides a two-year sequence of standards-based, culturally relevant, rigorous coursework. In addition to completing 12 college credits in their artistic discipline through Dual Enrollment courses, RE:ALIZE students will participate in weekly workshops at Wells Community Academy High School, and complete work-based learning opportunities within their field. Each student graduates as an artistically-minded, analytical lifelong learner whose RE:ALIZE experience culminates in the presentation of a Senior Portfolio
This position is part-time, continued employment is contingent on available funding for position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in the relevant area required; Master’s degree preferred. Significant professional experience in the discipline of the course may substitute for the graduate degree, contingent upon approval from the college.
• Experience teaching and/or mentoring in secondary and/or post-secondary schools required
• Ability to establish a supportive and well-organized classroom community required
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills required

Nice To Haves

• Experience within the Canvas Learning Management System preferred
• Knowledge of Columbia College Chicago and Chicago Public Schools preferred

Responsibilities

• Deliver Columbia College Chicago courses to RE:ALIZE dual enrollment high school students in dance, music, theatre, or visual arts.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Use and stay abreast of current pedagogies and technologies that are effective in a diverse classroom.
• Collaborate with other program faculty and staff to use assessment techniques to maximize the effectiveness of classroom instruction that leads to learning outcomes attainment and student success.
• Participate in practitioner-focused meetings and trainings offered by the Department of Arts Education and/or Columbia College Chicago.
• Perform other duties as required by contract, collective bargaining agreement, and general programmatic needs in a timely manner.

Benefits

• At Columbia, we offer a rewarding work environment for our faculty and staff.
• We take pride in offering competitive benefits with affordable health, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; commuter benefit program, life and accidental, death & dismemberment coverage; paid and unpaid leave options; work/life benefits; educational assistance programs; and retirement and financial planning benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level