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Assistant Professor - Art and Design Education

Employer
Pratt Institute
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Job Details

Assistant Professor - Art and Design Education

Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Open Date:
Oct 24, 2018
Description:

The Department of Art and Design Education seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art and Design Education to further strengthen and expand the department’s innovative approach to teaching art and design in partnership with New York City’s public schools and community-based institutions.

The successful candidate will transition into leading the newly designed, clinically-rich fieldwork and student teaching experience, both graduate and undergraduate. Such leadership requires: the ability to teach courses preparing students for professional certification; familiarity with the theory and practice of accountability and professional dispositions in teacher education; and experience as a mentor and supervisor in the field. Effective administrative and inter-personal skills are necessary to develop collaborative partnerships with Pratt faculty and administrators, New York City teachers, principals and administrators, and professional colleagues in the fields of Art and Design education and teacher accountability across the country.

Located on a historic 25-acre landscaped campus in the culturally diverse Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, Pratt is an internationally recognized school of art, design, architecture, information science, and liberal arts and sciences, which attracts students from diverse cultural and geographic backgrounds. We are committed to developing and sustaining a diverse and inclusive community, and to shaping an environment for teaching, learning, research, creative and professional work that advances this vision.

Department Description

The graduate and undergraduate programs prepare students to integrate their intensive studio preparation with learning how to teach, in the context of contemporary art and design practices. Students engage in fieldwork and student teaching experiences that help them integrate their studio work, studies in liberal arts, education theory, and teaching practice. Students are provided opportunities to do research and to work with populations that have the least access to art and design education in a variety of different settings including schools, community-based organizations, and museums. Students are encouraged to address complex social issues, experiment with new ideas and materials, and consider themselves collaborators and partners in addressing the possible role of art and design in social change and transformation.

For specific information about the ADE programs please visit:

Undergraduate

https://www.pratt.edu/academics/school-of-art/undergraduate-school-of-art/art-and-design-education/

Graduate

https://www.pratt.edu/academics/school-of-art/graduate-school-of-art/art-and-design-education-grad/

Faculty Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to actively engage in ongoing faculty deliberations about how to best shape and realize an asset-based approach to art and design education, including equitable, culturally-relevant learning opportunities. The successful candidate will participate in departmental and course-level assessment practices that reduce, the barriers to equitable learning opportunities as well as entry into the fields of art and design.

The successful candidate will teach up to six courses a year, both graduate and undergraduate. A course release will be provided for the leadership of clinically-rich practices which includes administrative and academic responsibilities. The successful candidate will be asked to contribute to the interdisciplinary and collaborative culture of the program, as well as Pratt Institute, through service on departmental and institutional committees and initiatives and an active professional practice.


Qualifications:

Required

  • A terminal degree (Ph.D, Ed.D or MFA ) in Art Education or Art and Design Field
  • College teaching experience
  • Experience with clinical supervision and mentoring
  • Familiarity with emerging theory and practice in curriculum design and pedagogy in art and design education.
  • Teacher certification in Visual Arts
  • A minimum of three years, full-time teaching art and/or design in public schools.
  • Demonstrated commitment to providing inclusive and equitable learning opportunities in art and design education.

Preferred

  • Experience with curriculum design
  • An active creative practice
  • Familiarity with the theory and practice of accountability and professional dispositions in teacher education
  • Demonstrated expertise in the integration of new media technology in art and design education
  • Evidence of scholarly practice.

Application Instructions:

Please upload a current CV, letter of application, 10 examples of your personal work, 10 examples of student work (K-12 and higher education), an analysis of your teaching practice (K-12 and higher education), and the names and contact information for three professional references.

Organization

About Pratt Institute

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Pratt Institute is a coeducational, private, professional college offering associate, bachelor and master's degree programs in art and design, architecture and library science. The Institute has been educating professionals for productive careers in artistic and technical fields since its founding on its present site in Brooklyn in 1887 by the industrialist and philanthropist Charles Pratt. His revolutionary philosophy of education emphasized applied knowledge and the teaching of specific skills demanded by a growing industrial economy.

The Institute currently occupies 25 tree-filled acres in the landmark Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn-an historic residential district featuring turn-of-the-century brownstones, Victorian mansions and wide tree-canopied boulevards. Midtown Manhattan, the heart of New York City, is a 1/2-hour subway ride away and offers students a wealth of vocational, cultural and recreational opportunities. Pratt is the only college for art and design on the east coast that has a traditional enclosed campus with on-site student housing.pratt_institute1.jpg

Pratt is one of the largest undergraduate and graduate schools for art, design and architecture in the country and offers a wide range of cross discipline study options, dual degrees and major concentrations. The Institute houses five schools: Architecture, Art and Design, Information and Library Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Professional Studies.pratt_institute2.jpg

The Institute's 25-acre campus contains twenty-four buildings, including landmark Romanesque and Renaissance Revival-style structures, clustered around spacious lawns and tree-canopied plazas. Sixteen buildings contain extensive studio, shop and technical facilities needed to support work in all media-from the traditional to the experimental. Five buildings are student residences. All have computer networking capacities and are Internet accessible. Computer labs, established with the most current equipment and the latest software, are available for instructional purposes and individual project use. Gallery space is extensive and the work of students, alumni, staff and other well-known artists is shown throughout the academic year. Pratt's Library, an historical landmark built in 1896, was the first fully automated academic library in the New York City area. Its art and architecture collection is excellent and contains approximately 208,000 volumes, 500 periodical and newspaper subscriptions, 66,000 slides, 190,000 pictures, 50,000 microforms, and 45,000 governmental documents.

The energy, foresight, money and spirit Charles Pratt gave to his dream remains even today. Here careers are molded, and goals, like those of Charles Pratt, are encouraged. Inscribed on the seal of the Institute is the motto: Be True To Your Work And Your Work Will Be True To You.

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