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Title Information

Faculty TitleLecturer IJob Class Code00050FLSAExempt Position Information

Posting NumberFRGV0964Working TitleSchool of Art: 3YA Lecturer in CeramicsNumber of Vacancies1LocationRio Grande ValleyDivision/OrganizationDivision of Academic AffairsAppointment Period for Non-Tenure Position3 yearsTenure StatusNon Tenure TrackFTE1.0Scope of Job

The School of Art at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) seeks applications for three-year appointment (renewable annually based on favorable evaluations) to start Fall 2020. We are seeking an educator, artist, and technician who will join our dynamic faculty in studio art, art history, and art education. The candidate will actively contribute to our Art program, especially ceramics and the 3D area. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching, art program/curriculum development, and a willingness to promote the UTRGV ceramics program. A large part of this position will involve the technical repair and maintenance of equipment, inventory, troubleshooting, and assisting students in the proper use of all equipment. Extensive knowledge and experience working with kilns, clay/glaze materials, and ceramic studio equipment is required. The successful applicant will be able to build relationship with colleagues and K-12 educators in the Rio Grande Valley and demonstrate experience working with underrepresented populations and/or diversity initiatives. The successful candidate will teach on both the Brownsville and Edinburg campuses.

The successful candidate will be assigned the standard academic teaching load for a Lecturer that can include undergraduate and graduate courses, supervision of student teachers, and/or curatorial projects. In addition, the successful candidate may work closely with community-based arts education organizations and constituents in area public schools, and will have the opportunity to develop new or revised offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Involvement with interdisciplinary graduate programming, museum programming, and other teaching within the department is encouraged.

The UTRGV School of Art has a 73,000-square foot facility (Edinburg) with the highest quality studios and labs in graphic design, sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, printmaking, digital photography and film photography with a wet lab. The School of Art also has a facility (Brownsville) with 20,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space with very unique 20-foot-high ceilings in all of their studios for optimum student art production in painting, ceramics, sculpture photography (digital and film), printmaking, drawing, an iMac lab for computer imaging and graphics, and a 3000-square foot out door open area for experimental art.

UTRGV faculty will be expected to demonstrate a strong commitment to student success and to advancing the university, college, and program missions, as well as a commitment to UTRGV’s guiding principles (https://www.utrgv.edu/strategic-plan/), which include promoting access to postsecondary education to a diverse student body and to become one of the largest and most successful Hispanic-serving emerging research institutions in the U.S.A.

Minimum Qualifications

MFA from an accredited institution.

Discipline Specific Required Qualifications

This position requires close collaboration with the Ceramic faculty and the department. The candidate will play an active role in the management of the area while maintaining standards as determined by tenure-tenure track ceramics faculty.

Applicants must present evidence of their potential to effectively teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. They must supervise research activities of students. The successful candidate will have the breadth and knowledge to teach art foundation courses, ceramics at all levels, and other 3D courses. In addition to their area of specialty, the candidate will also be conversant in the historical and contemporary movements within the field of ceramics.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with a potter’s wheel.

License or Certification Required?NoSalaryCommensurate with Qualifications and ExperienceDesired Start Date09/01/2020 Posting Detail Information

EEO Statement

EEO Statement
UTRGV is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to hire without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or veteran status. UTRGV takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Diversity Statement
UTRGV is a Hispanic-serving Institution dedicated to student success and building a diverse faculty committed to working in a multicultural environment. UTRGV has an NSF ADVANCE grant to increase the representation of women in STEM fields and to promote a positive, family friendly workplace for all faculty. We strongly encourage applications from women and minorities.

Open Date11/13/2019Close Date01/15/2020Additional Information

UTRGV is a distributed institution. As such and as assigned, the position may
require presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Work is
performed primarily in a general office environment. This position is security sensitive
and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code
§51.215. The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of
Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least
135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement
Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week
and at least 135 days in length.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dear Applicant,

Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:

*Date of Birth
*Social Security Number
*Gender
*Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission.

Complete all sections on the application. If you are applying for the first time please complete all biographical information including address, email and phone. You may update this at any time by selecting to edit your profile in the application. This is a security sensitive position. All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). CBCs will be conducted for all candidates invited for an on-campus interview.

To apply for this job posting visit: careers.utrgv.edu.

All required documents must be upload online to be considered for this position:

1.Cover letter – include a description of how your teaching and/or scholarship will advance the creative, professional and critical thinking and intercultural competence in all students – Also the description of the technical competency in a ceramic studio.
2. CV.
3. Contact information for 3 references.
4. Teaching philosophy.
5. Additional documents: Applicant’s work: 15 jpg images* with image checklist & Student work: 15 jpg images* completed under the applicant’s direction, with image checklist
7. Unofficial transcripts (all levels – Once hired, official transcript are required)
8. Other Document: Provide a link to a website containing these images may be provided.

Please Note

Texas law requires faculty members whose primary language is not English to
demonstrate proficiency in English as determined by a satisfactory paper-based
test score of 500 (computer-based of 173 or internet-based of 61) on the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a satisfactory test score of 6.0 on the
International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Incomplete applications
will not be considered. All positions are subject to budget approval.

Quick Linkhttp://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/23195Posting Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Applicant DocumentsRequired Documents

1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
2. Teaching Philosophy
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Unofficial Transcripts
5. Other Document
6. List of 3 References
7. Additional Document

Optional Documents

1. Resume
2. Writing / Publication Sample
3. Reference Letter 1
4. Reference Letter 2
5. Reference Letter 3
6. Multi Media
7. Certifications and Licenses
8. Training Certificates
9. Evidence of Teaching Effectiveness
10. Unofficial Transcripts 2
11. Unofficial Transcripts 3
12. Letter of Interest
13. Unofficial Graduate Transcripts
14. Teaching Statement
15. Research Statement
16. NCCPA Certification
17. State Licensure