FT- Tenure Track Faculty- Humanities & Performing Arts (Dance & Music)

FT- Tenure Track Faculty- Humanities & Performing Arts (Dance & Music)
Harold Washington College

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), the largest community college system in Illinois, is made up of seven colleges and five satellite sites, providing more than 70,000 students each year access to a quality, affordable education. Harold Washington College is a student-centered institution that empowers all members of its community through accessible and affordable academic advancement, career development and personal enrichment. Harold Washington College, located at 30 East Lake Street in Chicago's Loop, serves thousands of students annually by supporting each one in pursuit of a certificate or degree and ensuring they are ready to succeed in further college or a career after graduation.

Harold Washington College is currently seeking a candidate for a full-time, tenure-track teaching position in the Humanities & Music department. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in the classroom by developing and using effective teaching strategies that meet students’ diverse needs and engage the students in active skill-building related to analysis, evaluation, argumentation, appreciation, and performance, along with critical reading and writing, specifically in disciplines of the Humanities and Performing Arts. We are particularly in search of candidates with academic backgrounds in Dance and/or Music. Additional areas of interest include expertise in Popular Culture, Media, Race and Ethnicity, and/or Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. If you have passion for teaching and learning and the arts, and you are committed to the community college mission, consider joining our team!

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design courses to meet learning outcomes, and promote students’ active participation in their own learning.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and growth.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Contribute to and provide leadership for the department, and particularly the Dance Program, in academic and professional communities, and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.
• Participate in the planning and execution of performance related events and co-curricular activities
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimally, Master’s Degree in Humanities or Dance or Music or Interdisciplinary Studies with 18 graduate hours in arts-related courses (minimum), or MFA in Dance with 18+ graduate hours in arts-related appreciation or history courses.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software and Brightspace, preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students required
• Experience with a diverse, multilingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open access mission of the college.

For consideration, please submit the following:

• Cover Letter
• Resume or curriculum vitae
• Transcript (Official transcripts must be provided if hired)
• A statement of your teaching philosophy; and
• Professional letters of recommendation

• • Chicago residency is required for all full-time employees within 6 months of hire.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of Chicago.