AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Employer: Otis College of Art and Design
Artists, Community and Teaching Program / Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department

Position Description:
Part Time Lecturer needed to teach Teaching for Learning I (a
sophomore level ACT requirement and LAS elective) for Spring 2009 (Jan
12 – May 5).

Teaching for Learning I
SSCI212 3 credits
This course provides a historical overview of education and art
development theories and philosophies as well as social and liberation
theories. Students are introduced to models of art education such as
student centered, discipline based, and curriculum based teaching
through the arts. Topics will include student populations, popular
youth culture, diversity, inclusion, and learning styles, through
Readings, films, discussions, presentations, guest artists, and
possibly field trips. Contemporary artists who teach as part of their
practices will also be discussed. Required for participants in the ACT
Program.

Requirements:
Successful candidates will be engaged and passionate Teaching Artists
able to cover the topics listed in the above course description. Must
hold graduate degree in Fine Art or Art Education and/or K-12 Single
Subject in Art Teaching Credential. K-12 and College level teaching
experience required. Must be available Mondays 3:15-6:00 pm (Jan 12 –
May 5 2009).

Application Deadline: Must arrive by Dec. 1, 2008

To Apply:
Please send letter of interest, cv, portfolio of artist's work and
student work (CD or URL), sample syllabus and SASE for return of
materials to:

Michele Jaquis
ACT Program Coordinator
9045 Lincoln Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
mjaquis@otis.edu

About Otis:
Otis College of Art and Design prepares diverse students of art and
design to enrich our world through their creativity, their skill, and
their vision. The College offers an interdisciplinary education for
1,200 full-time students, awarding BFA degrees in advertising,
architecture/landscape/interiors, digital media, fashion design,
graphic design, illustration, interactive product design, painting,
photography, sculpture/new genres, and toy design; and MFA degrees in
fine arts, graphic design, public practice, and writing. Continuing
Education offers certificate programs as well as personal and
professional development courses.
http://www.otis.edu

About ACT:
The Artists, Community and Teaching program offers coursework that
prepares students for a range of professional practice opportunities
as community-based and/or teaching artists in diverse communities,
K-12 public and private schools, museum education departments, arts
and cultural organizations, correctional facilities and therapeutic
art programs. ACT is a CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing-approved
Subject Matter in Art program. After completion of A.C.T. and an
additional year of graduate study at a chosen teacher education
program, students will be qualified to pursue the CA Single Subject in
Art Teaching Credential needed to teach in California K-12 public
schools. This track is open only to Fine Arts majors and requires 19
credits of ACT coursework in place of LAS and Studio electives.
http://www.otis.edu/academics/act/index.html

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