POSITION SUMMARY
The Visual and Performing Arts Department at the Community College of Aurora serves our diverse community by providing high-quality instruction and support services to prepare students for transfer and employment. With a strong foundation in diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as student-centering practices, the V&PA program offers classes and certificates in Art, Graphic Design, Music & Theatre.
We are seeking a qualified art instructor to join our team and teach drawing and other art courses such as art appreciation, painting, 2-D and 3-D design.
The successful candidate must embrace and exemplify the college values of respect, collaboration, quality, access, diversity, and inclusion at all levels of engagement. This person must be familiar with the issues facing the theatre professional today; be skillful in the use of technology in education and in theatrical fields; be fully committed to equity diversity and inclusion; and show passion for teaching and commitment to student success.
OVERVIEW OF CCA
The Community College of Aurora serves our diverse community by providing high-quality instruction and support services to prepare students for transfer and employment. We are particularly interested in applicants that demonstrate a commitment to working with individuals and groups from diverse identities, including but not limited to: socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, multilingual learners, veterans, non-traditional, race and ethnic backgrounds.
More than 20 different languages and 60 countries are represented at CCA. In addition to traditional degree and certificate programs, CCA offers non-credit professional development courses, customized training, and economic and workforce development resources to employer partners and individual professionals seeking to enhance the capacity and productivity of their workforce or individual knowledge and skills. The college centers diversity, equity, and inclusion and we actively seek to employee partners who want to join us in working to reducing outcome gaps among our diverse student population.