VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR
Fine Arts Department

Requirements:

• Master of Fine Arts or equivalent degree and experience.
• Post-secondary teaching experience.
• Must be able to teach the following courses:
  - AR1360/AR1370: Visual Fundamentals (2d and 3d)
  - AR 2410/AR2430/ AR3410/ AR3430: Drawing

Successful Candidates Must: 

• Be student centered, dynamic educators with excellent interpersonal/communication skills. The ability to adapt pedagogical methodologies to accommodate a diverse student body is essential.
• Have the ability to work in a collaborative environment with fellow instructors and support staff in the areas of course development and delivery.
• Maintain an active art practice and be engaged with contemporary modes of artistic production and theoretical discourse.
• An interdisciplinary background is preferred.

This full-time sessional, leave replacement position will begin August 15, 2012, and end April 30, 2013. Grande Prairie Regional College offers an attractive benefits and remuneration package.

Competition Number: WP0787

To apply, please send a letter of application, including a current CV, contact information for 3 references, a CD with a Digital portfolio of 20 images, and examples of student work. Please ensure that files are Mac compatible. Examples of teaching effectiveness, teaching evaluations, or statements of teaching philosophy would be a welcome part of your application.

Please forward your application for this position by 4:30 p.m., Wednesday February 8, 2012, to:

Human Resources, Grande Prairie Regional College
10726 - 106 Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4C4 Fax# (780) 539-2854

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those applicants who are under consideration will be contacted.