Ringling College of Art and Design ยท 7 hours ago
Department Head for Fine Arts and Visual Studies
Sarasota, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/ExecutiveRingling College of Art and Design is a private professional college that prepares students in the visual arts. They are seeking a Department Head for Fine Arts and Visual Studies to provide academic and artistic leadership, oversee curricular development, and evaluate faculty performance.
ArtEducationPerforming Arts
Responsibilities
Facilitate the physical and material needs of the department
Provide initiative in curriculum and/or program development and planning
Evaluate the performance of all full-time and part-time faculty in the department
Maintain responsibility for development, review, evaluation, assessment and evolution of these academic programs
Qualification
Required
A terminal degree or its equivalent in an appropriate Arts discipline
A strong professional record of creative achievements in a Visual Arts field
Administrative capabilities and demonstrated experience in exercising leadership and consultative decision-making at the departmental level in higher education
Successful college level teaching
An ability to clearly communicate and work effectively with faculty, students, administrators and staff
Preferred
A terminal degree or its equivalent in an appropriate Fine Arts or Visual Studies discipline
Experience with key aspects of curricular development, budget activities, facilities, equipment and new technologies
Capacity to increase the national reputation of the Ringling Fine Arts program
The ability to accommodate, and support both traditional and technological approaches to Fine Arts
Awareness of both current and evolving issues facing the field and curricular strategies to best address them
Significant professional/creative practice and achievements including professional exhibition experience or other creative endeavors
Skill as a consensus builder and ability to combine and manage the interests of diverse viewpoints
Experience in the design and delivery of academic programs, program assessment, planning and budgeting
Aptitude in developing external sources of program support and external fund raising, including grants
A respected record as a teacher with empathy and understanding for the role of teaching
Benefits
Full-Time Faculty Appointment with Benefits
Reduced teaching load during the academic year
Administrative stipend
Company
Ringling College of Art and Design
Ringling College of Art and Design is a private four-year accredited college located in Sarasota, Florida
Founded in 1931
201-500 employees
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