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Program:  Dance, Music, and Theatre
Rank:  Lecturer Faculty
Title:  Lecturer AY - Dance, Music, and Theatre

About the University:

CSUCI Mission Statement: 

About the Program: 

The Dance Studies program at CSU Channel Islands centers on dance and movement as the embodied understanding of the human experience. Dance is where bodies--both individual and communal--find deeper connection to communities, social ideas, a complex global world, and human subjectivity. Throughout their journey at CI, regardless of ability or previous access, students will connect dance to heritage, history, and social structures, preparing them to be mindful citizens and dance artists, creating a more equitable world in the twenty-first century.

The Dance Studies Major prepares students to find their own creative identities by harnessing their knowledge of bodies, cultures, and global awareness, to work in the interconnected spheres of Hollywood, Broadway, concert dance, digital platforms, education, community organizing, arts activism, dance making, somatic practice, dance therapy, social work, arts administration, and to embrace the joy of dancing.

Minimum Degree Requirements:

M.A., M.F.A., PhD., professional, or cultural proficiency. Degree requirements can vary depending on courses taught.

Required Qualifications:

• 1+ years teaching dance practice, dance performance, dance making, critical dance studies, and/or dance theory. All cultures, genres, styles, and actualizations of dance/movement practices are welcome and encouraged to apply.
• Current knowledge of and demonstrated proficiency and experience in dance studies and/or various dance practices.
• Demonstrated experience in dance performance, dance making, dance education, and/or an interdisciplinary practice with dance.
• Innovative approaches to dance pedagogy and practice reflecting the rapidly expanding and evolving field of dance studies.
• Highly effective interpersonal skills
• Develop an embodied practice for lifelong engagement with dance as a function of education, community, cultural knowledge, social justice, equity, history, ritual, and performance.
• Analyze dance as a continually evolving form acknowledging the origins, contributions, and confluences of world diasporas, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, and how race and racism, class, gender, sexuality, religion, spirituality, national origin, immigration status, ability, tribal citizenship, sovereignty, language, age, economics, and/or technology have shaped the way people move.
• Applicants should demonstrate the ability to effectively engage with a broad student population and provide mentorship that supports student academic success. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two + years teaching dance in higher education
• Recognized extensive participation in their respective dance practice, creative activities, and/or scholarship
• Highly effective oral, written, digital communication skills, including the ability to convey conceptual and complex ideas and information.
• Demonstrated culturally-relevant, responsive and sustaining pedagogy in their syllabi, curriculum, and interactions with students, faculty, staff, and/or community members who span a diverse range of languages, nationalities, ethnicities, socio-economic levels, ages, identities, abilities and/or educational experiences.
• Those with expertise outside the current course offerings such as Folklorico, West African, Martial Arts, Bharat Natyam, Flamenco, Butoh, social/vernacular dances of the Americas, please apply. We need instructors for the DANCE 359 Themes in Dance Studies course.

Responsibilities:

• Teach one or more face-to-face, synchronous online, or asynchronous online Dance Studies Courses https://performingarts.csuci.edu/programs/dance-studies.htm
• Use subject-matter expertise to impart knowledge and critical thinking skills to students
• Stay current regarding the professional body of knowledge in field of practice
• Design syllabus and curriculum as assigned
• Communicate expectations to students
• Prepare and deliver course materials
• Evaluate student learning and growth and assign grades
• Design interactive and motivational activities to fully engage participants and to reinforce student learning
• Update course materials periodically, and regularly monitor course evaluations in order to make adjustments and improvements to the curriculum
• Respond to student needs and questions
• Create an environment in which students of diverse backgrounds are supported to succeed
• Apply technology and leverage resources appropriately to enhance the curriculum (e.g. use Canvas or make arrangements for guest speakers)
• Handle mechanics of position according to deadlines. Understand how to use the computer, texts, A/V, grade submission, etc.

Application Deadline:

Applicants must submit the following materials: 

• Curriculum Vitae/Resume
• Cover Letter. Please list what potential classes you could teach.
• In your Teaching Statement, please consider how you actualize the following Programmatic Dance Studies Learning Outcomes 

  • Develop an embodied practice for lifelong engagement with dance as a function of education, community, cultural knowledge, social justice, equity, history, ritual, and performance;

  • Adapt various somatic, breathing, kinesthetic, and mindful strategies necessary for building a life connected to dance practice;

  • Integrate the practice and embodied knowledge of dance to a range of 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, digital/media literacy, creativity, and global awareness;

  • Reflect on dance as the primal form of human communication through which traditions and cultures are preserved and shared; and

  • Analyze dance as a continually evolving form acknowledging the origins, contributions, and confluences of African, Latin, Asian, European, and the Indigenous peoples of the  Americas, and how race and racism, class, gender, sexuality, religion, spirituality, national origin, immigration status, ability, tribal citizenship, sovereignty, language, age, economics, and/or technology have shaped the way people move.

• A statement describing your experience mentoring students and supporting their academic and professional growth. 

In later phases of the search process, applicants may be requested to provide verification of terminal degrees, licenses and certificates.

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