Job Details

Position Summary:
The Digital Media Arts instructor – Photography position is a full-time faculty position that includes instruction, office hours and professional contributions to the college community to create an innovative and engaging learning environment.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Using each course outline, facilitate student learning, provide effective instruction in both on-campus and online modalities, and perform evaluations of student learning for the following courses:

Lead and/or co-lead faculty for the following courses:
PHO 122: Film and Darkroom Photography
PHO 111: Photography I
PHO 129: Black and White Digital Imaging
PHO 174: PHO Co-op Education I
PHO 204: Color Photo Design
PHO 189: Study Problems
PHO 210: Alternative Processes
PHO 231: Portfolio Seminar
PHO 211: Large Format Photography I
PHO 274: PHO Co-op Education II
PHO 212: Large Format Photography II
PHO 227: Photojournalism

In addition to the lead/co-lead faculty role, the Photography instructor will perform the following duties:
• Teach other courses within the Photography department.
• Be committed to online teaching and learning which includes following pedagogical standards for quality course development/instruction.
• Participate actively in curriculum planning and development, assessment, syllabus writing, development of examinations, development of labs, development of open education resources “OER” (free textbooks) and selection of learning materials, program evaluation and marketing/recruitment.
• Provide leadership in identifying trends and working with other faculty to develop new curriculum to address these trends.
• Work with other faculty and administrators in the promotion and marketing of the Photography programs and/or collaborative programs.
• Participate in program level learning assessment. Participation includes helping articulate learning outcomes, choosing and administering measures, collecting and submitting relevant data, evaluating student performance, and suggesting changes to improve student learning.
• Schedule, supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in internship, field experience, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Be available to students via email, phone, or personal conferences on-campus or online.
• Meet all classes and other scheduled responsibilities such as office hours and meetings at the designated times.
• Manage relationships with key transfer institutions and recommend strategies to maintain program articulation and activities/initiatives that encourage student completion.
• Mentor part-time faculty teaching courses within the Department.
• Actively support student success through advising and assisting individual students.
• Participate in department, division, and general faculty meetings, applicable college committee activities, and other forms of College service.
• Actively participate in advisory committee work to connect program and students to industry and career paths.
• Remain current in academic or program discipline, including attending professional conferences, and maintaining licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate.
• Receive training or stay current in technological or pedagogical advances that promote student learning.
• Participate in college professional development activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Hours/Schedule: Hours vary based on class schedules.
Professional Instructors shall be responsible for a total of 450 contact hours per academic year. Each instructor is expected to be on campus at least four (4) days per week. If more than 25% of an Instructor’s base load contact hours are taught online, the Instructor is expected to be on campus for a minimum of three (3) days per week.

All professional instructors have a year-round professional responsibility to the College. The professional instructor’s base load responsibilities shall consist of (1) teaching/teaching preparation; (2) development and review (including curriculum, teaching methods, learning technologies); (3) department and institutional work (such as student outcomes assessment, curricular improvement), (4) student recruitment and student guidance, and (5) professional development.

An example of a typical professional faculty schedule for the Fall and/or Winter semester is below.

Base Load Assignment for Full Time Professional Faculty
Professional instructors will hold a minimum of five (5) office hours per week 5
Professional instructors shall be available for five (5) hours per week for meetings 5
Professional instructors shall be accountable for fifteen (15) preparation hours per week 15
Professional instructor shall be accountable for fifteen (15) hours of classroom instruction per week 15
Professional Faculty – 40-hour work week 40

Commitment to Professional Responsibilities—Faculty must make the work at WCC the primary work in their lives. Faculty must work well and hard to meet the goals of the College. Being a professional faculty member at Washtenaw Community College is a year-round responsibility which includes curriculum development, professional improvement and development, and other professional responsibilities.

 

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited Institution in Fine Arts, Photography or photo-related discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Professional experience related to course content as evidenced by portfolio review by WCC full-time faculty required.
• Demonstrated command of Adobe Cloud required.