Location: Moraga, CA
Open Date: Apr 12, 2024
Deadline: Apr 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description:Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's is a residential campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions, Saint Mary's currently enrolls more than 4,000 students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College.

As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary's offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and professional education. Saint Mary's reputation for excellence, innovation and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry, integrative learning and student interaction bring these traditions to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational benefits of diversity.

Position Description

The MFA in Dance educates the whole dance artist. Through the lens of a liberal arts curriculum, the program's values are shaped by the quest for truth, authenticity and community-building in a holistic model that integrates mind, body and spirit. The MFA in Dance offers two unique MFA degrees in dance: Creative Practice and Design & Production. Creative Practice has a low-residency option and the Design & Production MFA is the only one in the country specifically for dance.

Responsibilities:

Saint Mary's College seeks to hire an Instructor to teach PERFA 802, Thesis, in the MFA in Dance Graduate Program Summer 2024.

June 3 through June 28, 2024

Monday through Friday 7-10PM and Saturday 5-10PM

This course will be taught in person, on campus.

The MFA in Dance Program is a 9 semester, in-person and online program with classes for Creative Practice and Design and Production for Dance. The courses are designed around faculty mentoring, collaboration and collective communication with a somatic and social justice focus.

The duties for the course are to meet with up to two students one-on-one, and work on their thesis. Meetings during the summer semester will establish student plans as they work on both the performance and written part of their thesis. The thesis chair will read the final paper and be one of the responsible parties for signing off thesis completion and reading the final paper.



Qualifications:
Qualifications: A master's degree in a field closely related to dance, design or other related field.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to student learning and student-centered teaching in the liberal arts.

Applicants must reside in California.

Salary: $7,447 - $10,008 depending on qualifications.

The salary range for this position is covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the College and SEIU, Local 1021, available here.



To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/141916