Stephani Stephenson on tue 6 jun 00
Couple of other points re: applying for college teaching positions.
If applying, you will usually be asked to provide 20 or so slides of the
work of your students, i.e. students you have taught, in addition to
slides of your own work, so remember to document their work , even if it
is early on in your experience. Also, likely as not, you will not get
your slides returned to you, so make dupes.
Also, Vince mentions in today's post that though full time experience
is asked for it is not always quite crucial.
I am glad to hear there is some flexibility in some cases. However, on
some written applications, you are not allowed to count anything less
than full time in the section of the application where you are asked to
prove that you meet the minimum requirements listed for the position.
More commonly you cannot count anything less than half time . In other
words, teaching one class for five years can be listed on a resume, but
cannot be listed as qualifying teaching experience at all. Six years of
teaching two classes may also boil down to zip in this section. It just
doesn't count. In general your written application is reviewed first by
a personnel department , before it is forwarded to the hiring committee.
and failure to meet the basic qualifying requirements can get you
culled early. Again, the procedure truly varies from place to place.
And again , the human element is at work behind the curtain of deadlines
and paper. That is why it is so helpful to hear genuine advice from
those who do teach and hire .
I have met few people who went after a Ceramics teaching position as
part of a calculated"career track "plan. It's got to be in your bones,
hopefully the love of teaching, the love of a vibrant, active studio,
and the love and work of clay.
And as most find out who do seek a teaching position, you are better
off doing a whole lot of living rather than a whole lot of waiting
around in the meantime!
Stephani Stephenson
mudmistress@alchemiestudio.com
Alchemie Ceramic Studio
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