Adjunct Faculty - VACA

## Description

**POSITION**: Adjunct Faculty

**DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM:** VACA

**PAY RANGE:** $450 - $1,300 per semester credit hour (SCH). Faculty are contracted per SCH. Actual compensation within this range is determined by factors including academic credentials, relevant professional experience, discipline, and course enrollment. Courses with lower enrollment may be prorated within this range in accordance with university policy.

**QUALIFICATIONS**: Master’s degree in Education, Master of Fine Arts with high school teaching experience, or a Bachelor’s degree in Education with high school teaching experience.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**: To serve as an adjunct faculty member for ***VACA 398 Secondary School Art Methods.*** Adjunct faculty are responsible for providing a quality in-person learning environment at their institution. They will design syllabi, lessons, activities, assignments, and assessments to meet the course objectives and institutional learning outcomes, while addressing students' diverse needs as learners. Additionally, they will meet all deadlines for submitting attendance, grades, and data collection for the assessment of student learning.

Adjunct faculty will teach students how to

• *Identify characteristics of an effective art teacher*
• *Identify principles of learning that affect student achievement*
• *Create clear, concise instructional objectives aligned with Virginia Standards of Learning in the Visual Arts*
• *Create clear and complete developmentally appropriate lesson plans in art*
• *Analyze a variety of instructional and technological strategies for differentiated instruction*
• *Develop assessment plans consistent with learning objectives, instruction, and student performance.*
• *Design a developmentally appropriate classroom management plan including parent communication*
• *Develop a philosophy statement for teaching art.*

• **APPOINTMENT DATE**: Fall 2026. Position start date is August 18, 2026. EMU reserves the right to fill the position at any time or keep the position open.
• **WHY TEACH AT EMU?**

• Opportunity to teach and mentor students in your area of expertise
• Flexible scheduling that compliments a clinical practice, research, or other professional work
• Be part of a campus community focused on academic excellence, peace and justice, and active faith

**INQUIRIES:** Application review begins immediately and is ongoing. Application materials including cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts (unofficial acceptable), and contact information for three professional references should be submitted with the application. The cover letter should include information on how the candidate's experience will contribute to EMU's mission. The final candidate will be required to provide official transcripts upon hire.

**HOW TO APPLY:** Select Apply and follow instructions. If you are a current employee, log into your Paycom account to apply.

*Eastern Mennonite University (*[*<http://www.emu.edu>*](http://www.emu.edu/)*) is a private, faith-based, liberal arts university in Harrisonburg, Virginia known for academic excellence and affordability with a focus on service, social justice, and global engagement. With more than 1500 students studying at our main campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia; at our Lancaster, Pennsylvania instructional site; and online, EMU offers rigorous academic study at the undergraduate and graduate level.*

*EMU is committed to an inclusive and equitable campus community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and can be their authentic self. Our goal is to remove the barriers that underrepresented and marginalized groups have frequently encountered in our society. We commit to address the structures that produce discrimination, racial injustice, gender inequities and other forms of oppression, and to fully include LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and other members of historically minoritized communities.*

*EMU encourages students, faculty and staff to live their faith and values through service to others, peacemaking, cross-cultural engagement and sustainability. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, EMU is committed to enhancing our community and encourages applications from qualified individuals with varied backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who would deepen the diversity of the University.*