Oakton Community College
Humanities Faculty - Film (PTHUM-25) - Oakton College
Oakton Community College, Skokie, Illinois, United States, 60077
Oakton College, a caring community of educators dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning, seeks faculty to join our College. Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. Candidates with a commitment to working in a culturally competent environment are especially valued at Oakton. We encourage applications from candidates who reflect the increasing diversity of Oakton’s student body and community, who will enhance and promote engagement with other cultures, and have a demonstrated commitment to working with and as part of a multicultural faculty and diverse student body and community. Located seventeen miles from downtown Chicago, Oakton serves northern Cook County with campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie, Illinois.
Job Description HUM 160 – Introduction to Film
(credit hours: 4, lecture 3 | lab 1). Survey of the historical development of film, emphasizing films and innovations that influenced film as an art form. Topics include basic film language, editing, light, sound, camera movement, and related topics.
Course offers a survey of the historical development of global cinema outside of Hollywood and the United States, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production, distribution, and exhibition, as well as changes in national identity. These have had significant influence on cinema as an international art form.
HUM 260 – Perspectives on Film
(credit hours: 4, lecture 3 | lab 1). Presents different modes of filmmaking, including narrative, documentary, and animation. Content includes current critical methodologies: genre theory, authorship theory, star theory, national cinema, feminist film theory, and structuralist theory.
Duties and Responsibilities
Construct a course syllabus for each course assigned, consistent with the generic course syllabus, stipulating course objectives, content and grading criteria.
Prepare course presentations and instructional materials using active learning methods and a variety of instructional strategies, deliver instruction to students with those presentations and materials at each class session delivered in person on campus or online.
Meet with courses and laboratories at scheduled times.
Instruct, advise, consult with and evaluate the performance of enrolled students.
Maintain clear records on student performance involved with the evaluation and grading of student performance.
Participate in department meetings and comply with department decisions regarding instructional matters.
Participate in department and institutional assessments of student learning and in department and institutional surveys.
Comply with institutional procedures.
Attend and participate in divisional meetings, committee, task force, and other institutional organization meetings, as assigned.
Schedule office hours with at least one office hour held weekly for every three credit hours taught.
Engage in professional development activities to maintain professional skills and currency in the profession and improve the quality of student learning.
Requirements Master’s degree in the specified area, or master’s degree in a related area, with at least eighteen graduate semester hours in the specified area (based on course content).
Prior college teaching experience is preferred.
Additional Qualifications or Position Requirements Unique to This Search:
Ability to teach a range of film courses; Ability to teach interdisciplinary course HUM 124 – African American Culture and the Arts is preferred.
Application Instructions For further details, visit our website at www.oakton.edu and select the Employment link to view Employment Opportunities. Please be sure to have a current resume, cover letter, and list of, at least, three (3) professional references with contact information prepared to submit with your application.
Oakton College conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment. Convictions are not a bar to employment.
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Job Description HUM 160 – Introduction to Film
(credit hours: 4, lecture 3 | lab 1). Survey of the historical development of film, emphasizing films and innovations that influenced film as an art form. Topics include basic film language, editing, light, sound, camera movement, and related topics.
Course offers a survey of the historical development of global cinema outside of Hollywood and the United States, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production, distribution, and exhibition, as well as changes in national identity. These have had significant influence on cinema as an international art form.
HUM 260 – Perspectives on Film
(credit hours: 4, lecture 3 | lab 1). Presents different modes of filmmaking, including narrative, documentary, and animation. Content includes current critical methodologies: genre theory, authorship theory, star theory, national cinema, feminist film theory, and structuralist theory.
Duties and Responsibilities
Construct a course syllabus for each course assigned, consistent with the generic course syllabus, stipulating course objectives, content and grading criteria.
Prepare course presentations and instructional materials using active learning methods and a variety of instructional strategies, deliver instruction to students with those presentations and materials at each class session delivered in person on campus or online.
Meet with courses and laboratories at scheduled times.
Instruct, advise, consult with and evaluate the performance of enrolled students.
Maintain clear records on student performance involved with the evaluation and grading of student performance.
Participate in department meetings and comply with department decisions regarding instructional matters.
Participate in department and institutional assessments of student learning and in department and institutional surveys.
Comply with institutional procedures.
Attend and participate in divisional meetings, committee, task force, and other institutional organization meetings, as assigned.
Schedule office hours with at least one office hour held weekly for every three credit hours taught.
Engage in professional development activities to maintain professional skills and currency in the profession and improve the quality of student learning.
Requirements Master’s degree in the specified area, or master’s degree in a related area, with at least eighteen graduate semester hours in the specified area (based on course content).
Prior college teaching experience is preferred.
Additional Qualifications or Position Requirements Unique to This Search:
Ability to teach a range of film courses; Ability to teach interdisciplinary course HUM 124 – African American Culture and the Arts is preferred.
Application Instructions For further details, visit our website at www.oakton.edu and select the Employment link to view Employment Opportunities. Please be sure to have a current resume, cover letter, and list of, at least, three (3) professional references with contact information prepared to submit with your application.
Oakton College conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment. Convictions are not a bar to employment.
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