Faculty Qualifications
-Earned Master’s degree in Art Education or a closely related field, conferred no later than by the start date of Fall 2026.
-Minimum three years of PK–12 visual art teaching experience in public, private, charter, or community-based educational settings required for clinical teaching supervision (graduate-student teaching may count when full instructional responsibility is documented, in compliance with TEA clinical supervision expectations).
Preferred Qualifications
-In addition to the required qualifications, individuals with the following preferred qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply:
-Earned PhD, or EdD in Art Education or a closely related field, conferred no later than by the start date of Fall 2026.
-Documented experience in curriculum design or instructional leadership, such as:
-Participation in district or institutional curriculum committees
-Authorship of curriculum guides or instructional frameworks
-Leadership in program development
-Design of professional learning programs or methods courses
-Familiarity with the licensure process for pre-service public school art educators.
-Experience in community-engaged art education, museum education, arts-and-wellbeing, or place-based art education.
-Evidence of professional contributions to the field (e.g., presentations, published work, workshops, creative research).
-Teaching experience in higher education, including supervision or mentorship of pre-service art educators.
-Experience developing innovative curricula or multimodal art-education projects that integrate emerging technologies.
-Documented service to professional organizations (e.g., TAEA, NAEA) or collaboration with schools, museums, nonprofits, or cultural institutions.
