Course Director - Creative Writing BFA Job at Full Sail University in Town of Fl

If you're looking for the chance to learn, grow, and make a contribution to the community, look at employment opportunities with Full Sail University. You'll find your choice of career opportunities, great benefits, an environment that welcomes and values creativity, and a work experience that is both challenging and rewarding!In the Creative Writing Bachelor of Fine Arts program, students will conduct research, hone their storytelling skills, and demonstrate proficiency in a variety of narrative structures. Coursework is focused on the creation of stories in script and prose, articulating one’s brand as a writer and practical business considerations of writers-for-hire to design new narratives in a variety of media formats. Course Directors may be required to teach both on-campus and online. All positions are full time, on-campus in Winter Park, FL.

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
• Create an environment of learning through effective teaching skills, maintain student-centered focus, and update curriculum to keep current and relevant to industry standards.
• Utilize a variety of teaching strategies and encourage active learning.
• Create learning activities, including assignments, tests, quizzes, and labs, and assess student outcomes in a timely manner through effective assessment and constructive feedback to students to support the learning process.
• Perform lectures for campus courses and hold scheduled virtual course meetings for online courses. Teaching will be conducted through on-campus and online delivery.
• Interact positively with diverse student populations; provide all students with equal opportunities for learning.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the industry, maintain knowledge and skill relevancy through continuing education as defined in the faculty development plan.
• Other Responsibilities :
• Adheres to the policies and procedures of Full Sail University
• Maintains strict confidentiality of student and company information
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to the mission and values of the organization
• Adheres to company attendance standards
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Supervisory Responsibilities :
• Oversee the integrity of curriculum and degree learning outcomes.
• Competencies :
• Experience teaching Literature.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including proofreading and editing for grammar and punctuation
• Ability to provide detailed formative and summative feedback on student projects
• Ability to multitask while working independently and collaboratively with other teachers and university staff
• Ability to interact professionally and constructively with students and staff at all levels in an immersive, fast-paced environment
• Education and / or Experience :
• The ideal candidate must have a minimum of four (4) years related to written content creation for entertainment mediums such as film, television / web series, comics, video games, or other published writing. Must be able to provide verifiable work experience that does not include teaching. Required to hold a Master's or Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, English, or a writing- or communications-related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
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• Skills :
• Communication, teamwork, and flexibility / adaptability
• Empathy toward student issues / concerns
• Proficiency using software programs such as MS Word, Excel, Keynote / PowerPoint, Outlook, and in creating effective and engaging course assets using the Adobe Creative Cloud applications
• Experience in designing and presenting live and virtual training sessions
• Environmental Factors / Physical Demands :
• Work is performed in an office and classroom environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to maintain active student and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system. May be subject to; bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to thirty (30) pounds.Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Mission
• People from around the world come to Full Sail University to pursue their educational goals, and they share one thing in common – a passion for a creative future in the entertainment and media industry. Full Sail’s mission is to provide students with an innovative style of education, delivered by a staff of dedicated individuals, that addresses potential career opportunities available in an ever-growing, constantly evolving industry. We do this by developing unique curricula that combine elements of creativity, art, business and life skills, technical prowess, and academic achievement. Our education is delivered via immersive teaching methods, both in Full Sail’s real-world production studios and classrooms, as well as through our online learning environment. Every one of our degree programs is designed to provide students with knowledge and real-world experience that will help them realize their career goals in the entertainment and media industry.
• Full Sail’s Unifying Principles
• At Full Sail, we believe that what we give to each other and our students comes back to each of us individually and to the school as a whole. Therefore, we are totally committed to the individual success of each member of our staff family. As a staff family, we are dedicated to taking a sincere interest in the success of every student and client who comes through our doors

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