The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) seeks an innovative, creative, and dynamic non-traditional fine arts librarian
and/or teaching specialist to serve as the Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning, housed in the College’s Learning
Commons. The next Director will have the vision and experience to create resources and experiences that emphasize content over form,
reflecting the changing role of the stewardship of objects in the digital age (See College Art Association Standards and Guidelines for
Visual Resources Professionals). He/she/they will lead the Center so that information literacy, intellectual access to information, critical
thinking, and the creation and management of access to information are central to the Center’s mission. The Director will also foster
an inclusive learning environment and curate resources and access to information that support learning within a diverse, global community.
The new Director will assist the College in continuing the effort to reposition the Learning Commons as the hub of creative and critical
thinking for the campus. The Learning Commons includes The Stacks book collection, audio-visual resources, the Writing Center and Career
Services, and an activated learning environment that allows for lectures, guest speakers, studio and academic tutoring, study space, and
walls for exhibiting curated works of art.
In 2020, PCA&D re-launched the academic library as a library of the future
through a new collaborative model: the Learning Commons. The 2019-2024 Strategic Plan identified the development of a series of new centers
of learning, making, and collaboration for the PCA&D community and its partners: the Center for Creative Exploration; the Institute for
Leadership, Creative Entrepreneurship, and Innovation; the repositioning of the campus within the greater Lancaster area as a Creative Hub;
and the Center for Teaching & Learning. The new Learning Commons became the site of the Center for Teaching & Learning in the summer
of 2020 and has since been the structure through which resources are accessed, information and visual literacy training occurs, and faculty
and student scholarly and creative activity are supported.
The next Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning and
Learning Commons Manager will continue this enterprise by providing leadership in professional development, supporting student learning and
development, and collecting, managing, and facilitating use of research and learning resources from the Learning Commons
collection.
The Director will continue the Center and Common’s support for the College’s current strategic plan,
which focuses on the interconnectedness of these ideas: Creativity, Partnerships, and Lancaster. The Director will also draft a new
strategic plan for the Center and Commons, drawing on the College’s new Strategic Plan to be launched AY 2023-2024 as well as the
Center’s current mission, vision, and goals.
The PCA&D Center for Teaching &
Learning supports the education of critical thinking, creative, compassionate seekers and producers of knowledge and art. Through its
programming, the Center fosters an active, ethical, and inclusive thinking and learning environment to support student development and
enrichment. The Learning Commons is an active, inclusive, and collaborative learning environment where students meet, training is provided,
and resources and services are offered to all students, faculty, and staff. Its resource collection includes physical and digital libraries
as well as art and design equipment available to all students.
In addition to management of the Learning Commons, the Director
for the Center of Teaching & Learning collaborates with two other programs hosted within the Learning Commons, the Writing Center and
Career Services, to create an integrated network of programming, resources, and training for student success.
Imparting to the PCA&D community a dedication to lifelong learning, conscious and continuous self-improvement, innovative
thinking and making, and caring for the world and people around us.
The Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning and Learning Commons Manager reports to the
Provost. PCA&D is looking for someone to help the College move forward with its work in providing excellent teaching and learning
programming as well as fulfilling the traditional duties associated with an academic Learning Commons.
This is an exempt,
full-time position, based on our Lancaster, PA campus. PCA&D offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision,
Life insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, and a 403(b) retirement plan plus match after qualifying period.
For consideration,
please submit the following to [email protected]:
Communication will generally be limited to candidates selected for additional consideration. Review of
applicants will begin immediately; applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Priority will be given to applications
received by July 5, 2023
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