Adjunct Teaching - School of Family Life - SFL 102: Introduction to Interiors (Evening School)

BA, BS, BFA, or Masters level degree in Interior Design or Family and Consumer Sciences Education. Preference will be given to applicants who have a Bachelor or higher in Interior Design or FCSE degree with an Associates in Interior Design.

The required degree must be completed by the start date. 

5 years minimum teaching or full time interior design experience.

Teach SFL 102 that focuses on introducing the practice of interior design. Complete duties related to teaching such as communication with students outside of class. Additional duties/expectations include but are not limited to the following:

• Teach SFL 102 that is taught on campus, Online, or through Evening School
• Responsive to students
• Grading with substantive feedback within 7 days
• Setting up for class
• Cleaning up after class
• Comfortable with technology
• Imaginative about using online formats in new ways
• Passionate about connecting with students
• Organized and careful about time management
• Devoted to learning
• Attentive to details
• Excellent at oral and written communication
• Able to teach in different modalities
• Other duties may be assigned as needed including curriculum updates and attending some meetings.

At the end of this class students should be able to:

• Become life-long observers of design and the designed environment.
• Develop a basic vocabulary of design through reading, class discussion, class demonstration and memorization.
• Increase awareness and synthesize good and poor design on well being and aesthetic response by experiencing design first-hand on campus and in the community and by responding in learning journals.
• Develop an understanding of design as a problem-solving process through discussion, first-hand experience, and by responding in learning journals.
• Develop a basic vocabulary of architectural stylistic elements and an appreciation for the historic development of the American home through reading, discussion, visual presentation, site visits, and by responding in learning journals.

BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrine and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel” (Spencer W. Kimball).

Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education.

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