The Teaching Quality Framework project is hiring for a full-time postdoctoral level position to help lead an innovative approach to teaching evaluation at the University of Colorado Boulder. The ideal candidate will have some engineering or engineering education experience, but we are open to those with other STEM discipline/education experience. Details below and application here: https://jobs.colorado.edu/
The Teaching Quality Framework project takes a systematic and research-based approach to transformation in education, particularly focusing on the deployment of scholarly evaluation tools and processes we use in teaching evaluation. It is part of a broader effort that seeks to improve undergraduate education at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU), through collective learning and cultural change at the departmental and institutional levels, that is being coordinated through our Center for STEM Learning (CSL). Eighteen departments / units across three colleges are currently engaged in this process and the project is expanding to work with all departments in the College of Engineering & Applied Science (CEAS). While this position will largely be focused on supporting the engagement of CEAS departments, the successful candidate will collaborate with a broad group of engaging and nationally renowned faculty, post-docs, and graduate students across multiple STEM and non-STEM departments at CU. There will also be some opportunities for dissemination through research and publication.
This is an initial 12-month appointment with an ideal start date of June 15, 2020 (flexible) which is potentially renewable, pursuant to university policies and funding. The salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience, and includes benefits as established by the university HR department. The successful candidate will collaborate with a broad group of engaging and nationally renowned faculty, post-docs, and graduate students across multiple departments at CU, with a particular focus on departments within CEAS.
As a facilitator, the postdoc will actively support departmental change through facilitation of departmental working groups that seek to identify scholarly measures of teaching effectiveness. Additionally, the postdoc will partner with faculty professional development experts in facilitating efforts as well as institutionalizing and scaling the process for improved teaching evaluation.
Our goal is to begin reviewing applications April 13, 2020, and we will continue to review applications until the position is filled. We anticipate conducting Zoom interviews with top candidates starting the week of April 27, 2020. Letters of reference will be requested at this time, to be submitted by May 11, 2020.
The leads on the project team consist of Noah Finkelstein, Sarah Andrews, Alanna Pawlak, Dena Rezaei, and Mark Gammon. Please share this post broadly with your colleagues and don't hesitate to contact Noah Finkelstein (noah.finkelstein@colorado.edu
