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DESCRIPTION
The Teaching + Learning Commons (the Commons) is the campus-wide innovative infrastructure for comprehensive faculty and student support. It is the executive branch of the EVC for advancing teaching excellence and student success.The mission of the Commons is to advance student success through teaching excellence and comprehensive academic student support; be an incubator for student academic success innovations; increase access to education on campus and beyond: and, actively promote equity and inclusion within the organization and through its programs and services. Through six unique but integrated hubs, the Commons’ work encompasses four areas: instructor support to enhance their teaching (inside and outside the classroom, in traditional as well as in digital teaching and learning settings); support undergraduate and graduate students to advance their success at UC San Diego and beyond; support graduate students to develop their professional development as instructors; and actively promote equity and inclusion within its organization and through its programs and services.
The Engaged Teaching Hub (ETH) is one of six hubs within The Commons. ETH promotes faculty and student success through programs and resources that support faculty and graduate students in their teaching roles. Our goal is to inspire and advance teaching excellence through evidence-based, learner-centered, and equitable teaching practices. The programs and services of ETH serve the entire university’s teaching community, including ladder-rank professors, teaching professors, non-Senate lecturers, and adjuncts, as well as graduate students working as teaching assistants and postdoctoral scholars preparing to enter the faculty ranks in the future.
The Engaged Teaching Hub (ETH) Associate Director reports to the Associate Director of the Teaching + Learning Commons and works closely with The Commons leadership team. Under the general guidance of the Associate Director of the Commons, the ETH Associate Director is responsible for: promoting teaching and learning as ongoing and collaborative processes of inquiry, experimentation, and reflection; co-leading a team of education developers dedicated to educational equity and the theory, practice, and scholarship of teaching and learning; contributing to the research on pedagogical issues that impact educators and students in higher education; and promoting a university culture that encourages the creation of learning environments in which all students can excel, thus advancing UC San Diego’s mission as a student-centered public research university.
Works collaboratively with the ETH leadership team to conceptualize and establish a comprehensive system that assists the entire university’s teaching community; serves as a campus resource for information about teaching and learning resources; sponsors and facilitates learning communities; and promotes and disseminates research and scholarship on student learning and university teaching, including effective, evidence and equity-based practices and emerging practices in program assessment.
The ETH Associate Director plays a key role in developing and implementing methods for assessing the impact of The Commons initiatives and programs on student learning, and contributes to the identification of legitimate measures of success (e.g., student retention and time to degree, students’ academic success within the university, and students’ post-university trajectories).
- Occasional evenings and weekends may be required.
- Please submit a cover letter for a complete application.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in curriculum and instruction, adult education, instructional design or a related education field with a minimum of two (2) years work experience in a higher education environment; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
- Thorough knowledge of training and development, performance management and workplace learning. Ability to apply knowledge to achieve successful organizational outcomes. Current knowledge of effective, evidence and equity-based practices and emerging trends in teaching and learning.
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion to ensure the success of groups historically underrepresented and under served in higher education.
- Advanced knowledge of training and delivery methodologies, organizational diagnosis, organization and business strategies. Evidence of the ability to design, develop and lead professional development activities and present engaging workshops and seminar discussions with educators at the university level.
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills and advanced presentation skills. Strong communication skills and service-oriented approach to individuals at all levels and across all academic disciplines.
- Excellent analytical skills to conduct analysis and develop recommendations, demonstrating organization and problem-solving skills. Excellent analytical skills.
- Advanced skills in planning, resourcing and monitoring effective training delivery. Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating educational development programs.
- Evidence of scholarly accomplishment and capacity to author research on teaching and learning.
- Advanced knowledge of functional area and understanding of how work impacts other areas in human resources and the organization. Ability to collaborate effectively with administrators, academic units, faculty, graduate students, and staff.
- Ability to independently prioritize and schedule work effectively within set guidelines to meet established deadlines, with special attention to detail and interrelationships of tasks and people.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment. Acumen and sensitivity to identify those decisions and activities which require higher level consultation and/or group collaboration.
- Earned Advanced Degree (PhD or EdD) in curriculum and instruction, adult education, instructional design or a related education field with a minimum of one (1) year work experience in a higher education environment and pertinent experience to work well with faculty members.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
- Job offer is contingent on a background check.
