The University of Arizona Looking for Director, Teaching and Learning (Professor of Practice) Full Time

Posting Number: req17041

Department: UCATT

Location: Main Campus

Address: Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights

The University of Arizona’s University Center for Assessment, Teaching, and Technology (UCATT) seeks an experienced leader who is passionate about the scholarship and application of teaching and learning and educational development. The Director of Teaching and Learning comes with a Professor of Practice (non-tenured) title. This position offers the opportunity to reimagine and create impactful programming that supports instructors, increases campus capacity for evidence-based approaches to teaching, and enhances our unit as a vital, trusted partner for teaching innovation.

The incumbent will develop, iterate, implement, and oversee educational-development programs and initiatives on topics related to evidence-based teaching, inclusive pedagogies, and integration of technologies to promote student engagement and learning. They will lead a team of seven faculty members who collaborate with units across our campus to promote departmental learning around discipline-specific teaching and learning.

The University of Arizona is a large public research (R1) university that is recognized as Hispanic- and Native American-serving and is recognized for promoting evidence-based teaching as a key strategy to promote student success. UCATT’s six outward-facing teams include about 75 talented professionals who help instructors think creatively about teaching and learning. We are looking for a leader who is passionate about teaching and learning who will help us make progress toward the institutional goals of inclusion and equitable outcomes for all learners. This position will be based on our main campus in Tucson, Arizona.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Assess university teaching practices and design programs to enhance teaching and learning.
• Develop partnerships with campus units to deepen the focus on evidence-based teaching and course-assessment strategies.
• Collect and analyze participation trends to strategically enhance teaching and learning across the institution, sharing outcomes and impact.
• Supervise and mentor the faculty members on the Educational Development team to support UCATT’s mission and align with institutional values.
• Serve as a member of the Executive Committee for the College Teaching graduate interdisciplinary program and teach courses in the program.
• Support and enhance the use of peer observation of teaching and other types of evidence to document teaching effectiveness.
• Actively engage in scholarly and public interactions within higher education, teaching and learning, or other related disciplines, enhancing the reputation of the Center locally, nationally and globally.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong collaborative leadership skills, including all perspectives in decision-making.
• Technology skills to support educational innovation and educational development.
• Demonstrated ability to design in-person, online, and hybrid curriculum using Universal Design for Learning principles.
• Ability to work effectively with academic professionals across the institution
• Knowledge of and ability to integrate ethical standards of educational development for formative feedback on teaching (for example, https://podnetwork.org/about/ethical-guidelines/)
• Ability to apply evaluative strategies for summative feedback on quality teaching and learning (for example, Quality Matters criteria applied in an online course review)
• Strong planning skills, vision, and creative intelligence.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at a time.
• Excellent listening, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to apply change-management and organizational-development strategies to promote unit and team function and well-being.
• Ability to support team members to gain perspective, identify goals, and monitor progress.

Minimum Qualifications

• Terminal degree in an academic discipline, or graduate degree with 5 years of extensive experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of teaching in higher education using evidence-based instructional methods across a range of modalities, including online.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in educational development or relevant support of instructors in higher education.
• Documented evidence of technological expertise in an educational setting, or a combination of education and experience commensurate with the requirements of this position.
• Experience administering complex projects.
• Knowledge of and experience using evidence-based and equitable practices in college teaching, adult-learning principles, and effective course-based assessment strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with curriculum development and design or instructional design.
• Administrative experience managing a team in a central teaching and learning unit at an institution of higher education.
• Experience managing faculty members, coordinating annual and promotion reviews.
• Experience writing grant proposals and administering grants.
• Record of scholarship in educational research, the scholarship of teaching and learning, or the scholarship of educational development.
• Experience administering budgets to support programming.

Rank: Professor

Tenure Information

Career-Track (CT)

FLSA: Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.00

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Faculty

Benefits Eligible: Yes – Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: $90,000 – $110,000

Compensation Type: salary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE)

Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Contact Information for Candidates

Valerie Mourelatos ([email protected])

Open Until Filled: Yes

Documents Needed to Apply: Resume and Cover Letter

Diversity Statement

At the University of Arizona, we value our inclusive climate because we know that diversity in experiences and perspectives is vital to advancing innovation, critical thinking, solving complex problems, and creating an inclusive academic community. As a Hispanic-serving institution, we translate these values into action by seeking individuals who have experience and expertise working with diverse students, colleagues, and constituencies. Because we seek a workforce with a wide range of perspectives and experiences, we provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. As an Employer of National Service, we also welcome alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs and others who will help us advance our Inclusive Excellence initiative aimed at creating a university that values student, staff and faculty engagement in addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness.