Title: Associate Director for Educational Development
Company: University of Illinois at Chicago
Location: Chicago, IL
Associate Director for Instructional Innovation – (Job ID # 1028532)
Posting Close Date: 01/15/2025
The Associate Director for Educational Development is responsible for engaging UIC instructors on our health science colleges in professional learning opportunities that advance student-centered, inclusive, and innovative teaching strategies. Responsibilities include developing and deploying online resources, consultation services, and programs such as workshops and webinars that are grounded in learning theory and empirical research and advocate for adoption of teaching methods effective in supporting diverse learners. The Associate Director will collaborate with college and unit leadership, instructors, and staff within the colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, Applied Health Sciences, Social Work, and Public Health to design new opportunities in support of a wide-range of instructors, including clinical-, laboratory-, and classroom-educators, and those with full-time, part-time, volunteer, and adjunct positions. The Associate Director also will facilitate instructor participation in communities of practice as a means to sustain engagement and deepen pedagogical knowledge and skills. In addition, responsibilities entail collaborating with campus partners to launch new initiatives that promote and celebrate teaching.
Qualifications
Required:
- Terminal degree in Education, Learning Sciences, Psychology, or the combination of a terminal degree in a health professions field combined with relevant experience in educational development
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusivity in higher education
- Experience in designing, facilitating, and evaluating programming for instructors
- Experience collaborating effectively with administrators, academic units, instructors, staff, and other partners
- Knowledge of evidence-based, student-centered teaching practices for adult learners in higher education
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and verbal/written communication skills
- Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines, and pay attention to details
- Ability to work independently and as a productive, constructive team member
Preferred:
- Experience in designing, facilitating, and evaluating faculty development programs, and collaborating effectively with administrators, academic units, faculty, staff, and other partners in the health sciences, specifically.
- Experience in designing, facilitating, and evaluating faculty development programs specific to clinical teaching.
- Experience with simulations as a teaching method.
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule
Application Instructions
To apply, candidates should submit a 1-2 page cover letter expressing their interest in and summarizing their qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, a 1-2 page teaching statement, 1-2 page diversity statement, and the names and contact to https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12634?c=uic. Candidates may also submit up to five pages in materials from their professional portfolio that they feel would assist the search committee with an evaluation of their application.
For those requiring disability accommodation: No qualified person shall, solely by reason of disability, be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by the University. If requested, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants in order to provide access to the application, interviewing, and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on your application to receive an accommodation. Please request any reasonable accommodations for disability as early as possible in the application and search process. Requests may be directed to the hiring unit, Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence at teaching@uic.edu.
Working Conditions
General office environment. Must be available to work a hybrid schedule and be on campus at least 3 days per week. Occasional travel for work-related conferences and events, including professional development opportunities at least once per year. Requires sitting for extended periods of time, standing, visual acumen, manual dexterity and fingering for working with computer keyboards.
The position is a full-time, 12-month appointment, with an anticipated start date of March 16, 2025. The budgeted salary range for the position is $85,000 to $91,500. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity. The University of Illinois offers a very competitive benefits portfolio. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits.
The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Offers of employment by the University of Illinois may be subject to approval by the University’s Board of Trustees and are made contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of any criminal background checks and other pre-employment assessments that may be required for the position being offered. Additional information regarding such pre-employment checks and assessments may be provided as applicable during the hiring process.
The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=4292&pageId=1411899
