Associate Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation

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The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

Posted Job Title

Associate Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation

Job Profile Title

Associate Director C, Academic Affairs

Job Description Summary

The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation (CETLI) seeks an associate director who will specialize in inclusive and equitable teaching with a focus on faculty pedagogy programming. This position will take an active role in all aspects of the center’s support for teaching, and notably contribute to CETLI’s commitment to support teaching that helps the diversity of Penn students to thrive, particularly paying attention to, among others, those from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented at Penn, or who are first-generation or low-income college students.

Working as part of a team as well as independently, this associate director will lead programs on inclusive and equitable teaching, broadly defined, for faculty and other instructors, and help CETLI to incorporate inclusive practices throughout its programming. This position will also contribute to the center’s programming around a full range of teaching needs for a variety of instructors. These efforts include: organizing and leading discussions and workshops on teaching; consulting with instructors and observing classes; supporting initiatives around inclusion and diversity; and communicating with groups throughout Penn to develop and coordinate teaching programs. The ideal candidate may also be eligible to teach one course a year at Penn.

The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation works to help instructors at every level at Penn excel in their teaching, to enhance the culture of teaching at the university, and, in turn, to increase the quality of education at Penn.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Organize, lead or participate in teaching workshops and discussions for faculty and lecturers, related to inclusive teaching as well as those covering a full range of teaching topics. Most of these programs take place in person.
• Work with CETLI, both the faculty team, and the graduate team and broader center, in planning, developing and implementing programs for the improvement of teaching.
• Partner with other units within CETLI on the planning and delivery of programs related to inclusive teaching.
• Reach out across Penn — including with schools, departments, instructors, administrators and resource centers — to initiate, develop and coordinate programming and support for teaching.
• Initiate and support specific initiatives around inclusive teaching. These may include coordinating programs connected to specific departments or classes, as well as central ones.
• Consult with individual instructors on teaching; observe and provide feedback on classes.
• Stay up to date on best practices in inclusive teaching; share practices within CETLI and beyond. Do secondary research as warranted. Draft materials for CETLI website.
• Provide organizational and administrative support for the Center’s activities. Communicate about Center’s programs.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s and 3-5 years of related experience required with a Ph.D. strongly preferred.
• Teaching experience at the college level.
• Experience in and ideas about teacher development.
• Expertise in inclusive teaching and teaching diverse students.
• Ability to develop and administer teaching improvement programs.
• Ability to work with a variety of disciplines and teaching styles; sensitivity to the personal issues related to the improvement of teaching; excellent communication skills.

Application Requirement

• A Cover Letter and Resume/CV are required to be considered for this position. Please upload your Cover Letter where it asks you to upload your Resume/CV; multiple documents are allowed.

Job Location – City, State

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School

Provost Interdisciplinary Programs

Pay Range

$51,824.00 – $80,925.00 Annual Rate

Salary offers are made based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, as well as internal and market factors and grade profile.

Affirmative Action Statement 

Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

Special Requirements 

Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.

University Benefits

• Health, Life, and Flexible Spending Accounts: Penn offers comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits to protect you and your family’s health and welfare. You can also use flexible spending accounts to pay for eligible health care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
• Tuition: Take advantage of Penn’s exceptional tuition benefits. You, your spouse, and your dependent children can get tuition assistance here at Penn. Your dependent children are also eligible for tuition assistance at other institutions.
• Retirement: Penn offers generous retirement plans to help you save for your future. Penn’s Basic, Matching, and Supplemental retirement plans allow you to save for retirement on a pre-tax or Roth basis. Choose from a wide variety of investment options through TIAA and Vanguard.
• Time Away from Work: Penn provides you with a substantial amount of time away from work during the course of the year. This allows you to relax, take vacations, attend to personal affairs, recover from illness or injury, spend time with family—whatever your personal needs may be.
• Long-Term Care Insurance: In partnership with Genworth Financial, Penn offers faculty and staff (and your eligible family members) long-term care insurance to help you cover some of the costs of long-term care services received at home, in the community or in a nursing facility. If you apply when you’re newly hired, you won’t have to provide proof of good health or be subject to underwriting requirements. Eligible family members must always provide proof of good health and are subject to underwriting.
• Wellness and Work-life Resources: Penn is committed to supporting our faculty and staff as they balance the competing demands of work and personal life. That’s why we offer a wide variety of programs and resources to help you care for your health, your family, and your work-life balance.
• Professional and Personal Development: Penn provides an array of resources to help you advance yourself personally and professionally.
• University Resources: As a member of the Penn community, you have access to a wide range of University resources as well as cultural and recreational activities. Take advantage of the University’s libraries and athletic facilities, or visit our arboretum and art galleries. There’s always something going on at Penn, whether it’s a new exhibit at the Penn Museum, the latest music or theater presentation at the Annenberg Center, or the Penn Relays at Franklin Field to name just a few examples. As a member of the Penn community, you’re right in the middle of the excitement—and you and your family can enjoy many of these activities for free.
• Discounts and Special Services: From arts and entertainment to transportation and mortgages, you’ll find great deals for University faculty and staff. Not only do Penn arts and cultural centers and museums offer free and discounted admission and memberships to faculty and staff. You can also enjoy substantial savings on other goods and services such as new cars from Ford and General Motors, cellular phone service plans, movie tickets, and admission to theme parks.
• Flexible Work Hours: Flexible work options offer creative approaches for completing work while promoting balance between work and personal commitments. These approaches involve use of non-traditional work hours, locations, and/or job structures.
• Penn Home Ownership Services: Penn offers a forgivable loan for eligible employees interested in buying a home or currently residing in West Philadelphia, which can be used for closing costs or home improvements.
• Adoption Assistance: Penn will reimburse eligible employees on qualified expenses in connection with the legal adoption of an eligible child, such as travel or court fees, for up to two adoptions in your household.

To learn more, please visit: https://www.hr.upenn.edu/PennHR/benefits-pay 

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