Director, Teaching and Innovation

Department:

Delphi Center

Location:

Belknap Campus

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R104771

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and eight (8) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 9 (Salaried)

Position Description:

The Director of Teaching Programs at the University of Louisville’s (UofL) Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning leads a comprehensive faculty development initiative focused on maximizing student success through effective teaching and including foundational “credentialing” for course design/teaching across the full range of course modalities; engagement opportunities for continual faculty growth in the teaching role; and support for holistic faculty career progression. Working from an orientation of empathy for the faculty experience, drawing upon personal experience in higher education teaching, this leadership position champions “teaching as a student success intervention.” The Director of Teaching Programs coordinates teaching-related programs of the Delphi Center, including, but not limited to, a suite of faculty professional development programming, the Teaching Innovation Learning Lab (TILL), the annual Celebration of Teaching and Learning conference, and various online resources. This Director directly supervises a team of four but also works collaboratively to leverage resources of the Delphi Center in support of Teaching Programs. As a member of the Delphi Center Leadership Team, the Director of Teaching Programs works closely with other Delphi Center directors to achieve strategic goals, fostering particular synergies with the Evidence-driven Inquiry and Impact (EdII) and Instructional Design & Technology (IDT) teams. Functioning as a change agent, they advocate for necessary resources and inspire faculty to achieve aspirational teaching excellence.

As the Delphi Center’s point person for advancing the strategic value of excellent teaching, the Director of Teaching Programs builds and maintains strong collaborations with key institutional partners such as Faculty Affairs, the HSC Office of Educational & Professional Development, and associate deans for undergraduate education. This position ensures UofL instructors are equipped to optimize student learning and success. They embody the concept of the scholarly practitioner, staying current with research and best practices in course design and teaching methods and maintaining a personal agenda of scholarly inquiry related to teaching effectiveness. Highly conversant with the affordances of digital course modalities, they guide faculty in effectively leveraging technology to enhance student engagement and learning. The Director of Teaching Programs serves as a role model for strategic teaching effectiveness across modalities, helping to foster a data-driven culture that positions teaching effectiveness as a tool to improve student outcomes and graduation rates.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides oversight for the design, coordination, and assessment of multiple faculty professional development offerings and associated resources including foundational course design/teaching credentialing, engagement opportunities for growth in teaching across all course modalities, and other offerings to support holistic faculty career progression.
• Supervises team members, fosters a synergistic team dynamic, and initiates successful collaborations with other Delphi Center personnel to carry out strategic goals related to strategic teaching effectiveness across all course modalities.
• Champions the strategic role of teaching in collaboration with key institutional partners within the mission of the university and, particularly, as a crucial component in positively affecting student success and learning.
• Serves as a member of the Delphi Center Leadership Team, working closely with other Delphi Center directors to achieve strategic goals of the Division, fostering particular synergies with the Evidence-driven Inquiry and Impact (EdII) and Instructional Design & Technology (IDT) teams.
• Initiates proposed new programs (or changes to/elimination of existing programs) as a change agent, supported with logic and evidence, in collaboration with others, to more effectively and strategically advance teaching excellence in support of student success.

The Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning:

The Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning seeks candidates who value teamwork, customer service and excellence. As a teaching and learning center, the Delphi Center provides direct feedback on a regular basis to all employees through the lens of a growth mindset. The Delphi Center is driven by data, sound processes, and excellence, and is always seeking and giving feedback on one another’s work.

The Delphi Center is committed to creating equitable and inclusive campus environments that accelerate the success of the full range of UofL’ s students and employees. We believe that employees who feel valued and respected will create policies, programs, practices, research agendas, and services to effectively meet the needs and exceed the expectations of the increasingly diverse student populations we hope to admit and serve. The Delphi Center seeks candidates who have a demonstrated capacity to create inclusive work environments, can work effectively among increasingly diverse teams, and will serve the increasingly diverse student population UofL wants to attract and admit.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A terminal degree (such as Ph.D., Ed.D., MFA, etc.) from an accredited institution of higher education.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to 10 years that includes roles in faculty professional development, instructional design, and/or teaching in higher education.
• Documented experience supervising others in a higher education setting.
• Evidence of significant engagement with the broad higher education community of educational development and/or online/digital teaching and learning.
• Documented experience teaching in multiple course modalities, including face-to-face, blended, and online courses.
• Consistent record of collaborating effectively toward achievement of common goals beyond traditional positional authority structures.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire others toward excellence in digital course design and teaching.

Please include a cover letter and three professional references with your resume, combined as one PDF document.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team at [email protected] or 502.852.6258.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 – Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone 502-852-6258.

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