Assistant/Associate Director

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Virginia’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) seeks an Assistant Director or Associate Director to expand capacity in STEM education, AI in teaching, graduate student development, and experiential education. This non-tenure track role reports to the Executive Director and supports instructors and units through consultations, program development, and assessment.

The AD will build cross-school partnerships, advance scholarship and assessment in mutual areas, and teach one

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in any field.
• Minimum of 3 years of work in educational development, instructional development, or closely related role in higher education.
• Experience designing, implementing, and leading instructional development programming at the school or university level, including communities of practice, faculty learning communities, or multi-day institutes.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with faculty, graduate students, academic units, and schools across disciplines.
• A record of education research, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL), Discipline-based Education Research (DBER), or Scholarship of Educational Development (SoEd) research, or program assessment, in areas of mutual interest.
• A record of successful teaching in a higher education setting and ability to teach annually in their disciplinary area.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to build and maintain collaborative partnerships.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• support instructors and academic units through consultations, program development, and assessment
• build and sustain cross-school partnerships and contribute to university-level conversations and initiatives in STEM education, AI in teaching and learning, graduate student education, and/or experiential education.
• expand the CTE’s scholarship and assessment work in areas of mutual interest.
• teach annually in their disciplinary area of expertise, in keeping with the CTE’s teaching mission.

Skills

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Collaboration

Education

Terminal degree

3+ years in educational development

Job description

The University of Virginia’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE; https://cte.virginia.edu/) seeks applicants for an Assistant Director or Associate Director (AD), depending on qualification. The position is ideal for passionate educational developers excited to expand CTE’s capacity in areas aligned with institutional priorities such as STEM education, generative AI, graduate student professional development and/or experiential education.

Reporting to the CTE Executive Director, the AD will serve as a academic general faculty member (not tenure eligible), supporting instructors and academic units through consultations, resource and program development, program assessment, cross-school partnerships, and organizational development initiatives. The position’s cross-disciplinary focus creates opportunities to strengthen collaboration with schools and units pursuing related priorities, particularly in AI and STEM education. This will require the AD to…

• support instructors and academic units through consultations, program development, and assessment
• build and sustain cross-school partnerships and contribute to university-level conversations and initiatives in STEM education, AI in teaching and learning, graduate student education, and/or experiential education.
• expand the CTE’s scholarship and assessment work in areas of mutual interest.
• teach annually in their disciplinary area of expertise, in keeping with the CTE’s teaching mission.

The CTE, which is a nationally recognized, mature, well-resourced, and growing center for teaching and learning, especially seeks experienced educational developers who embrace the center’s mission and core values of educational equity and inclusion, who thrive in work settings that encourage autonomy, creativity, and teamwork, and who wish to engage deeply in meaningful work in a supportive environment. The AD will leverage their established knowledge and expertise in inclusive pedagogies to advance CTE work (~70% of effort), engage in scholarly activity (~15% of effort), and teach one undergraduate course per year (~15% of effort). The AD is expected to work in person and may choose to adopt a hybrid work model that includes a mix of in-office and remote work, with a minimum of two in-office work days each week.

As a member of UVA’s non-tenure track, general faculty, the AD is eligible for 1) promotion through the professorial ranks, 2) sabbaticals, and 3) consulting opportunities. Initial rank—assistant or associate professor—will depend on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Qualifications

Candidates must possess these minimum qualifications:

• Terminal degree in any field
• Minimum of 3 years of work in educational development, instructional development, or closely related role in higher education.
• Experience designing, implementing, and leading instructional development programming at the school or university level, including communities of practice, faculty learning communities, or multi-day institutes.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with faculty, graduate students, academic units, and schools across disciplines.
• A record of education research, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL), Discipline-based Education Research (DBER), or Scholarship of Educational Development (SoEd) research, or program assessment, in the areas of mutual interest.
• A record of successful teaching in a higher education setting and ability to teach annually in their disciplinary area of expertise.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to build and maintain collaborative partnerships.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a collaborative team.

Though not required to be competitive, the CTE especially encourages candidates to apply with qualifications or experience in any of the following areas:

• Experience supporting STEM faculty, graduate student professional development, generative AI, and /or experiential learning.
• Research or scholarship in STEM education, graduate student professional development, generative AI and/or experiential learning.

For additional information about the position, please contact Lindsay Wheeler, Acting CTE Director, at [e-mail].

This position will remain open until filled. Review of applicants will begin November 30. This is an exempt-level, benefited position. Anticipated Hiring Range: $75,000 – $95,000 commensurate with education and experience.

The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to making a final offer of employment. The Center for Teaching Excellence and the University of Virginia are Equal Opportunity employers.

Charlottesville and central Virginia offer a distinctive community for both personal and professional activities. A strong sense of community exists in the region along with excellent educational systems for adults and children. Charlottesville is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and offers a thriving community, highlighted by regular literary, film, musical, theatrical, and historical festivals. For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see http://www.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville andhttps://embarkcva.com/. For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit hr.virginia.edu/benefits.