Assistant/Associate Director, Center for Teaching Excellence (Assistant/Associate Professor)

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (IN); 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 CTE’s capacity in priority areas such as STEM education, generative AI, and graduate student professional development.

The AD will serve as a general faculty member, supporting instructors through consultations, program development, assessment, and partnerships, with a hybrid work option.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in any field.
• At least 3 years in educational development or related role in higher education.
• Experience designing, implementing, and leading instructional development programming at the school or university level.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with faculty, graduate students, academic units, and schools across disciplines.
• Record of education research (SoTL/DBER/SoEd) or program assessment in relevant areas.
• Record of successful teaching in higher education and ability to teach annually in their disciplinary area.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support instructors and academic units through consultations, resource and program development, program assessment, cross-school partnerships, and organizational development initiatives.
• Engage in scholarly activity and cross-disciplinary collaboration with emphasis on AI and STEM education.
• Teach one undergraduate course per year.
• Work in person with a possible hybrid model including two in-office days per week.

Skills

Educational development

Collaboration

Teaching in higher education

SoTL/DBER/SoEd research

Written and interpersonal comms

Independent and collaborative work

Program design & leadership

Education

Terminal degree

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…

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.

Qualifiations

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 educationr 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.

This is a renewable General Faculty appointment, with renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and continued need for the position.

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

This position will remain open until filled. Anticipated Hiring Range: $75,000 - $95,000 commensurate with education and experience.