Executive Coordinator, ITUE, Fall 2026

University of Delaware; Newark (DE); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Delaware’s Institute for Transforming University Education seeks a graduate student to join ITUE as an Executive Coordinator for Fall 2026. The position is 10 hours per week with on-campus and virtual responsibilities at 83 E. Main St. and remote options, starting ASAP through Fall 2026.

The role focuses on outreach, workshop organization, and managing the PBL Clearinghouse workflow, collaborating with campus partners and editors. Strong organizational skills needed.

Qualifications

• Graduate students enrolled at University of Delaware in good academic standing.
• Interest in pedagogy and active learning techniques.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Weekly meetings to scope ITUE activities.
• Workshop preparation and advertisement, manage registrations.
• Managing Editor duties for the PBL Clearinghouse and communication with authors/editors/reviewers.

Skills

Pedagogy interest

Excellent organization

Effective communication

Education

Graduate student at UD

Tools

Google Sheets

WordPress

SharePoint

Job description

Executive Coordinator, ITUE, Fall 2026

Job no: 503828
Work type: Student
Location: Newark, DE
Categories: Communications & Public Relations, Training and Education, Fall Semester, Graduate Student

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Estimated Pay: $30.00 per hour

Number of Jobs Available: 1

Schedule: Day. flexible

Location: CILLToffices (83 E. Main St.) and virtual

About the department / center:

The Institute for Transforming University Education has a national and international reputation for over twenty-five years in helping educators develop, adopt, adapt, and implement problem-based learning and other active pedagogies in their classrooms. Each year we offer multiple workshops for instructors from colleges and universities in the US and abroad.

Role Description:

The University of Delaware's Institute for Transforming University Education is seeking to hire a 10-hour/week graduate student position. This new hire will work with ITUE on a number of projects including: increasing advertising and outreach for workshops, helping to manage the Problem-based learning (PBL) Clearinghouse, helping with the organization of ITUE workshops and activities, and increasing communication between ITUE and other campus partners. This position will begin in the Fall 2026 semester.

Primary Responsibilities:

• weekly meetings to scope out everything going on with ITUE.
• Workshop preparation (including things like Google docs/folder/sheets set up, advertisement messages, managing registration and grant applications)
• Managing Editor of the PBL Clearinghouse (kind of like a journal - duties include submissions workflow and processing, communicating with authors, editors, and external reviewers).

Qualifications:

Ideal candidates will have

(1) a strong interest in pedagogy and active learning techniques

(2) excellent organization skills, attention to detail, and communication habits and

(3) some experience with and/or willingness to learn Google Sheets, Wordpress, and Sharepoint.

Prior experience with journal management (e.g., moving submissions through the editorial process) is not required but would be highly valued (The PBL Clearinghouse functions in a similar way to a journal). The student will work closely with the director, Dr. Philip Duker (Music and Humanities),and also work with a wide range of colleagues from other disciplines (Biology, Communications, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology).

Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Delaware and be in good academic standing. In order to be considered for additional on-campus employment, applicants’combined on-campus employment, including teaching, research and graduate assistantship, must not exceed 29.5 hours per week.

Graduate students on contract may hold additional employment, on campus or off, up to 29.5 hours per week total without approval by the student’s program, the student’s advisor or the Graduate College. However, graduate students on contract are encouraged to discuss additional employment with their advisors to avoid any situations that might hinder timely progress toward the degree.

Advertised: 18 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 30 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time