Instruction Coordinator - Library Teaching & Learning

UWMSN University of Wisconsin Madison; United States; On-site; USD 63,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation

Competitively priced health/dental/vis

Tax-advantaged savings accounts

Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS)

Job summary

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries is seeking an Instruction Coordinator to lead the undergraduate Communication-A instruction program and collaborate with campus units to enhance teaching and learning. The role designs, delivers, and assesses library instruction while guiding student instructors and LIS practicum activities.

Responsibilities include coordinating instructional services, partnering across libraries, and supporting innovative instructional strategies to boost student

Responsibilities

• Obtains materials, resolves issues, and answers questions that are complex and highly specialized in nature.
• Develops or coordinates specialized projects or programs.
• Oversees day-to-day functions of one or more library operations or services.
• Designs, develops, delivers, and assesses instruction in a variety of formats to faculty, staff, students, and other patrons.
• Serves as a liaison to academic disciplines and/or other campus units providing information on collections, instructional and research support, and library services.
• Actively participate in an inclusive, welcoming and respectful workplace.
• Serves as a resource to other librarians and staff outside of their unit on a regular basis.
• Develops, curates, and manages collections.
• Initiates and solicits input to modify policies, procedures, and assessment tools to improve workflows and/or user experiences.
• May direct the day-to-day activities of student workers.
• Cultivates and maintains productive relationships with donors, collectors, vendors, and professional colleagues.
• Provides specialized services utilizing a high level of expertise on a broad range of disciplines or in a designated discipline area.
• Serves on committees to advance librarianship at the campus, local, and/or state and national levels.

Job description

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries is seeking an Instruction Coordinator to lead the undergraduate Communication-A instruction program and collaborate with campus units to enhance teaching and learning. The role designs, delivers, and assesses library instruction while guiding student instructors and LIS practicum activities.

Responsibilities include coordinating instructional services, partnering across libraries, and supporting innovative instructional strategies to boost student