Associate Director, Teaching Hub
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Reporting to the Director of Faculty Development, the Associate Director of the Teaching Hub provides leadership and operational oversight of the Teaching Hub, supporting faculty through every stage of their careers by increasing teaching efficacy and innovation. The Associate Director identifies, develops, and implements teaching support, working closely with teaching support staff, professional organizations, and faculty and is responsible for leading programming to celebrate faculty and…
foster innovative excellence in teaching across Emerson College.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
- Enhance the effectiveness of faculty teaching by organizing, scheduling, and facilitating teaching development and support programing and other events throughout the year
- Provide one-on-one support to faculty members, furthering their efficacy in teaching, learning, and pedagogy. This work may be initiated by individual faculty, department Chairs, and/or Deans
- Create and maintain a clearinghouse for information about teaching at Emerson
- Lead the Teaching Hub Faculty Advisory Committee, which is responsible for faculty input into teaching support programing.
- Communicate about programming regarding teaching and pedagogical support with teaching support staff
- Gather and distribute faculty and teaching support resources and managing the Teaching Hub website
- Work with Library and Learning to solicit, edit, and publish teaching success stories
- Develop and implement teaching awards and celebrations, including creation of award standards and processes, managing award submission and review process, convening the awards committees, and developing teaching celebration events
- Communicate to faculty about Teaching Hub events and other teaching support opportunities
- Present orientation materials, faculty support and opportunities, and best practices for teaching and learning at events
- Convene "Let's Talk Teaching" sessions and other semi-formal faculty events and spaces for innovation
- Work to raise Emerson College's global profile as a center for excellence in teaching
- Collect, code, and analyze data on Teaching Hub programming and services; additionally, contribute data gathering, analysis, and reporting in support of the college's reaccreditation materials
- Hire and manage student employees as needed
- Manage the Teaching Hub budget in Workday
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's Degree in Film/Media Arts, Communication & Marketing, Writing & Publishing, Journalism or related field required.
- Minimum of 7 years higher education experience in teaching, training, faculty development, and program implementation required
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with designing and assessing teaching and learning practices, assignment and assessment guidelines, curriculum development, relevant pedagogy, and accessibility best practices for learning required.
