"Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning"

About Us

Georgia Highlands College is a multi-campus, state college member of the University System of Georgia. Founded in 1970 as Floyd Junior College, it now serves more than 6,000 students in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama across its five locations in Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, and Dallas. GHC currently offers over 30 areas of study with associate degree and bachelors degree options both in the classroom and online.

We are a growing and progressive institution with opportunities for great employees to grow in a fast-paced and challenging work environment that encourages employee wellness and overall success. Our combined efforts at GHC have led to numerous awards, honors, and countless stories of success for students and employees. This includes our most recent honor of being recognized as one of the semifinalists for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

Job Summary

This position directs the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) including supporting faculty in instructional design, educational development, pedagogy and technology development, faculty career and success, learning management system administration which support the initiatives for the College.

Responsibilities

• Is responsible to understand, support, and carry out the college's mission, vision, and values and comply with mandates and regulations of government and accrediting bodies
• Provides leadership and management for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
• Develops and implements a vision, mission, strategic plan, and goals for the CETL which align with and support the goals of the college
• Administers, manages, and facilitates projects, programs, and operations related to the CETL and integrates them into teaching and learning operations
• Conducts, on an annual basis, a needs analysis regarding faculty development and institutional initiatives; reviews, assesses, and evaluates programs offered by the CETL
• Chairs and actively engages with the D2L advisory group that represents various constituents at the college
• Manages the CETL budget and explores creative ways to increase funding through proposals, grants, and partnerships
• Oversees marketing and communication campaign to build support and awareness for CETL initiatives
• Collaborates with the Provost, Academic Deans, Division Chairs, faculty, staff, D2L advisory group, ITS, and other college constituents to develop resources and activities supporting college initiatives as well as providing purposeful and meaningful faculty development
• Researches and maintains expertise regarding the trends in pedagogical and andragogical principles used in both traditional and technology-enhanced higher education contexts
• Promotes research informed innovations and excellence in teaching to support high impact learning and other noted pedagogical practices which support the initiatives of the college and system
• Participates in a wide variety of committee work at departmental and college level, including the annual in-service and employee recognition.
• Designs and facilitates New Faculty Academy for first and second year new full-time faculty
• Designs and facilitates new faculty orientations for full and part-time faculty
• Consults with faculty and Academic Affairs administration regarding promotion and tenure review
• Guides faculty on effective research-based practices in instructional design, pedagogy, and technology by providing related one-on-one support, consultations, and workshops
• Assists faculty to enhance teaching, explore a teaching innovation, or improve student learning
• Consults with faculty to analyze classroom practices, assess teaching and learning needs of courses, and share evidence-based approaches in course design, instruction, and assessment
• Represents the college at various functions both at the state and national levels
• Serves as USG CTL-Consortium and USG RACDE (Distance Education) representative
• Provides leadership and management of the LMS as the primary D2L administrator
• Addresses and resolves technology tickets related to the LMS
• Attends weekly USG meetings pertaining to LMS administration
• Design and facilitate online learning faculty development
• Oversees the development and process of online course review and certification including accessibility, and regular and substantive interaction (DoE regulation)
• Performs, implements, and supports technology integrations in the LMS such as Simple Syllabus and third-party publisher materials
• Collect and solicit student faculty data from the LMS when required by Academic Affairs
• Maintains GHC CETL and GHC Online websites
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in a course of study related to the occupation (doctorate preferred)
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in the field of faculty development, educational development, organizational development, or leadership development
• Experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the diverse objectives and functions of the subunits in the division/department in order to direct and coordinate work within the division/department, usually interpreted to require three to five years of related experience
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license for the type of vehicle or equipment operated

Required Documents to Attach

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Transcripts

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of University System of Georgia and Georgia Highlands College policies and procedures
• Knowledge LEAP, High Impact Educational Practices, and other USG initiative-driven practices
• Knowledge of pedagogical practices and educational technologies
• Knowledge of group and individual educational development strategies
• Knowledge of effective formative and summative evaluation and assessment techniques
• Knowledge of course design, development, and implementation strategies
• Knowledge of institutional budgeting
• Knowledge of computers and job-related software programs
• Knowledge of the scholarship of teaching and learning and/or assisting others in SoTL work
• Knowledge of learning management systems (e.g. Desire to Learn, Blackboard, Canvas)
• Knowledge of best practices in online learning curriculum development and instruction
• Knowledge of state and national online learning standards
• Skill in pedagogy in a variety of learning environments and modalities
• Skill in communicating and relationship building with both full- and part-time faculty and staff
• Skill in the completion of required reports
• Skill in oral and written communication
• Ability to understand the policies of the University System of Georgia
• Ability to understand the policies and procedures of GHC

Apply Before Date

Applications will be reviewed as received.

Contact Information

For more information or questions about a job posting, please contact Human Resources by email at jobs@highlands.edu.

For technical support, please contact the Shared Services Center at (877) 251-2644 or oneusgsupport@usg.edu.

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