Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center Director

Position Overview

UW–Stout invites visionary educators and scholar-practitioners to apply for the Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center (NTLC) Directorship—an opportunity for an educational leader who is passionate about transforming how faculty teach and how students learn in a dynamic polytechnic environment.

The NTLC Director serves as the campus’s foremost champion of teaching excellence. Reporting to the Director of Multimodal Instructional Supports within Academic Affairs, the Director provides strategic leadership for one of UW–Stout’s most distinctive institutional assets: the NTLC which has defined a culture of innovative, evidence-based, career-focused instruction.

Qualifications

Minimum / Required

• Master’s degree or higher with demonstrated expertise in teaching and learning.
• Five or more years of effective teaching experience in higher education.
• Demonstrated track record of designing, leading, and assessing instructional professional development programs.
• Evidence of strong collaborative skills and the ability to build productive relationships across the academic institution.
• Deep commitment to student success frameworks including Universal Design for Learning, High Impact Practices, project-based learning, and others.
• Currency with learning technologies and their application within in-person, hybrid, and online contexts.
• Effective written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills appropriate for diverse academic audiences.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Capacity to conduct and apply research and evaluation in alignment with UW–Stout’s polytechnic tenets.

Highly Desired/Preferred

• Demonstrated success in a faculty leadership role.
• Demonstrated success building a culture of effective teaching across in-person, hybrid, and online modalities.
• Experience in program or center administration, including budget development and oversight, staff supervision, and strategic goal-setting aligned with institutional priorities.
• History of successful grant writing and external funding development.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-campus communication and relationship-building efforts in higher education.