Executive Director of CELT, Faculty Development, and Online Education

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About Us

Located in Morrow, Georgia, Clayton State University is roughly 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta. The university offers employees an adaptable, collaborative environment that fosters professional and personal development.

The university is committed to having a positive impact on the State of Georgia and beyond by serving students and the community through broadening access to high-quality education and advancing workforce development.

Clayton State offers multiple certificates, Associate's, Bachelor's, and Master's Degree programs, which currently enroll over 5,500 students in challenging campus and online courses.

Clayton State's main campus is situated on 214 beautiful acres in a lakeside setting just minutes from downtown Atlanta, making access to the vibrant metropolitan area swift.

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution has named the university a Top Workplace in Atlanta for six consecutive years. The Chronicle of Higher Education also named Clayton State one of 79 higher education institutions across the nation in its list of 2017 Great Colleges to Work For.

Job Summary

The Executive Director oversees the functioning of the CELT and leads efforts to achieve institutional goals related to teaching and learning through faculty, instructional, and program development.

Additionally, the Executive Director partners with colleges, departments, and units to develop strategies that enhance teaching effectiveness and student success, drive innovative course design, expand quality online offerings, support high-impact, and design instructional practices and strategies.

The Executive Director also supports the adoption of evidence-based instructional strategies, educational technologies, and active learning spaces to enhance instruction.

The Executive Director will plan and implement faculty professional development programming focused on contemporary and evidence-based teaching methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Leads efforts to achieve institutional goals related to teaching and learning through faculty, instructional, and program development
• Partners and consults with colleges, departments, and units to develop strategies that enhance teaching effectiveness and student success
• Drives innovative course design, the expansion of quality online offerings, the support of high-impact instructional practices & strategies, and other initiatives to support effective teaching and learning
• Supports the adoption and use of evidence-based instructional strategies, educational technologies, and active learning spaces to enhance instruction
• Plans and implements faculty professional development programming related to contemporary, evidence-based effective teaching and learning methodologies and strategies
• Collects, organizes, analyzes, and presents data related to innovative course design, high-impact instructional strategies, effective instructional activities, and instructional software usage / needs
• Partners and consults with colleges, departments, and units to develop standardized course components, activities, and assessments in D2L and increase the use of learning analytics data to support decision-making
• Oversee daily operations of CELT and lead assessment of CELT activities, demonstrating impact internally and externally;

implement a continuous improvement process

• When applicable to CELT functions, perform qualitative and quantitative analyses of academic planning and assessment-related data for reports, documentation, databases, and information
• Supervising student assistants / interns

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Master's degree
• Experience in teaching and learning leadership
• Knowledge of development & implementation of effective faculty development programming

Preferred Qualifications

Doctoral degree in academic discipline and / or instructional design

Apply Before Date

November 15, 2024

Contact Information

J. Celeste Walley-Jean by email at [email protected]

Conditions of Employment

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation, including a criminal background check demonstrating eligibility for employment with Clayton State University, as determined by Clayton State University in its sole discretion, confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in application materials and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check.

Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Candidate must disclose potential, actual, or apparent conflicts of interest in compliance.

Offers are made expressly subject to the applicable federal and state laws, statutes, rules, and regulations of this institution and the Bylaws and Policies of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia (USG), which are available for your inspection upon request.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Clayton State University is an equal employment, equal access, and equal educational opportunity and affirmative action institution.

It is the policy of the University to recruit, hire, train, promote, and educate persons without regard to race, color, national or ethnical origin, age, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status as required by applicable state and federal laws (including Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Sections 503, and 504, AREA, ADA, E.

O. 11246, and Rev. Proc. 75-50). Clayton State University is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Institution. For questions or more detailed information regarding this policy, please contact the Clayton State University Office of Human Resources at (678) 466-4230.

For individuals requiring disability-related accommodations for participation in any event or to obtain print materials in an alternative format, please contact the Disability Resource Center at (678) 466-5445.

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Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.