Assistant Director of Faculty Development - STEM focus

Assistant Director of Faculty Development - STEM focus

Office of the Provost

Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today.

Los Angeles, California

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit :

• Cover letter
• CV / Resume
• A writing sample. (Create a new 1-2 page written resource for USC faculty on incorporating mindfulness activities in a course.

Review the website for CET resource format and samples. Please download one of our existing resources, and use our formatting for your document.)

The USC Center for Excellence in Teaching is a resource center that supports USC's core values and strategic priorities within its teaching mission;

serves as a resource to USC's schools for developing, evaluating, and rewarding teaching excellence; and supports best practices in instruction and course design.

This is a STEM focused, senior-level faculty development position, requiring extensive professional teaching and faculty development experience in a research university setting, with a focus on supporting best practices in both on-ground and online instruction across the university.

Teaching or leading training while still a graduate student does not meet this qualification.) This is a 100% full-time, on-site staff position located on USC's University Park Campus.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES :

Supports the development, establishment, and evaluation of university-wide and school-based teaching initiatives from an evidence-based teaching perspective.

Serves as a centralized resource for faculty-led interdisciplinary teaching development projects. Researches, develops, and provides centralized training and resources that support teaching initiatives, as well as rigorous, criterion-based tools for evaluating teaching, all aligned with the criteria in USC's Definition of Excellence in Teaching.

Builds partnerships with other USC support services to collaborate on projects that further enhance teaching excellence.

Serves as a discipline-specific pedagogical specialist in STEM that consults with assigned schools, departments, individual faculty, graduate students, and instructional support staff.

Serves as point of contact for deans, vice deans, and chairs of assigned schools for pedagogical support in teaching and curricular development projects.

Analyzes academic programs, courses, and student and faculty input to make recommendations for program / course alignment, curriculum / course design, and instructional strategies, as requested by schools within their discipline.

Provides actionable strategies, guiding frameworks, and ongoing support for best practices in teaching and curriculum / course design for on-ground, online, and blended instruction.

Conducts training needs assessments. Designs and facilitates training sessions for faculty based on individual or group needs (i.

e., large-scale university-wide faculty development institutes, school-based seminar series, online modules, workshops, and small group or individual consultations).

Researches, develops, distributes, and provides training for customized pedagogical resources that address identified needs.

Designs, creates, and revises center instructional-support materials using multimedia authoring tools. Develops written resources and learning media for the center website, training events, and newsletters.

Plans, creates, and builds training content in the learning management system.

• Models and provides basic support for the use of the university-supported learning management systems, video conferencing platforms, and other university-supported e-learning tools as pedagogical tools.
• Researches current trends, issues, and developments in instruction, program / course design, and innovative pedagogies.

Engages in professional development and conducts research, presents, or publishes on innovative faculty development, instructional, and program / course design practices (with faculty partners whenever possible).

Performs other related duties as assigned or requested. The university reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Preferred Qualifications :

Education :

• Doctoral Degree
Experience :
• 5 years
• 5 years
• Experience in leading faculty development training within a Center for Teaching and Learning at a large or research university
• Expertise in STEM pedagogy
• 10 semester / 15 quarters of teaching experience as a university faculty member (adjunct, part-time, or full-time). TA or graduate student teaching experience would not meet this criteria.

In addition, the successful candidate must also demonstrate, through ideas, words, and actions, a strong commitment to USC's Unifying Values of integrity, excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion, well-being, open communication and accountability.

The annual base salary range for this position is $96,047.59 - $119,312.64. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education / training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

Minimum Education :

• Master's degree
Minimum Experience :
• 3 years
• 3 years

Minimum Field of Expertise :

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a culturally diverse, inclusive educational environment; experience leading pedagogically-based faculty development training, including group trainings and individual consultations on program and course design and instructional practices, specifically in a research or large university (providing training for graduate students alone would not meet this qualification);
• professional teaching experience as a faculty member (part-time or full-time) in the higher education environment (graduate student teaching experience alone would not meet this qualification);
• graduate degree in instructional design / pedagogy; competency in creating clear video-based and written pedagogical 'how-to' resources;
• competency in faculty development strategies, verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills, and client service skills;
• expertise in inclusive course design and instructional practices; professionalism and organizational skills; ability to produce high quality work with quick turnaround times on multiple projects at once;

ability to work collaboratively and collegially within a highly competent, productive team; competency with LMSs (i.e., Blackboard and Canvas), and video conferencing (i.

e., Zoom); proficiency in Microsoft Suite and Google Suite.

REQ20152646 Posted Date : 08 / 28 / 2024

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