ET&L ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Req #: 231498

Department: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Posting Date: 04/09/2024

Closing Info

Open Until Filled

Salary: $7,800 - $9,000 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes

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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

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While this position is open until filled, the priority application date to apply and to be considered is March 29th, 2024.

Together with world-class partners, the University of Washington's College of Engineering is developing a new generation of innovators. A national leader in educating engineers, each year the College turns out new discoveries, inventions, and top-flight graduates, all contributing to the strength of our economy and the vitality of our community. As a College of Engineering employee, you can help create a real impact for our students, faculty, friends, and fellow staff while joining a community of innovators committed to building a culture where all members thrive, are valued, and feel a sense of belonging.

As the assistant director and an instructional consultant in the College of Engineering's Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning (ET&L), the successful candidate will support the college's educational mission, primarily by providing confidential instructional consulting services to tenure-track and teaching faculty and other educators (e.g., grad students, postdocs, contingent faculty) in the college and assisting in directing ET&L's programs and operations. ET&L helps the college realize sustained and substantial improvements in student learning at the course and degree program levels by bridging research and practice in engineering education.

This position requires exercising judgment in interacting, often on a confidential basis, with many different education stakeholders, including faculty, staff, administrators, and students across the engineering disciplines; understanding and responding to a broad range of teaching and learning challenges; identifying, learning, communicating, and applying current, relevant theory and research in multiple fields, including the learning sciences, psychology, organizational change, and higher education studies; participating in and contributing to academic and professional communities related to educational development, both on campus and at the international level.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Core educational development responsibilities include individual and group consultations concerning a broad range of teaching and learning issues, including learning outcomes, constructive alignment, active learning, formative assessment, and inclusive teaching. Individual consultations typically include conducting formative assessments of engineering courses and degree programs. The assistant director will also contribute to needs analyses and iterative development and facilitation of educational development programming (e.g., learning communities, workshops) for a variety of educator audiences. They will also assist the director with ET&L operations, including co-managing communications and budgets. Finally, they will be encouraged and supported to engage in local and national service. Example venues include college and university committees related to teaching and learning, as well as national faculty development and engineering education research communities like POD and ASEE.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Master's degree in Education, Engineering Education, or related field

• At least two to three years of experience in Educational Development Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Working individually with faculty and/or graduate students around challenges related to teaching and learning

• Facilitating workshops and making presentations for faculty and other educator audiences

• Reading and synthesizing a broad range of literature on theory and empirical research in multiple fields, including the learning sciences, psychology, organizational change, and higher education studies

• Teaching experience at undergraduate level in engineering or related field.

• Understanding of normative professional advancement and associated challenges for faculty, academic staff, and graduate students

• Working with a broad range of productivity and web software and platforms

• Managing budgets in an academic setting DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Any of the above experience in an engineering or STEM disciplinary context

• Any of the above experience within the University of Washington organization

• Participation in training workshops specific to faculty instructional development and teaching and learning in engineering or STEM

• Publishing on theory and/or empirical research in relevant fields, including engineering or STEM education, the learning sciences, psychology, organizational change, and higher education studies

• Supervision and leadership experience in a higher education context, preferably in engineering or STEM

• Knowledge of ABET, NSF, NAE and other key policy and funding agencies Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.