Director of Faculty Development - Office of the Provost
Director of Faculty Development - Office of the Provost
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Job Description
APU seeks employees who desire to contribute to our thriving culture by cultivating community through professional interactions demonstrating a posture of lifelong learning and modeling Christlike character. Working together employees at APU commit to establishing a university atmosphere that is edifying to God and one another.
The Director of Faculty Development at Azusa Pacific University is responsible for overseeing faculty development programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing teaching learning and professional growth. This position plays a pivotal role in guiding and supporting all faculty members including fulltime parttime senior adjunct and adjunct by organizing workshops and implementing tailored programs to help them effectively teach an increasingly diverse student population. The Director collaborates closely with the Office of the Provost college/school deans academic department chairs and faculty members to ensure that faculty development efforts align with their requirements. The primary objective is to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and provide support to faculty members as they strive for professional growth.
Required Education
- Doctoral degree in an academic discipline related to pedagogy teachinglearning or educational technology.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 35 years of faculty development programs at the university level pedagogy instructional technology and/or digital learning environments. Requires familiarity with AI as it related to teaching and learning with the ability to provide both education and support for APU faculty as well as expertise in teaching learners from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Primary Duties/Essential Functions
- Develop and implement faculty development programs and initiatives to enhance the teaching learning and professional growth of all faculty members including fulltime parttime senior adjunct and adjunct.
- Collaborate in planning and implementing faculty development events such as New Faculty Orientation Faculty Evaluation Training and Faculty Appreciation Day.
- Provide guidance and support to faculty members through workshops and training sessions focused on teaching strategies and pedagogies curriculum design classroom observation educational technology inclusive learning principles and other relevant topics.
- Respond to Tier 2 and 3 (advanced) instructional support requests promptly professionally and proactively via IT Support Ticket System.
- Collaborate with college/school deans and academic department chairs to identify instructional needs and training resources for their faculty including adjunct and regional campus faculty.
- Collaborate with other campus stakeholders to advance faculty development initiatives and resources including serving (in consultation with the Vice Provost for Academic Services) on relevant councils and committees (e.g. Office of Faith Integration Faculty Development Council Accessibility Committee various Studies Council etc.. Engage with the Office of Diversity Faculty Diversity Council and Diversity Collaboration Committee to advance the university and Faculty Development strategic priorities in APUs diverse community.
- Collaborate with the emerging Office of Faith Integration as it relates to faculty support for faith integration in the classroom.
- Active engagement on emerging trends research and best practices in faculty development through selfdirected professional reading professional networking conference attendance and other relevant training and/or courses as directed by the supervisor.
- Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to provide clear and effective feedback.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage confidential information.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Skilled in working with educators from a diversity of backgrounds to teach students from a diversity of backgrounds across a variety of teaching modalities (inperson lowresidency online synchronous online asynchronous etc..
- Ability to learn and understand new processes and communicate them effectively to others.
- Ability to work with various digital platforms and tools.
- Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with other units across campus to advance faculty development initiatives.
Mental Demands
- Work well under pressure and maintains professional and pleasant demeanor with colleagues and customers.
- Manage multiple tasks projects and appointments concurrently and with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Maintain a pleasant demeanor in a shared office space.
- Interact effectively and professionally with others.
- Prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines.
- Exercise independent judgment and discretion maintain confidentiality and engage in logical problem solving.
- In agreement with the purpose and goals of Azusa Pacific University in providing a Christianbased higher education for its students.
Physical Demands
- Ability to stand walk and sit for extended periods of time.
- Visual acuity to read words and numbers.
- Sufficient hand arm and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment.
- Speaking and hearing ability sufficient to communicate in person or over the telephone.
- Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Visual Demands
- Computer monitor and reading.
Environment
- Pleasant office setting comfortable temperature.
Technologies
- Proficient in Canvas Google Apps Zoom Zendesk and other APU systems.
- Facility with PC Mac & tablet computers.
- Facility with webbased technologies.
Compensation
- Grade 17: $91587 to $105325 is the annual salary for this role and reflects what Azusa Pacific University reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual compensation may vary based on the qualifications experience and internal equity. In addition to compensation APU offers a competitivebenefits package.
Azusa Pacific University is a Christcentered multicultural community that values and seeks faculty and staff who are committed to diversity work effectively with diverse populations and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation. Please click the links to learn more about what we believe our mission statement and our statement of faith.
You can learn more about APU by watching the stories of faculty staff and alumni as they carry out our mission here: Pacific University will conduct a background check on all final candidates.
Review of applications will begin immediately and the position will remain open until filled unless otherwise stated. Azusa Pacific University does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin sex age disability or status as a veteran in any of its policies practices or procedures. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
