Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education Administration Teaching Faculty
About The Position
The Administrative Leadership program, housed in the Department of Educational Psychology, is seeking a Core Teaching Faculty member for its Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education concentration. This program aims to develop future leaders in educational settings, including K-12, post-secondary, non-profit, governmental, and industry roles. The successful candidate will teach graduate-level courses in organizational leadership and higher education administration, coordinate program activities, and provide administrative service. There is also an interest in candidates who can contribute to an EdD program in Organizational Leadership. The program emphasizes culturally informed and equitable pedagogy. This is a 9-month position with the possibility of summer teaching.
Requirements
- Hold an Ed.D. or Ph.D. in higher education, student affairs, adult education, or a closely-related field from an accredited higher education institution by the time of application.
- Demonstrated ability to teach online graduate-level courses in the field of higher education, including familiarity with high impact practices for teaching online courses.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in program administration and coordination, preferably in a higher education setting.
- Experience working with diverse student populations and demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion through teaching, research, and/or service.
- Experience working with graduate students at the master and doctoral levels, including advising master’s students and doctoral candidates, and serving on doctoral project committees.
- Interest in contributing to an EdD program in Organizational Leadership.
Responsibilities
- Teach graduate level courses on organizational leadership and higher education administration.
- Serve as a core faculty member and attend department and program-related functions.
- Provide administrative service to the program.
- Supervise the day-to-day activities of work unit employees involved in instructional support as needed.
- Provide classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction, including grading.
- Assist in defining the objectives of the program and plays a major role in carrying out program duties.
- Develop teaching techniques that enhance course effectiveness in alignment with desired outcomes and established strategy and trains faculty and other instructional staff in use of said instructional techniques and programs.
- Administer budget and personnel for instructional grants and programs.
- Assess learner performance and prepares reports recommending instructional improvements.
- Develop grant proposals for instructional development and may serve as principal or co-principal investigator on grants to develop new teaching methods in the discipline.
- Design curriculum and/or techniques for instruction in a disciplinary area and suggests new ways of effective instruction in courses within that discipline.
- Present evaluations of teaching methods and techniques to those in the institution and elsewhere.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Contributes toward the cost of several benefit plans
- Extensive leave package including vacation, sick leave (with no expiration), personal holiday, and paid legal holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
