Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI)
About The Position
The Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI) provides strategic leadership and hands-on expertise to advance teaching excellence, instructional innovation, faculty development, and student success. In partnership with faculty, academic leaders, and campus colleagues, the Director supports course and curriculum design, the effective integration of artificial intelligence and educational technologies, and evidence-based teaching practices that prepare students for workforce success and lifelong learning. The role advances institutional priorities related to student engagement, persistence, and academic achievement through accessible, innovative learning experiences and continuous improvement. The Director leads CTLI programs and initiatives, champions inclusive and evidence-based pedagogy, and collaborates with Academic Affairs, Student Success leadership, and the President’s AI Council. The role partners with faculty to design and facilitate professional development and improve courses, curricula, assessments, and learning experiences. The Director evaluates initiatives using institutional data, faculty feedback, and student success indicators; establishes goals and assessment measures; supervises CTLI personnel; manages budgets, resources, and annual planning; and builds campus and external partnerships. This is a full-time, 12-month, in-person position in Moorhead, Minnesota, with a Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. schedule.
Requirements
- Master’s degree.
- Demonstrated success in higher education, with experience in teaching, instructional design, faculty development, educational technology, or a related field.
- Experience designing and facilitating faculty development initiatives.
- Knowledge of evidence-based teaching, instructional design, learning assessment, and technology-enhanced learning.
- Strong communication, collaboration, facilitation, and project management skills.
- Ability to build relationships and advance change in a faculty-centered environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences.
- Ability to organize work, manage competing priorities, and follow through on responsibilities.
- Ability to work collaboratively and build effective working relationships.
- Ability to use sound judgment, solve problems, and adapt to changing needs.
Nice To Haves
- Earned doctorate.
- Experience integrating AI and educational technologies into teaching and learning, including UDL and accessibility practices.
- Experience securing grants or external funding related to teaching, learning, or educational innovation.
- Record of scholarship, presentations, or publications related to teaching and learning.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic vision and leadership for CTLI programs and initiatives advancing teaching excellence, inclusive pedagogy, instructional innovation, and student success.
- Champion evidence-based and inclusive teaching practices that support student belonging, engagement, AI integration, workforce readiness, accessibility, equity, and intellectually challenging learning.
- Collaborate with Academic Affairs and Student Success leadership and the President’s AI Council to advance effective and responsible use of AI and emerging technologies in teaching and learning.
- Partner with faculty to design and deliver workshops and professional development that improve courses, curricula, assessments, and learning experiences.
- Integrate educational technologies, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), accessibility, and evidence-based teaching practices into faculty development and instructional design support.
- Design and facilitate faculty development that builds AI literacy, instructional technology and learning management skills, pedagogical innovation, and effective practices for student belonging, engagement, and learning.
- Evaluate CTLI initiatives using institutional data, faculty feedback, and student success indicators to assess their impact on teaching practices, student engagement, and retention.
- Establish goals, assessment measures, and priorities; use findings to inform continuous improvement, resource allocation, and recommendations to academic leadership.
- Supervise CTLI personnel and manage budgets, resources, and annual planning.
- Build campus and external partnerships and represent the College in regional and national teaching and learning initiatives.
Benefits
- Health insurance.
- Health Savings Account.
- Flexible Spending Account.
- Vision insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Preventative Chiropractic Program.
- Retirement plan.
- Long-term disability insurance (full-time only).
- Life insurance (full-time only).
- Generous paid time off (PTO).
- 13 paid holidays, including time off between Christmas and New Year’s.
- Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave.
- Up to 100% tuition with discounts and scholarships for the employee and dependents at Concordia College and Concordia Language Villages.
- Up to 50% tuition discount for dependents at Oak Grove Lutheran Schools.
- Up to 100% tuition discounts for dependents with participating partners: CIC-TEP, ELCA schools, and Tuition Exchange Inc.
- Access to athletic facilities, library, fitness classes, athletic events, and theatre events.
- Option to purchase dining on campus.
- Free MATbus rides.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
