Director, Educational Development

Lindenwood University • St. Charles, IL

34d

About The Position

The director of educational development works within the Lindenwood Learning Academy, a vibrant hub for professional development, to promote Lindenwood’s RISE framework for teaching and learning excellence. The director operates with the goal of increasing the effectiveness of all university instructors as the institution strives towards its vision of becoming the next great learner-centric university. The director works collaboratively with stakeholders within and beyond the institution to design and deliver educational development programming that supports faculty in achieving the desired standards and norms for faculty performance, communication, and personal and professional growth.

Requirements

• Terminal degree from an accredited university
• Record of teaching excellence in a college or university setting
• Experience supporting, coordinating, or directing a center for teaching and learning
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with faculty, staff, colleagues, and students
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize work
• Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong professional integrity and ability to maintain strict confidentiality
• Ability to use good judgment, think critically, communicate effectively, and diffuse difficult situations
• Effective use of general office hardware and computer software applications
• Ability to work effectively at a computer for up to eight hours daily
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function

Responsibilities

• Ensures all department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are created, regularly updated, and consistently used in onboarding and training to support accuracy, quality, and operational consistency.
• Develops, initiates, and maintains effective and impactful educational development programs based on established and emerging research in the scholarship of teaching and learning to support faculty retention and promotion opportunities.
• Draws on multiple sources of data and insight to coordinate and deliver an annual needs assessment for faculty training and development; establishes and implements data collection and assessment strategies to evaluate the effectiveness of educational development programming.
• Provides leadership in developing and refining the faculty performance evaluation process, instrument, and training materials to support effective and transparent evaluation practices.
• Designs and implements comprehensive support programs and resources specifically for adjunct faculty, including the annual adjunct conference.
• Develops and facilitates intensive educational development experiences such as course design institutes, mini-institutes, book-based professional learning communities and other long-form development opportunities that foster deep engagement with pedagogical scholarship and practice.
• Assists in coaching, enhancing, and remediating employees as appropriate or as directed by employees’ supervisors
• Recognizes excellence in teaching and learning at Lindenwood through RISE awards, grants, and other methods.
• Represents Lindenwood University at internal and external events related to educational development, teaching and learning, and the scholarship of teaching and learning
• Recruits, interviews, hires, supervises and evaluates the Manager of Learning Design and other relevant support staff in compliance with Lindenwood standards and procedures
• Collaborates with the Director of Organizational Development, university administrators, faculty, and staff to develop short- and long-term plans, schedules, calendars and budgets for educational development initiatives
• Supports the mission of the University and serves as an ambassador of the Q2 culture of service excellence
• Models, supports, and holds others accountable to the University’s values
• Builds rapport with students, colleagues, and community members, communicating in the way best suited for each audience
• Develops, presents, and assesses annual new faculty orientation program, faculty welcome activities, and coordinates the adjunct instructor conference
• Job may require other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Upon hire, employer-paid tuition benefits for bachelor’s (employee, spouse, and dependent) and master’s degree programs (employee and spouse only).
• Tuition discounts for doctoral programs (employee only).
• Comprehensive benefits plan: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement options.
• Paid holidays: MLK Jr. day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving break (Wednesday – Friday), and winter break (Dec. 23 – Jan. 1).
• Free lunch Fridays: LU employees are eligible for a free meal on Fridays at the Evans Commons Dining Hall or Spellman Dining Hall; Chick-fil-A and Qdoba included.
• Professional development opportunities through the Lindenwood Learning Academy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree