Faculty Development Partner

NWTC•Green Bay, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Faculty Development Partner supports faculty and academic leaders in advancing teaching excellence and student success across Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The role designs, implements, facilitates, and assesses faculty development activities for full- and part-time faculty, aligned with College frameworks such as faculty competencies, guided pathways, and institutional learning outcomes. It provides individual and group support on classroom management, instructional design and delivery, assessment, and evidence-based teaching practices. With supervisor direction and in collaboration with Associate Deans, the position supports faculty from onboarding throughout their time at the College and fosters a growth-oriented professional culture of teaching excellence. The position researches and facilitates best practices in teaching, learning, accessibility, instructional design, and delivery; creates resources and training materials; leads faculty learning communities; and uses trends, data, and feedback to assess development needs and improve initiatives. It partners with faculty and academic leadership on student-success practices, curriculum and course design, instruction, assessment, and instructional technology. The role also supports collegewide initiatives in teaching excellence, student success, innovation, educational technology, and AI, and helps evaluate, pilot, recommend, integrate, and optimize instructional technology systems, including the Learning Management System and curriculum systems such as WIDS. This role is based in Green Bay and reports to the Dean of Teaching Excellence. It involves 40 hours per week, typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with flexibility for other hours as necessary. Travel is listed as day travel, three days per month.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Education, Career and Technical Education, Instructional Design, or a related area, with major emphasis in faculty/staff development or training, curriculum development, instructional technology/design, or similar content area.
Three years of teaching experience.
Microsoft Office Suite skills and demonstrated use of technologies in designing teaching and training materials.
Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
Valid driver’s license and ability to be insured under the District’s standard insurance policy terms.
An equivalent combination of education and work experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Three years of experience within the technical college system, higher education, faculty development, or instructional design.
Experience utilizing the Canvas learning management system.

Responsibilities

Research, promote, and facilitate best practices in teaching, learning, accessibility, instructional design, and instructional delivery in alignment with College quality standards and policies.
Design, develop, and facilitate individual and small-group instructional professional development for faculty across disciplines and delivery formats.
Develop resources, guides, and training materials that support faculty growth and instructional effectiveness.
Lead faculty learning communities and facilitate collaborative, reflective learning experiences that promote continuous improvement in teaching.
Analyze trends, data, and feedback to identify faculty development needs, assess initiative effectiveness, and recommend improvements.
Partner with faculty to advance student success through evidence-based and High-Impact Practices, informed by data, assessment, curriculum design, and technology integration.
Collaborate with academic leadership and cross-functional teams across the College and Wisconsin Technical College System on curriculum development, course design, instruction, assessment, and instructional technology aligned with institutional priorities.
Develop and implement stakeholder communication strategies that support faculty engagement, instructional innovation, and awareness of teaching and learning initiatives.
Support collegewide work related to teaching excellence, student success, instructional innovation, and educational technology adoption, including AI as a teaching tool and discipline-specific competency.
Collaborate with stakeholders to research, evaluate, pilot, recommend, and integrate instructional technologies and innovative teaching methods.
Support faculty in the effective use, continuous improvement, and optimization of the Learning Management System and curriculum systems such as WIDS.
Coordinate with internal support teams and vendors to identify, troubleshoot, communicate, and resolve issues affecting instructional technology systems and services.