Manager, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

University of British Columbia • Kelowna, BC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) supports teaching and learning communities on campus through delivery of programs, services, and technologies to improve effectiveness of teaching and student outcomes in learning environments that reflect UBC’s goals of equity, inclusion, and excellence. The CTL ensures compliance of educational programming with university policies, governmental regulations, and international governance; acts as a resource to the campus community; and provides pedagogical support to staff, faculty, and academic and non-academic units. The CTL works with individual and groups of faculty members, staff, and students to support and promote teaching and learning excellence, innovation, and scholarship. The CTL provides workshops, consultations (to individuals and groups), and programs focused on evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning in the areas such as the scholarship of teaching and learning, curriculum development, flexible learning, instructional design, educational technology development, instructional support and teaching practice development. The CTL also provides both pedagogical and technical support to a diverse suite of learning technologies, including its learning technology ecosystem.

This position is responsible for operational leadership of the CTL: the Manager develops, oversees, and evaluates a broad range of educational and professional development programs, initiatives, and resources offered by the CTL in support of learning and teaching for faculty, graduate students, and staff. This position manages the CTL team and engages with staff, faculty, and academic and non-academic units on both UBC campuses, as well as with external organizations. With the Academic Director, CTL, and Associate Provost, Teaching and Learning, the Manager plans the roadmap for the CTL, balancing current and future states.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Education or related area.
• Minimum of seven years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of pedagogical theory and practice in instructional design and delivery, change management principles and practices, learning technologies, and teaching modes.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of learning technologies, specifically UBC's learning technology ecosystem, and the ability to learn new tools with ease.
• Experience with developing and conducting effective professional development in a range of formats including face-to-face, online, and recorded.
• Experience with the use of learning analytics to enhance teaching and learning environments.
• Experience hiring, training, and supervising staff and student workers.
• Experience working collaboratively within an academic community across disciplines.
• Demonstrated project and time management skills.
• Ability to solve problems by identifying and analyzing key information and issues.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as within a team environment.
• Ability to work toward consensus and resolve differences.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data, determine implications, and provide recommendations
• Ability to make thoughtful and informed decisions.
• Ability to exercise diplomacy, tact and discretion.
• Knowledge of University policies and procedures is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Manages the CTL staff, including through oversight of core and specialized programming and services, special projects, and collaborations and engagements.
• Implements the CTL’s plans for professional development, resource development, and community engagement
• Builds strategic relationships and alliances with partners in faculty support organizations, academic service areas, and technology providers in order to facilitate knowledge transfer, best practice development, and teaching and learning community development.
• Liaises with UBC Vancouver (CTLT), UBC IT, and UBC Okanagan campus departments, and participates in relevant internal and external committees to foster, develop, and implement collaborative and complementary teaching and learning projects, solutions, and initiatives across campus and inter-institutionally.
• Manages the operational budget of the CTL, in consultation with the Academic Director, CTL, and the Provost’s Office
• Using an agile approach, works in partnership with academic leaders, faculty members, administrators, and others to conduct needs assessments, identify appropriate learning approaches, promote effective teaching and learning strategies, and improve student-learning outcomes in face-to-face, hybrid, multi-access, and online learning environments.
• Consults with faculty, as well as other internal and external stakeholders, to evaluate the effectiveness of technology and learning environments (at the course and program levels).
• Explores, researches, and analyzes current models and best practices related to development and implementation of professional development models for learning technologies in higher education, and makes recommendations for improvement and/or implementation.
• Supports the exploration, development, implementation and sustainment of innovative teaching and learning strategies including emerging technologies for all classroom formats.
• Performs other related duties as requested.

Benefits

• The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level