Senior Director and Instructor of CHER Academic Programs
About The Position
The Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER) at Trinity College invites applications for the position of Senior Director and Instructor of CHER Academic Programs. This full-time academic leadership position plays a central role in advancing Trinity's mission of deep, reciprocal engagement with the Hartford community through teaching, research, and partnership. The Senior Director and Instructor of CHER Academic Programs leads Community Learning programs and the Liberal Arts Action Lab (LAAL) and contributes to institutional leadership in community-engaged scholarship and pedagogy. The role carries teaching responsibilities of two courses per academic year, including one summer course (Public Humanities Collaborative). The Senior Director of Academic Programs develops and maintains partnerships with Hartford, co-develops agendas and strategies with the Executive Director, convenes faculty advisory boards, provides community learning course support, and implements best practices in community engagement aligned with the Carnegie Classification. The Senior Director of academic programs also oversees CHER communications and promotes its academic work on and off campus. This role plans and manages courses and summer programs (Community Action Gateway, Community Learning Research Fellows, Public Humanities Collaborative). The director also supports the Director of the LAAL in planning, evaluation, faculty recruitment, partnership with CT State Community College Capital, and coordination with the Hartford Resident Advisory Board. This is a twelve-month, hybrid, non-tenure-track administrative faculty position.
Responsibilities
- Leads Community Learning programs and the Liberal Arts Action Lab (LAAL)
- Contributes to institutional leadership in community-engaged scholarship and pedagogy
- Teaching responsibilities of two courses per academic year, including one summer course (Public Humanities Collaborative)
- Develops and maintains partnerships with Hartford
- Co-develops agendas and strategies with the Executive Director
- Convenes faculty advisory boards
- Provides community learning course support
- Implements best practices in community engagement aligned with the Carnegie Classification
- Oversees CHER communications and promotes its academic work on and off campus
- Plans and manages courses and summer programs (Community Action Gateway, Community Learning Research Fellows, Public Humanities Collaborative)
- Supports the Director of the LAAL in planning, evaluation, faculty recruitment, partnership with CT State Community College Capital, and coordination with the Hartford Resident Advisory Board
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Industry
Educational Services
Education Level
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