Faculty Devel Specialist
- Employer
- University of North Texas
- Location
- Denton
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Welcome to the University of North Texas System, or UNT World as we like to call ourselves. UNT World includes the University of North Texas in Denton, the University of North Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region and we are committed to transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We are growing with the DFW region, enrolling a record 47,000+ students across our system and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.
Posting Title:Faculty Devel Specialist
Department:UNT-Career Connect-110045
Job Location:Denton
Full Time/Part Time:Full-Time
Salary Information:Salary commensurate with experience
Department Summary:The VPAA Office of Curricular Innovation and Academic partnerships (CIAP) supports faculty and students through partnerships and collaborations internal to UNT and externally within the community. Emphasis is place on the development and implementation of high-impact educational practices (Kuh, 2001). Additional current initiatives include textbook affordability and accessibility and learning analytics. Career Connect is a major initiative of CIAP that enhances, assesses, and showcases UNT students’ marketable skills by engaging them in high-impact, experiential learning, reflection, and ePortfolio activities that are provided through UNT courses and activities. Connect is implementing UNT’s digital learning and employment record and is also responsible for the UNT ePortfolio system.
Position Overview:This position is responsible for providing support to faculty innovators in the development and delivery of transformative learning experiences. This position works closely with faculty to promote and accelerate the use of evidence-based pedagogies, next generation learning environments, and principles of effective design.
Minimum Qualifications:Master’s degree in an academic discipline and at least four years experience consulting with college or university faculty about engaging students in learning experiences that incorporate authentic scholarly and professional learning activities or any equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:• Strong working knowledge of learning and instructional design theories and practice as they apply to course development at the college level.
• Demonstrated ability to support the effective use of online and face-to-face instructional materials and current technologies for a variety of learning tasks, student learning needs, and learning environments.
• Thorough knowledge of accessibility and copyright issues that apply to all modes of instructional delivery.
• Commitment to service, respectful engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Interpersonal skills that promote team building, collaboration, and a culture that principally understands and measures effectiveness in terms of others’ successes.
• Experience mentoring colleagues and students, advising and collaborating with peers and co-workers to provide structured feedback and advice to enhance their professional development and growth.
• Ability to communicate clearly, verbally and in writing.
• Sensitivity to the demands and dynamics of teaching and learning at a major research university.
Monday – Friday 8am – 5 pm
Driving University Vehicle:No
Security Sensitive:This is a security sensitive position
EEO Statement:The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.
Classification Title:Faculty/Staff Devel Specialist
o:Provides expert consultation to University faculty and staff to support the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of transformative learning experiences that enable students to apply and reflect on what they are learning by participating in research and discovery, and authentic scholarly and professional learning activities.
o:Facilitates ongoing innovation and experimentation by University faculty regarding effective teaching that exposes students to and engages them in the research and discovery that distinguishes a major research university.
o:Integrates methods of experiential learning that generate measurable data useful in assessing the impact of these activities to facilitate understanding their impact and contribution to both student learning and faculty teaching effectiveness.
o:Supports University faculty in advancing innovation and excellence in teaching and learning.
o:Identifies and cultivates opportunities to facilitate community and collaboration among faculty innovators.
o:Monitors important developments and research regarding experiential learning. Conducts original research and provide instruction related to excellence and innovation in teaching and learning.
o:Participates in ongoing curricular innovation efforts including supporting affordability initiatives and curriculum redesign, improvement, delivery, and evaluation of instructional support.
o:Develops and leads specialized programs for on-demand and cohort-based instructional improvement.
Posting Number:S2124P
Quicklink for Posting:Organization
Working at University of North Texas
Since 1890, the University of North Texas has been a catalyst for transformation for its students and the North Texas region. As the nation’s 26th largest public university, UNT is dedicated to providing an excellent educational experience to its 36,000 students while fueling the intellectual, economic and cultural progress of one of the largest, most dynamic regions in the United States.
A student-focused public research university, UNT graduates more than 8,500 students each year from its 12 colleges and schools and offers 97 bachelor’s, 82 master’s and 35 doctoral degree programs, many nationally and internationally recognized. As UNT’s strengths in science, engineering and technology grow, the university continues to nurture its core areas of distinction in music, education, social sciences, business, the arts and humanities. Leading Texas public universities in the number of Goldwater Scholars and designated a “Best in the West” university by The Princeton Review, UNT is known for its academic excellence.
By providing access, welcoming diversity and strengthening collaborations with our many educational, business and community partners, as well as building new partnerships across the globe, UNT's faculty and staff work each day to prepare students for the challenges they will meet in our changing world.
Fostering global understanding and promoting cultural appreciation are central to preparing tomorrow's successful global leaders. Our strategic international partnerships seek to improve quality of life, facilitate the exchange of ideas and culture, and allow for important research addressing global issues. UNT's campus benefits from a rich diversity of about 2,500 international students representing 140 countries.
UNT faculty produce groundbreaking research in a wide range of disciplines spanning the sciences, mathematics, engineering and technology while also making nationally recognized contributions in the arts and humanities. The College of Music is one of the nation’s best music colleges with an internationally respected jazz program. UNT has the oldest program in emergency administration and planning and a unique program in applied philosophy and environmental ethics.
UNT also is home to many national centers and institutes, including the Net-Centric Software and Systems Center — a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center; the Center for Electronic Materials Processing and Integration; the Institute of Applied Science; the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling; and the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity.
UNT has developed many state-of-the-art research facilities, such as the federally funded Center for Advanced Research and Technology, one of the nation’s most extensive facilities for powerful materials characterization and analysis; a high-performance computational facility; and a clean room/nanofabrication research facility (under construction). UNT’s research extends outside the academy as well, with field stations as close as a neighboring lake and as far away as southern Chile.
In addition, UNT is developing Discovery Park, a research park with technology incubator facilities on a 300-acre property near the main campus. The university also has developed a Design Research Center in the heart of the Dallas design district.
As the largest and most comprehensive university in the North Texas region, UNT is growing as a national leader in education, research and scholarship, student support and community engagement — the pillars of a great public research university. UNT’s ultimate mission is to give a green light to greatness by helping its students, region, state and nation excel.
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