Associate Director of Instructional Support

Position Summary

The University of Mississippi seeks an Associate Director of Instructional Support to develop and implement campus-wide initiatives to support faculty teaching capabilities, manage undergraduate peer-learning programs, and promote graduate student instructional development, in partnership with the staff of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in the Academic Innovations Group.

About The University of Mississippi and Oxford, Mississippi

Founded in 1848, the University of Mississippi (UM) is Mississippi's oldest public research university and has a long history of producing leaders in public service, academics, and business. UM is consistently named by The Chronicle of Higher Education as a “Great College to Work For,” and is located in Oxford, MS, which is ranked one of the “Top 10 Best College Towns.” With more than 24,000 students, UM is the state's largest university, among the nation's fastest-growing institutions, and has consistently been named one of Mississippi’s Healthiest Workplaces.

Oxford, Mississippi, is a one-hour drive south of Memphis, Tennessee, and is known best as the home of Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner. Creativity abounds in Oxford as musicians, artists, and writers alike find inspiration in Oxford’s rich history and creative community. Over the years Oxford has also been known for offering exceptional culinary experiences. Oxford has also been featured as a literary and arts destination in such publications as The New York Times, Southern Living, Condé Nast Traveler, and GQ. Among other cultural activities, regular events include the Oxford Film Festival, the Oxford Conference for the Book, and a thriving local music scene, and the Ford Center Performing Arts Series.

About the Academic Innovations Group

Formed in 2019 as support for the QEP, the Academic Innovations Group is responsible for faculty development, learning support, and the promotion of innovative academic practices. The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is part of AIG and supports all aspects of teaching and learning at the University by helping teachers in researching, promoting, assessing, and reflecting upon effective teaching and learning practices. CETL operates with AIG to fulfill the goals of the 2018 Quality Enhancement Plan focused on the improvement of critical thinking in undergraduate courses.

About the Position

The Associate Director of Instructional Support leads CETL’s supplemental instruction program and graduate student teaching development efforts, as well as supporting CETL’s work in faculty development more generally. As such, the Associate Director:

• Oversees the management of undergraduate supplemental instruction and graduate instructor development for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
• Recruits and trains undergraduates and faculty for supplemental instruction programs.
• Schedules and promotes supplemental instruction programs.
• Assesses supplemental instruction programs.
• Collaborates with CETL staff to design and implement faculty development as needed, including programming for inclusive teaching in support of the University’s Pathways to Equity strategic plan for DEI.
• Designs and implements orientations, institutes, workshops and other programming informed by the scholarship of teaching and learning in collaboration with other CETL staff.
• Designs and delivers pedagogical training for new graduate instructors, teaching assistants, and adjunct instructors.
• Develops learning opportunities to promote teaching excellence among faculty.
• Promotes teaching excellence through one-on-one consultations with faculty and instructors, classroom observations, teaching materials analysis, and additional services as needed.
• Collaborates with CETL staff to develop strategic initiatives, meet with faculty advisory board, and provide assessment reports for CETL.
• Analyzes workshop activity, surveys, and other evidence of impact, and determines improvements of CETL/AIG services.
• Manages CETL’s programs for Graduate Instructor Excellence in Teaching Award and Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Implements training and development opportunities for faculty including workshops, faculty development lunches, faculty chats, poster exhibitions, and CETL mini grants and travel grants in collaboration with the Director of Faculty Development and CETL staff.
• Facilitates interaction with CETL Advisory Board.
• Represents CETL at regional and national conferences, as appropriate.
• Prepares presentations for national conference(s) to reflect developments of scholarship of teaching and learning on the campus of the University of Mississippi for national audiences.
• Performs related or similar duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• A master’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Three years of experience related to the duties identified above. Related experience may be substituted for education, on a basis set forth and approved by the Department of Human Resources.

Background Check Statement

The University of Mississippi is committed to providing a safe campus community. UM conducts background investigations for applicants being considered for employment. Background investigations include a criminal history record check, and when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.

EEO Statement

The University of Mississippi provides equal opportunity in any employment practice, education program, or education activity to all qualified persons. The University complies with all applicable laws regarding equal opportunity and affirmative action and does not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based upon race, color, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.