Writing Resources Center Director
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- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
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- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
003420
Vacancy Open to:All Candidates
Working Title:Writing Resources Center Director
Position Designation:EHRA Non-Faculty
Employment Type:Permanent - Full-time
Months per Year:11
Work Schedule:The WRC Director’s work schedule is variable, with some evening and weekend work required, as the Writing Resources Center is open variable hours, semester to semester. The WRC Director is expected to maintain a daily presence in the WRC.
Hours per week:40
FLSA Status:Exempt
Division:Academic Affairs
Department:Col Liberal Arts & Science (Col)
Primary Purpose of Department:The Writing Resources Center (WRC) provides writing support to UNC Charlotte students from first-year to graduate across the disciplines. It also provides tutor education and ongoing professional development and mentoring to the student tutors, both graduate and undergraduate, who serve as peer writing consultants.
Primary Purpose of Position:The WRC fosters a culture of writing across campus. The Director works with a staff of 25-30 undergraduates, graduate students, and professional staff to serve 1,575+ students, faculty, and staff annually. With multiple locations across campus, the WRC provides over 4,000 conferences, face-to-face and online, and offers more than 50 workshops annually. The WRC has a long-standing commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Summary of Position Responsibilities:The WRC Director conducts research, teaches, and participates in service appropriate to the position of EHRA program administrator. Teaches the seminar on writing center research, theory, and pedagogy. Develops and fosters relationships across campus in support of the WRC. Recruits, hires, and provides ongoing education, training, and professional development for writing tutors across the disciplines. Designs and implements workshops and programs in collaboration with WRC staff. Manages budget and identifies funding opportunities. Engages with the Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies department to advance the undergraduate minor and major. Collaborates with the Department of English to recruit and mentor Graduate Teaching Assistants and other graduate students tutors. Collaborates with UNCC’s Communication Across the Curriculum Program to develop and coordinate support for the teaching and learning of writing campus-wide. Maintains ongoing Graduate Faculty status in WRDS. Maintains a daily presence in the WRC and engages in the center’s programs. Develops and implements assessment plans.
Minimum Education/Experience:Required Qualifications:
- PhD or EdD (at time of appointment) in Rhetoric & Composition or closely related discipline
- Demonstrated success in writing program administration
- Record of effective teaching of college-level writing
- Scholarship in writing center studies or related field
- Experience working effectively with multicultural and otherwise diverse groups of people
- Evidence of collegiality and a commitment to work collaboratively as part of a supportive team
- Ongoing commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Desired Qualifications:
- Demonstrated success and ongoing interest in First-Year Writing, learning science, writing pedagogy, emerging media, and innovative technologies of digital communication
- Leadership experience in writing program administration, particularly building a successful writing major
- Expertise in writing across the curriculum
- Potential to secure external funding
Please apply on-line at http://jobs.uncc.edu and include the following:
- Letter of application responding to the required and desired qualifications listed above, including a statement of research and teaching interests
- Current curriculum vitae
- Writing sample
- List of three professional references
- Candidates identified for consideration should be prepared to submit three current letters of recommendation, sent separately to the search committee chair. Please do not send letters until requested.
Complete applications received by November 1, 2021 are assured full consideration, although recruitment will continue until the position is filled.
Candidates will be asked during their initial interview to discuss how they address social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in teaching and research.
Applicants are subject to a criminal background check. The finalist will be required to submit an official transcript of the highest earned degree.
For more information, please contact the search committee co-chairs: Rebecca Agosta (ragosta@uncc.edu) and Bryn Chancellor (bchancellor@uncc.edu).
Posting Open Date:
10/05/2021
Open Until Filled:Yes
Proposed Hire Date:07/01/2022
Organization
About Us
UNC Charlotte is North Carolina's urban research university. It leverages its location in the state's largest city to offer internationally competitive programs of research and creative activity, exemplary undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, and a focused set of community engagement initiatives. UNC Charlotte maintains a particular commitment to addressing the cultural, economic, educational, environmental, health, and social needs of the greater Charlotte region.
Located in the state’s largest metropolitan area, UNC Charlotte is among the fastest growing universities in the UNC System. A large public university with a small college feel, UNC Charlotte’s 1,000-acre campus is the home away from home for more than 29,000 students. The University offers internationally competitive research and creative activity opportunities and exemplary undergraduate, graduate and professional programs coupled with a focused set of community engagement initiatives that enrich the region’s quality of life.
In fulfilling our mission, we envision a University that promises:
- An accessible and affordable quality education that equips students with intellectual and professional skills, ethical principles, and an international perspective.
- A strong foundation in liberal arts and opportunities for experiential education to enhance students’ personal and professional growth.
- A robust intellectual environment that values social and cultural diversity, free expression, collegiality, integrity, and mutual respect.
- A safe, diverse, team-oriented, ethically responsible, and respectful workplace environment that develops the professional capacities of our faculty and staff.
To achieve a leadership position in higher education, we will:
- Rigorously assess our progress toward our institutional, academic, and administrative plans using benchmarks appropriate to the goals articulated by our programs and in our plans.
- Serve as faithful stewards of the public and private resources entrusted to us and provide effective and efficient administrative services that exceed the expectations of our diverse constituencies.
- Create meaningful collaborations among university, business, and community leaders to address issues and opportunities of the region.
- Develop an infrastructure that makes learning accessible to those on campus and in our community and supports the scholarly activities of the faculty.
- Pursue opportunities to enhance personal wellness through artistic, athletic, or recreational activities.
- Operate an attractive, environmentally responsible and sustainable campus integrated with the retail and residential neighborhoods that surround us.
Dual Career
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is committed to the recruitment and retention of highly qualified and productive faculty, administrators, and other professional staff members. We recognize that career decisions are influenced by family considerations. For up to one year from the date of an employee’s relocation to Charlotte, the University will assist the employee’s spouse or domestic partner with efforts to find employment within the University and/or within the surrounding area.
Diversity at UNC Charlotte
UNC Charlotte is committed to cultivating diversity and inclusion throughout the campus. Our campus community is comprised of people who represent the wide breadth of gender identities, sexualities, races and ethnicities, faith traditions, nationalities, and other social groups and backgrounds. All of these identities and experiences enrich the University as a whole. UNC Charlotte strives to celebrate and leverage the benefits of this diversity, and to sustain an inclusive and welcoming environment for all students, faculty, and staff.
To learn more about plans, programs, resources and news and events relating to diversity and inclusion at UNC Charlotte please use the following link: https://diversity.uncc.edu/
To access the full text of the UNC Charlotte Plan for Campus Diversity, Access and Inclusion please use the following link: https://diversity.uncc.edu/sites/diversity.uncc.edu/files/media/Campus%20Plan%20for%20Diversity%2C%20Access%2C%20and%20Inclusion%202016.pdf
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Overview of the UNC Charlotte Plan for Campus Diversity, Access and Inclusion.
The goal of quality education for all at UNC Charlotte is the foundation for our Diversity Plan. At its fullest potential, higher education allows students to interact with people from different backgrounds and to engage a range of ideas and perspectives. This educational experience cultivates the skills that graduates will need to function adeptly in a global society.
As North Carolina and the Charlotte region undergo rapid population growth and demographic change, UNC Charlotte must respond to the needs of a more diverse student population. It is imperative that the University prepare its students to become leaders and thriving citizens in a pluralistic and multicultural society. In adopting our Diversity Plan, we affirm that:
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- We believe that a diverse faculty, staff and student body are critical in advancing teaching, scholarship, and community engagement at UNC Charlotte.
- We are committed to enhancing opportunities for living, working and learning in a diverse environment
- We are committed to educating our students to interact effectively and respectfully in the global community.
The Plan identifies components of a diverse campus community and outlines steps toward building an inclusive environment that promotes the success of all students, faculty, and staff. It is a living document that affirms our institutional values and is designed to offer guidance to University departments and units for achieving the University goals for diversity. The seven broad objectives of the Diversity Plan are:
1: Promote a broad understanding of goals for diversity, access, and inclusion for the University through active outreach to the campus community.
2: Recruit and graduate a diverse student body that reflects community diversity and addresses the state’s need to increase access to higher education for historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students.
3: Increase the recruitment of underrepresented faculty and advance their progression through the faculty ranks.
4: Increase the representation of staff from underrepresented groups.
5: Ensure the presence of institutional environments and course development that enhance learning and appreciation for the full range of diversity.
6: Develop external relationships with the community to enhance diversity on and off campus.
7: Ensure the Success of the Plan through Assessment, Accountability, and Recognition.
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