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Associate Vice-Provost for Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Employer
University of Rhode Island
Location
Kingston, RI

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Job Details

Posting Number:

SF01154

Job Title:

Associate Vice-Provost for Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Position Number:

106473

FTE:

1.00

FLSA:

Exempt

Position Type:

Professional Staff

Union:

Non-Union Non-Classified Staff

Pay Grade Level:

17

Pay Grade Range:

Salary commensurate with education and experience.

Status :

Calendar Year, Full-time, Permanent

Department:

Provost for Academic Affairs

Contact(s):

Please note: Job applications must be submitted directly online only at: (https://jobs.uri.edu)

Campus Location:

Kingston

Grant Funded:

No

Job Description Summary:

APPLICATION DEADLINE: The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by November 10, 2021. Second consideration may be given to applications received by December 1, 2021. Applications received subsequent to second consideration date (December 1, 2021) may not be given full consideration.

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BASIC FUNCTION: Provide innovative leadership for the Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (ATL) to advance excellence, inclusion, and diversity in teaching, learning, and assessment in all modalities across the University. Provide a visionary approach to evidence-based faculty development, assessment, and online education. Connect ATL’s initiatives to the University’s strategic plan and institutional accreditation goals. Provide oversight for the key resources of ATL (personnel, budget, data). Act as the liaison between ATL and the Provost’s Office, College Deans and Associate Deans, and Informational Technology Services. The Directors, Associate Directors, or Assistant Directors of the offices of Faculty Development, Student Learning Outcomes Assessment and Accreditation, Online Education, URI Online, and the Academic Testing Center report directly to the Associate Vice Provost.

Duties and Responsibilities:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide vision and leadership to ensure that ATL advances the University’s goal of educational excellence through professional development for evidence-based teaching, assessment, online education, and academic testing. Provide active leadership to advance the diversity, inclusion, and equity mission of URI in teaching, curriculum development, assessment, and online education. With the leadership of the appropriate ATL units, develop programming for innovative faculty development including technology-related modalities; contribute to and support the scholarship of teaching and learning across the university; and promote a climate of Academic Integrity. Work closely with the leadership of URI Online, the Provost’s office, College Deans, Enrollment Services, and other operations at URI to grow the scope of and enrollment in URI Online. Regularly assess the operations and programs to ensure excellence and competitiveness.Oversee evidence-based planning efforts of the various units to ensure they advance the mission of ATL and establish appropriate benchmarks to assess unit effectiveness. Actively seek resources to support the work of ATL including creating collaborations with appropriate internal and external partners and seeking external funding. Coordinate ATL’s communication strategy including, but not limited to, its website, listservs, social media, and annual report. Oversee hiring, supervision, professional development, and evaluation of all staff, embedded faculty, and graduate students. Promote research, publishing, and other scholarly efforts of the ATL staff. In conjunction with the Provost’s Office Senior Business Analyst, and ATL’s Administrative Assistant/s, effectively manage ATL’s financial resources. Work with the offices of Institutional Research and Enrollment Services to ensure that URI’s Online Programs comply with federal and state regulations including mandatory annual reporting to the National State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Contribute to teaching, learning, assessment, testing, and online initiatives and policies at the University by serving on appropriate University and Provost’s committees.Represent URI to external constituencies (e.g., POD, OLC, WCET, NECHE) in evidenced-based professional development, assessment, and online education. OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Perform other duties and responsibilities as required. LICENSES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT: Personal computers, printers, word processing, and spreadsheet software. Microsoft Office. Grants. Online education programs, equipment, software.

Required Qualifications:

REQUIRED:

1. Earned doctorate.

2. Demonstrated record of leadership and development at the program and institutional level.

3. Demonstrated record of advancing diversity and inclusion.

4. Demonstrated experience with teaching and learning.

5. Demonstrated experience with faculty development and assessment.

6. Minimum seven years of administration, planning, and supervising a Center for Teaching and Learning or a similar complex unit in a higher education institution (including budgetary oversight).

7. Minimum five years’ experience in faculty development and/or outcomes assessment in higher education.

8. Minimum three years’ experience in a combination of teaching online, online instructional design, and/or developing or managing online programs.

9. Demonstrated experience in teaching at the collegiate level.

10. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with current theories, best practices and application of evidence-based teaching and program assessment.

11. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with current theories, best practices and application of faculty development and online education.

12. Demonstrated experience developing programs to advance diversity and inclusion.

13. Demonstrated experience in writing and managing grants.

14. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across a college/university.

15. Demonstrated strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

16. Demonstrated proficiency in written communication skills.

17. Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups/populations.

Preferred Qualifications:

PREFERRED:

1. Demonstrated experience developing and managing an Office of Online Programs including the planning, developing, marketing, and other functions.

2. Evidence of entrepreneurial efforts at change making across a campus. ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE MODIFICATION TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

Environmental Conditions:

This position is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Posting Date:

10/13/2021

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Please attach the following 6 (PDF) documents to your online Employment Application:
(#1) Cover letter.
(#2) CV.
(#3) “Other Document-References” – the names and contact information of three professional references (pdf doc).
(#4) “Other Document” – A leadership statement (2 pages maximum) should discuss 1) what core values define your approach to leadership of people and of programs, and 2) how would these values be specifically brought to bear in leading the Office of the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (ATL) and furthering its mission?
(#5) “Statement of Teaching Philosophy” – A teaching statement (2 pages maximum) should outline your teaching approach and accomplishments and, at a minimum, discuss 1) how you think about and approach teaching, and the role of teaching and learning in a college context, 2) your approach/strategies for faculty development and way to improve teaching and learning, and 3) evidence of past experience of improving teaching and learning.
(#6) “Other Document” – URI affirms the importance and critical need for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in higher education, and we seek to hire candidates with a strong track record of engagement with JEDI in their research, teaching, and service. The JEDI statement (2 pages maximum) along with your other application materials should address your values and/or philosophy, accomplishments, experiences, education, and training with JEDI. We highly encourage you to integrate one or more of the following considerations into your 2-page statement, and to be as specific and concrete as possible in any examples you provide.● Your understanding/articulation of the role played by intersectional personal identities in developing and executing concrete JEDI actions and products.● Past and future integration of JEDI aspects and issues into your teaching or leadership activities, and any impact of that JEDI inclusion on students, the institution, your discipline, and the larger community. ● Academic, professional, industry, and/or community service that contributes to building respectful and inclusive organizational climates, advances institutional recruitment of marginalized people, and raises awareness of JEDI issues.● JEDI Frameworks and theories that you apply in your work to create awareness, understanding, and advancement of JEDI issues and goals on students, the institution, your discipline and the larger community.

Quicklink for Posting:

https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/8816

Organization

The University of Rhode IslandURI Picture 1

Founded in 1892, this land and sea grant university is the flagship public research institution in Rhode Island, enrolling more than 14,500 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students.

Thinking big
URI is home to some of today’s leading innovators, discoverers, and creative problem solvers and is known regionally and worldwide for its big ideas and pioneering research in such areas as environmental studies, neuroscience, biotechnology and life sciences, engineering, marine sciences, forensic sciences, pharmaceuticals, behavioral sciences, and public health promotion. A strong core of traditional academic disciplines provides the foundation for all specialized, professional, and applied areas of study. The University receives about $60 million annually in federal funding for research across 87 undergraduate and 70 graduate degree programs.

Motivated students, engaged faculty

Nearly 23,000 students applied for fewer than 3,300 openings in the 2017 freshman class, which boasts an average grade point average of 3.54. The 17 to 1 student/faculty ratio allows for personal attention and rewarding teaching experiences. Approximately 87 percent of faculty hold terminal degrees. In 2018 URI produced two Fulbright Scholars, five Boren Scholars, a Truman Scholar, and was named a one of the country’s top Gilman scholar-producing schools. URI’s commitment to diversity is demonstrated through its student body, with 43 states and 65 nations represented and 20 percent of students identifying as persons of color, a 65 percent increase since 2008.

Four campuses, one community

URI’s main campus is located on 1,248 acres in rural Kingston, where the campus core — including a quadrangle surrounded by handsome granite buildings — is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Six miles from Rhode Island’s beaches, this campus is conveniently situated along the Boston to New York corridor. The University’s renowned Graduate School of Oceanography is located at the 165-acre Narragansett Bay Campus. The Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies brings higher education to downtown Providence. Nearby, the 133,000-square-foot Rhode Island Nursing Education Center URI Picture 2includes unparalleled simulation labs. The W. Alton Jones Campus — 2,300 acres of forests, lakes, and farmland in West Greenwich — provides a secluded setting for academic research, environmental education, business meetings and special events.

 

Investing in the future
Since 2007, the University has invested $607 million in campus capital projects, including: a $150 million engineering complex, due to open in 2019; Brookside, another new apartment-style residence hall, 2019; a Welcome Center, 2018; the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center, 2017; Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, 2016; and Avedisian Hall, home to the College of Pharmacy, 2012.

 

Expertise on demand

The University is home to several centers of expertise that tackle some of society’s most vexing challenges. The George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience brings multi-disciplinary research to bear on devastating brain diseases, such as ALS and Alzheimer’s. The Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Center supports state, national, and international public welfare through education, research, training, and service. The Business Engagement Center is the “front door” through which industry taps into research and training opportunities and assistance with intellectual property or technology issues. The R.I. Food Center brings URI’s agricultural roots to the 21st century as a resource for farmers, consumers, retailers, and others across the food industry

Company info
Telephone
401-874-1000
Location
80 Lower College Road
North Kingston
Rhode Island
02881
US

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