Director of Center for Teaching & Research Excellence
Job title: Director of Center for Teaching & Research Excellence in Chicago, IL at Chicago State University
Company: Chicago State University
Job description: Posting Number S25214P
Posting Date 04/14/2025
Closing Date 04/25/2025
Title Director of Center for Teaching & Research Excellence
Working Title Director of Center for Teaching & Research Excellence
Salary Range $123,436.00 Annual
Employee Class Administrator
Department Center for Teaching and Research Excellence
Full-time/ Part-time Full-time
Specialization
Hours Per Week 40+
Standard Work Week Monday-Friday Some weekends and evenings required.
BenefitsThis position is eligible for health, dental, life insurance and other benefits through Chicago State University. Click here for a complete list of benefits:
Job SummaryAbout Chicago State University
Chicago State University (CSU), is the oldest public university in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago State University is Illinois' only four-year U.S. Department of Education-designated Predominantly Black Institution (PBI). CSU serves over 1,500 undergraduate students and nearly 900 graduate students. The university is a nationally accredited university with five colleges in Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences and Pharmacy and proudly supports a diverse and non-traditional student population that hails from 28 countries and 36 states.Discover the latest advancements and milestones achieved by CSU in our Annual Report: .The Director, Teaching and Learning Excellence Center plans and implements university-wide educational development programs and services that align with institutional strategic goals, with an emphasis on faculty, instructional support and online learning.
Job Description·
- Partners with the Provost's Office, colleges, departments, and other units to achieve institutional strategic plan goals related to teaching and learning through faculty, instructional, and program development.
- Drives innovative course design, the expansion of quality online offerings, the support of High-Impact Practices, and other initiatives to support and advance strategic plan goals.
- Design, coordinate and implement university-wide faculty development support activities, including but not limited to initial faculty orientations, face-to-face workshops, webinars, discussions, information sharing, and web resources, etc.
- Instruct, manage and support faculty using the digital portfolio system for tenure and retention.
- ·Instruct, manage and support faculty accessing and using the course evaluation system.
- Use data from support calls/emails to improve customer service.
- ·Lead OOIT in designing, developing, and delivering recurring faculty development opportunities that use emerging technologies that support student learning.
- ·Act as a liaison to faculty, Academic Affairs, and the Course Development Team to coordinate quality improvement, course content, delivery, and implementation of online course(s).
- ·Collaborate with Information Technology Department (ITD) to improve, test, and implement solutions for the Learning Management System (LMS) and other educational tools.
- ·Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and LMS trends.
- ·Plan and execute programs related to faculty, students, research promotion and teaching excellence.
- ·Supervise and conduct performance evaluation for staff members of the Office of Online Training and Center.
- ·Design, edit and manage webpage content for CTRE/OOIT.
- · Participate and support committees relevant to the advancement of faculty and the entire university.
- Manage and coordinate faculty development grants.