Director, Teaching Excellence
George Brown College
- Toronto, ON
- $112,225-149,633 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the Teaching and Learning Exchange (TLX) Team
- Lead the TLX team in creating and delivering effective professional development opportunities related to pedagogy, tech tools, and more for all faculty members.
- Monitor consultation requests and distribute workload amongst team.
- Oversee orientation programs and services to new full- and part-time faculty, including the New Faculty Academy and other programs.
- Develop and oversee the TLX's annual schedule of professional development programming, including faculty learning communities, workshops, the New Faculty Academy, professional learning certificates (e.g., the UDL Certificate) and micro-certificates, and the annual teaching and learning conference.
- Oversee the design, development, and deployment of new professional learning programs (e.g. micro-certificates and certificates) to support ongoing and emerging needs, as aligned with the college's Professional Teaching Standards.
- Encourage Excellence in Andragogy and Educational Technology
- Develop and implement a comprehensive, evidence-based program that bolsters faculty learning, and ensures effective academic delivery to support student success.
- Generate and implement a plan for evidence-informed training and use of educational technology in collaboration with the academic divisions.
- Collaborate with Academic Divisions and Stakeholders
- Foster cross-campus partnerships and faculty communities around topics of common interest in learning goals, teaching, and learning.
- Work with the academic divisional leadership teams to support division-based faculty professional development and educational technology projects.
- Enable College Strategy and Vision
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the TLX is proactively supporting the College's Academic strategy and vision.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Master's of Education in Adult Learning or an acceptable equivalent from a recognized post-secondary institution; PhD or Ed.D. preferred.
- Minimum nine (9) years' experience in higher education.
- Demonstrated experience as an exceptional teacher, preferably in higher education.
- Experience leading faculty professional development programming strongly preferred.
- Managerial leadership experience in a unionized environment.
- Expertise in pedagogy/andragogy, educational technology, and faculty development.
- Excellent oral and written skills, and group facilitation skills.
- Strong understanding of equity-minded approaches and inclusive practices.
- Proven strategic planning and project implementation.
- Highly proficient leadership with an ability to motivate individuals as well as lead college-wide change.
- Open, straightforward, responsive, and willing to share information with others. Able to be empathetic. Able and willing to work across unit and institutional boundaries.
- Thorough knowledge of educational technologies.
- Advanced problem-solving, change management and interpersonal skills.
- Able to travel between campuses.
- Broad leadership skills managing a diverse team of experienced individuals.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to uphold the College's priorities on equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigenization.
- The College requires proof of degrees, credentials, or equivalencies from accredited regional or federal post-secondary institutions and/or their international equivalents. Credentials may require validation at the time of interviews or offer.
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