ET&L ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. 

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. 

While this position is open until filled, the priority application date to apply and to be considered is March 29th, 2024.

Together with world-class partners, the University of Washington’s College of Engineering is developing a new generation of innovators. A national leader in educating engineers, each year the College turns out new discoveries, inventions, and top-flight graduates, all contributing to the strength of our economy and the vitality of our community. As a College of Engineering employee, you can help create a real impact for our students, faculty, friends, and fellow staff while joining a community of innovators committed to building a culture where all members thrive, are valued, and feel a sense of belonging.

As the assistant director and an instructional consultant in the College of Engineering's Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning (ET&L), the successful candidate will support the college's educational mission, primarily by providing confidential instructional consulting services to tenure-track and teaching faculty and other educators (e.g., grad students, postdocs, contingent faculty) in the college and assisting in directing ET&L's programs and operations. ET&L helps the college realize sustained and substantial improvements in student learning at the course and degree program levels by bridging research and practice in engineering education.

This position requires exercising judgment in interacting, often on a confidential basis, with many different education stakeholders, including faculty, staff, administrators, and students across the engineering disciplines; understanding and responding to a broad range of teaching and learning challenges; identifying, learning, communicating, and applying current, relevant theory and research in multiple fields, including the learning sciences, psychology, organizational change, and higher education studies; participating in and contributing to academic and professional communities related to educational development, both on campus and at the international level.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Core educational development responsibilities include individual and group consultations concerning a broad range of teaching and learning issues, including learning outcomes, constructive alignment, active learning, formative assessment, and inclusive teaching. Individual consultations typically include conducting formative assessments of engineering courses and degree programs. The assistant director will also contribute to needs analyses and iterative development and facilitation of educational development programming (e.g., learning communities, workshops) for a variety of educator audiences. They will also assist the director with ET&L operations, including co-managing communications and budgets. Finally, they will be encouraged and supported to engage in local and national service. Example venues include college and university committees related to teaching and learning, as well as national faculty development and engineering education research communities like POD and ASEE.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS