Executive Director, Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning

Department
 

College Chicago Center for Teaching

About the Department
 

The University of Chicago is an urban research university that has driven new ways of thinking since 1890. Its commitment to free and open inquiry draws inspired scholars to its global campuses, where ideas are born that challenge and change the world. At the University of Chicago, students are taught how to think, not what to think. A University of Chicago education is transformative. Students do more than merely acquire knowledge; they develop the critical skills necessary to examine, understand and challenge ideas and assumptions—including their own. It is a proficiency they develop in the classroom and will use throughout their careers and their lives. Central to the fulfillment of the university's educational mission and situated administratively in The College, the university's undergraduate college, is the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL). The CCTL supports faculty in their pedagogical and professional development enabling the expertise and creativity that drives the university's transformative education. After an institution-wide process to examine the mission, function and structure of the center, the CCTL has been reimagined, repositioned, and renamed to better support this mission. The university now seeks an innovative academic leader to shape and execute this newly reimagined future for the CCTL.

Job Summary
 

The University of Chicago seeks a creative, collaborative and experienced leader to serve as executive director of its newly envisioned and repositioned Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning. The executive director will articulate a compelling vision for the role of teaching at the University of Chicago as well as the role of the CCTL in achieving that vision. Working together with the Dean and Masters of the College, as well as the Deans of the four graduate Divisions– biological sciences, humanities, physical sciences, social sciences– the Executive Director will extend the CCTL’s reach and impact across all academic programs, departments and disciplines, elevating the art and science of teaching and learning in support of the university’s educational mission. The executive director will be appointed as an Associate Dean in the College, reporting to the Dean of the College, and receive a concurrent academic appointment at the rank of senior Instructional Professor in the appropriate collegiate division.

Responsibilities

• Develops imaginative and innovative courses, curricula and programs and in articulating a persuasive role for instructional technologies.
• Oversees the day-to-day operations and financial wellbeing of the CCTL as well as the recruitment, retention and supervison of six to eight staff who design and develop programming in support of all members of the University of Chicago community who have a teaching role.
• Program development will include support for teaching in STEM fields, inclusive teaching and equitable course design practices, support for graduate students as they become effective teachers and fostering research on teaching and learning.
• Collaborates and coordinates with other units providing support for teaching and learning (Academic Technology Solutions, Chicago Language Center, College Writing Program, English Language Institute).
• Fosters and maintains systematic expansion of pedagogical and professional development programming, aimed at unionized Instructional Professors and Lecturers as well as Teaching Fellows in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Divinity.
• Provides sustained focus on the support of learning, including tutoring services, academic coaching, and academic skills assessment. Increases focus on evaluating and assessing the efficacy of teaching and the success of learning both on an individual and curricular level.
• Provides strategic leadership for a Center with senior management and serves as a liaison to academic departments, professional organizations and administrative units of the University.
• Oversees a communication strategy and marketing efforts aimed at increasing the visibility of the Center. Collaborates with others to make the center a valuable resource to all students and contributes to the broad goals of creating a stronger campus community.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 10+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• PhD.

Experience:

• Prior experience in managing and developing educational programs.
• A record of research and scholarship in the area of teaching and learning.

Preferred Competencies

• Accomplished academic administrator.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong financial and managerial acumen.
• Documented record of teaching success, as represented in teaching awards and achievements.
• Proficiency in the deployment of instructional technologies.

Working Conditions

• Some availability during evenings and weekends.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter that includes your interest in this position (required)
• References Contact Information (3)(required)
• The University of Chicago has retained WittKieffer to support this recruitment. Lucy Leske (Senior Partner), Suzanne Teer (Senior Partner) and Julia Bradley (Senior Associate) are leading the search.  For full consideration, inquiries, applications, and nominations should be sent by email to [email protected] and also submitted to the University of Chicago. Candidate materials should be received by October 29, 2021.  The job will remain open until the position is filled. 

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family
 

Administration & Management

Role Impact
 

People Manager

FLSA Status
 

Exempt

Pay Frequency
 

Monthly

Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

37.5

Benefits Eligible
 

Yes

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

Posting Statement
 

Applicant Inquiry Form. <span>Applicant Inquiry Form</span> The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity /Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

 

Staff Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form.

 

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages a diversity of perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange.

 

All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history.  A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment.  Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.

 

The University of Chicago's Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu . Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.

Department
 

College Chicago Center for Teaching

About the Department
 

The University of Chicago is an urban research university that has driven new ways of thinking since 1890. Its commitment to free and open inquiry draws inspired scholars to its global campuses, where ideas are born that challenge and change the world. At the University of Chicago, students are taught how to think, not what to think. A University of Chicago education is transformative. Students do more than merely acquire knowledge; they develop the critical skills necessary to examine, understand and challenge ideas and assumptions—including their own. It is a proficiency they develop in the classroom and will use throughout their careers and their lives. Central to the fulfillment of the university's educational mission and situated administratively in The College, the university's undergraduate college, is the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL). The CCTL supports faculty in their pedagogical and professional development enabling the expertise and creativity that drives the university's transformative education. After an institution-wide process to examine the mission, function and structure of the center, the CCTL has been reimagined, repositioned, and renamed to better support this mission. The university now seeks an innovative academic leader to shape and execute this newly reimagined future for the CCTL.

Job Summary
 

The University of Chicago seeks a creative, collaborative and experienced leader to serve as executive director of its newly envisioned and repositioned Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning. The executive director will articulate a compelling vision for the role of teaching at the University of Chicago as well as the role of the CCTL in achieving that vision. Working together with the Dean and Masters of the College, as well as the Deans of the four graduate Divisions– biological sciences, humanities, physical sciences, social sciences– the Executive Director will extend the CCTL’s reach and impact across all academic programs, departments and disciplines, elevating the art and science of teaching and learning in support of the university’s educational mission. The executive director will be appointed as an Associate Dean in the College, reporting to the Dean of the College, and receive a concurrent academic appointment at the rank of senior Instructional Professor in the appropriate collegiate division.

Responsibilities

• Develops imaginative and innovative courses, curricula and programs and in articulating a persuasive role for instructional technologies.
• Oversees the day-to-day operations and financial wellbeing of the CCTL as well as the recruitment, retention and supervison of six to eight staff who design and develop programming in support of all members of the University of Chicago community who have a teaching role.
• Program development will include support for teaching in STEM fields, inclusive teaching and equitable course design practices, support for graduate students as they become effective teachers and fostering research on teaching and learning.
• Collaborates and coordinates with other units providing support for teaching and learning (Academic Technology Solutions, Chicago Language Center, College Writing Program, English Language Institute).
• Fosters and maintains systematic expansion of pedagogical and professional development programming, aimed at unionized Instructional Professors and Lecturers as well as Teaching Fellows in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Divinity.
• Provides sustained focus on the support of learning, including tutoring services, academic coaching, and academic skills assessment. Increases focus on evaluating and assessing the efficacy of teaching and the success of learning both on an individual and curricular level.
• Provides strategic leadership for a Center with senior management and serves as a liaison to academic departments, professional organizations and administrative units of the University.
• Oversees a communication strategy and marketing efforts aimed at increasing the visibility of the Center. Collaborates with others to make the center a valuable resource to all students and contributes to the broad goals of creating a stronger campus community.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

---
Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 10+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

---
Certifications:

---

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• PhD.

Experience:

• Prior experience in managing and developing educational programs.
• A record of research and scholarship in the area of teaching and learning.

Preferred Competencies

• Accomplished academic administrator.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong financial and managerial acumen.
• Documented record of teaching success, as represented in teaching awards and achievements.
• Proficiency in the deployment of instructional technologies.

Working Conditions

• Some availability during evenings and weekends.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter that includes your interest in this position (required)
• References Contact Information (3)(required)
• The University of Chicago has retained WittKieffer to support this recruitment. Lucy Leske (Senior Partner), Suzanne Teer (Senior Partner) and Julia Bradley (Senior Associate) are leading the search.  For full consideration, inquiries, applications, and nominations should be sent by email to [email protected] and also submitted to the University of Chicago. Candidate materials should be received by October 29, 2021.  The job will remain open until the position is filled. 

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family
 

Administration & Management

Role Impact
 

People Manager

FLSA Status
 

Exempt

Pay Frequency
 

Monthly

Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

37.5

Benefits Eligible
 

Yes

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

Posting Statement
 

Applicant Inquiry Form. <span>Applicant Inquiry Form</span> The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity /Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

 

Staff Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form.

 

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages a diversity of perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange.

 

All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history.  A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment.  Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.

 

The University of Chicago's Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu . Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.