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Job Summary

The Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach (CTLO) seeks an educational developer to join our team as the Associate Director for University Teaching. Founded in 2012, the CTLO supports Caltech's vision for educational equity and excellence: continuous improvement and active leadership, education integrated with research, and ongoing contributions to inclusive, equitable, and accessible opportunities for learning. Caltech is a STEM-focused, research-intensive university, with approximately 900 undergraduates, 1300 graduate students, 600 postdoctoral fellows, and 350 faculty and instructors. The CTLO works broadly with Caltech community members who are involved in teaching, whether in the form of Caltech courses or educational outreach. Candidates for this position are encouraged to read more about our mission, values, and programs on the center’s website: http://ctlo.caltech.edu .

Reporting to the Director of the CTLO, the Associate Director for University Teaching will develop and lead programs for faculty and instructors, including short courses and other cohort-based experiences, campus-wide and disciplinary workshops and discussions on teaching, and other innovative ways to advance and support inclusive, equity-minded, and effective teaching and learning. The Associate Director will teach a graduate course on university-level STEM pedagogy, typically once per year. The Associate Director supervises the Program Manager for Graduate Teaching, who focuses on programs for TAs, graduate students, and postdocs, particularly TA orientations, the Teaching Conference, and mentoring graduate student leaders who collaborate with the CTLO on campus-wide programs such as the Caltech Project for Effective Teaching and the Teaching Assistant Fellows in several STEM departments.

A successful candidate for the Associate Director for University Teaching position will bring a nuanced understanding of evidence-based and inclusive pedagogy across disciplines, including the physical and natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, social sciences, and humanities, particularly as implemented at research-intensive universities; have experience planning and facilitating educational development activities for university faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants; be able to carry out assessments of the programs they lead; bring relevant experience using and advocating for the effective use of instructional technologies in teaching and learning; and be ready to contribute to the enhancement of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility through their work. Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential, as the Associate Director will work closely with a wide range of partners across the Institute.

Essential Job Duties

• Design, teach, and assess a credit bearing graduate level course on University Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
• Design, teach, and assess other workshops, seminars, summer/multi-week short courses, and orientations for instructors at all levels: faculty, instructors, teaching assistants, and others.
• Contribute to and collaborate with CTLO colleagues on major campus-wide programs related to university teaching and learning.
• Design, advertise, implement, and assess instructional consultation services on instructional methods, inclusive and equity-oriented teaching, learning outcomes assessment, specialized disciplinary/departmental teaching, and other topics.
• Assist faculty and TAs with obtaining and interpreting formative feedback on teaching; contribute to the development of improved methods for teaching feedback campus-wide.
• Manage staff who advise and mentor teaching assistants, students, and postdocs on teaching and learning.
• Maintain and apply current knowledge of research on student learning, teaching, technology, and educational development relevant to areas of responsibility.
• Independently design and implement assessment of CTLO programs under the Associate Director’s purview; integrate program assessment with CTLO-wide assessment efforts.
• Manage budgets of programs under the Associate Director’s purview.
• Collaborate with other campus offices to coordinate and deliver programs and services.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a discipline represented at Caltech or in Education.
• Two or more years teaching in higher education, with demonstrated excellence.
• Demonstrated excellence using educational technology at the university level.
• Prior experience with designing and delivering effective educational development programs and/or services to faculty, instructors, and/or teaching assistants.
• Knowledge of and prior experience applying knowledge of pedagogical methods and research findings to STEM teaching and learning contexts.
• Commitment to and experience with leading programs that focus on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in teaching.
• Outstanding written, verbal, and electronic communication skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal, consultation, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to communicate and work collaboratively with diverse participants and stakeholders, including faculty, students, staff, and administrators.
• Excellent skills in the areas of organization, initiative, discretion, and professionalism.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strongly preferred: Doctoral degree in a STEM field or in Education with extensive STEM experience.
• Two or more years of prior work in a college or university educational development unit (e.g., center for teaching and learning, center for teaching excellence/innovation/faculty development, center for educational technology or instructional design).
• Expertise in data analysis, surveys, assessment of learning, and evaluation of educational development programs.

Required Documents

• Curriculum Vitae (CV).