Faculty Development Lead

Job ID: 279380

Location: GHC - Paulding Instr. Site

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Georgia Highlands College is a multi-campus, state college member of the University System of Georgia. Founded in 1970 as Floyd Junior College, it now serves more than 6,000 students in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama across its five locations in Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, and Dallas. GHC currently offers over 30 areas of study with associate degree and bachelor's degree options both in the classroom and online.

We are a growing and progressive institution with opportunities for great employees to grow in a fast-paced and challenging work environment that encourages employee wellness and overall success. Our combined efforts at GHC have led to numerous awards, honors, and countless stories of success for students and employees. This includes our most recent honor of being recognized as one of the semifinalists for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

Job Summary

This position promotes excellence in pedagogy and educational technology in all course modalities by building faculty expertise in educational experiences and supporting the learning management system. This position can be filled as staff or faculty depending on the applicant's current rank and status.

Responsibilities

• Is responsible to understand, support, and carry out the college's mission, vision, and values and comply with mandates and regulations of government and accrediting bodies

• Guides faculty to utilize effective research-based practices in instructional design, pedagogy, and technology by providing related one-on-one support, consultations, and workshops

• Assists faculty to enhance teaching, explore a teaching innovation, or improve student learning

• Consults with faculty to analyze classroom practices, assess teaching and learning needs of courses, and share evidence-based approaches in course design, instruction, and assessment

• Fosters a culture of formative assessment and continuous improvement of teaching practices to enhance student learning

• Develops marketing and communication strategies to engage faculty and staff in CETL programming and services

• Manages and maintains CETL and D2L data for annual reporting.

• Stays up to date on research about faculty development, pedagogical methods, and instructional technologies, and disseminates relevant research and literature to faculty

• Partners with campus constituents to implement both GHC and University System of Georgia (USG) initiatives

• Assists with the design and implementation of new CETL programming and events

• Collaborates with CETL team and assist with projects as needed

• Participates in a variety of committee work at departmental and college level

• Provides management of the LMS holding an administrator lite role in D2L

• Addresses and resolves technology tickets related to the LMS

• Supports technology integrations in the LMS such as Simple Syllabus and third party publisher materials

• Maintains GHC CETL and GHC IT Self Help documentation and resource web pages

• Performs other related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of a baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to the occupational field

• Experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the diverse objectives and functions of the subunits in the division/department

• Minimum one (1) year experience in the field of faculty development, educational development, training, organizational development, or leadership development

• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license for the type of vehicle or equipment operated

Proposed Salary

Commensurate with experience

Required Documents to Attach

• Resume

• Cover Letter

• Unofficial transcripts, if applicable

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of excellent and effective teaching methods at the college level

• Knowledge of facilitating teaching workshops, consultation methods, and learning communities

• Knowledge to develop, facilitate, and assess programs for faculty at various career stages.

• Knowledge of the scholarship of teaching and learning and/or assisting others in SoTL work.

• Knowledge of learning management systems (e.g. Desire to Learn, Blackboard, Canvas).

• Skills in effective communication, presentation, and facilitation and ability to converse fluently with subject matter experts in diverse academic disciplines.

• Skills to mentor and/or collaborate with others to improve student learning.

• Skills in project and time management to attend to detail and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Skills to provide individual consultation on teaching and learning issues.

• Ability to understand the policies of the University System of Georgia

• Ability to understand the policies and procedures of GHC

Contact Information

For more information or questions about a job posting, please contact Human Resources by email at mailto: jobs@highlands.edu

For technical support, please contact the Shared Services Center at (877) 251-2644 or mailto: oneusgsupport@usg.edu

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Conditions of Employment

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with Georgia Highlands College, as determined by Georgia Highlands College in its sole discretion, confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check.

Offers are made expressly subject to the applicable federal and state laws, to the statutes, rules and regulations of this institution and to the Bylaws and Policies of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia (USG), which are available for your inspection upon request.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Georgia Highlands College provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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