Competition Number: REQ 6000
TITLE: Director, Teaching Excellence
DIVISION: Office of the VP, Academic
SALARY: Payband 13, $112,225 to $149,633 per year
LOCATION: 200 King St.E.
STATUS: Full Time Admin
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
CLOSING: Open until filled.
Land Acknowledgement
George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other.
Equity Statement
George Brown College is committed to creating and sustaining an equitable and inclusive learning and working environment. We encourage and actively seek applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized people, visible minorities, 2SLGBTQIA+ persons, all genders, and persons with disabilities.
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GBC Vision
To be a college renowned for its inclusion, excellence, relevance, impact, and leadership.
Position Description:
Ensuring that faculty are supported in their provision of exemplary teaching and learning experiences is a core mandate of the college, and of this role in particular. The Director, Teaching Excellence will enact the College's Strategy and Vision as it relates to Teaching and Learning Excellence, as described in the Strategic and Academic plans, respectively, through the coordination and leadership of faculty professional development activity across the college.
Key responsibilities:
- 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.
- Lead the TLX team in creating and delivering effective professional development opportunities related to pedagogy, tech tools, and more for all faculty members.
- 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.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive, evidence-based program that bolsters faculty learning, and ensures effective academic delivery to support student success.
- 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.
- Foster cross-campus partnerships and faculty communities around topics of common interest in learning goals, teaching, and learning.
- 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.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the TLX is proactively supporting the College's Academic strategy and vision.
- Other duties as assigned.
Educational and Experience Requirements:
- 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.
Interview process may consist of a practical skills component.
Notes:
- 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.
- GBC employees, please use https://adfs.georgebrown.ca/adfs/ls/IdpInitiatedSignOn.aspx to apply via our internal site using your GBC credentials for consideration.
George Brown College prides itself on educating students through real-world learning, in the heart of Toronto. Our faculty and employees make this vision a reality, and we support them by making George Brown a great place to work . See why we are consistently ranked as one of GTA's top employers .
Why work here?
George Brown College offers hybrid work opportunities, a competitive pension plan, generous holiday and vacation time, a tuition assistance program, discounted rates for employees taking Continuing Education courses, and an equitable work environment where everyone matters.
George Brown College is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Candidates who require accommodation in the hiring process may contact TalentAcquisition@georgebrown.ca confidentially.