Educational Development Specialist

Request to Recruit Position Title Educational Development Specialist - 2 Vacancies Working Location (City, State) Boone, NC Faculty Rank No Provide Rank N/A Position Number 069431 Department Ctr for Excellence in Teaching & Learning for Student Success - 205250 Description of University Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all.

The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

Position Summary Information Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in higher education or related field – or master’s degree in any field with experience related to the position.
• Expertise or a background in one or more of the following is required: (a) online and hybrid learning (b) assessment of student learning serving nontraditional learners (d) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and/or Discipline-Based Education Research ( DBER ), (e) program evaluation, and/or (f) STEM discipline. Please speak to your qualifications for any of the above focus areas in your application.
• Experience consulting with faculty; facilitating workshops, courses and learning communities; and leading initiatives to enhance teaching, learning, and student success.
• Demonstrated commitment to the success of all faculty and students to include decreasing disparities across demographic groups.
• Ability to communicate clearly, professionally, and effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree and/or credentials related to teaching, learning, curriculum development, assessment of learning, inclusive practices, educational development, faculty development or other relevant area.
• Experience teaching, especially in institutions of higher education.
• Experience teaching in multiple modalities: online, in-person, and hybrid.
• Experience leading or facilitating initiatives, programs, projects, or grants that contribute to student access, learning, and success.
• Demonstrated success working with diverse disciplines.
• Experience in program planning, management, assessment, and evaluation.
• Organizational and time management skills, including project management skills.
• Experience and expertise in the assessment of educational development programming.
• Evidence of participation in scholarly work related to teaching and learning in higher education.
• Ability to develop cross-campus relationships that allow for connecting faculty members to appropriate resources that will support their overall success in the institution.

The Educational Development Specialist in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Student Success (CETLSS) is the first point of contact for instructional/learning design, educational development, and initiatives connecting teaching to increased student success. Reporting to the Executive Director of CETLSS, the Educational Development Specialist will work as a member of the CETLSS team to support our mission. CETLSS is dedicated to growing excellence in teaching and learning, online instruction, civic engagement, and faculty mentoring and career support.

The Center provides professional development to the campus community aimed at advancing faculty and student success. CETLSS is…