Assistant Coordinator Faculty Professional Development

Position Overview

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North Carolina Central University’s Office of Faculty Professional Development (OFPD) serves faculty with activities and programs designed to improve instruction in higher education. The OFPD, a Title III activity, is supported by Title III‑B funding. Its mission is to encourage excellence in teaching through programs for course development, redesign, and improvement, implementation of research‑based instructional strategies, and support services to faculty that foster instructional development and efficiency for faculty at the university and collegiate level.

Planning and Organizing Work

• Plan, implement, and evaluate the Unit’s range of faculty development programs and activities to champion university excellence in teaching and learning in General Education Courses.
• Create campus teaching initiatives and programs to support innovative teaching, learning, assessment, use of technologies in the classroom, and course redesign for courses with high D, F grades, and withdrawal rates.
• Develop instructional sessions for early‑career faculty and adjunct instructors.
• Acquaint the NCCU community with important innovations and emerging technologies for teaching focused on methods used for faculty in higher education.

Faculty Development

• Establish and present workshops and trainings to promote teaching strategies that encourage active learning, educational effectiveness, student engagement, and classroom inquiry.
• Develop effective procedures to assess and document student learning.
• Participate actively in campus and national initiatives related to assessment and innovation in university teaching.
• Design, maintain, and launch marketing platforms for the OFPD professional development activities including website, social media, and flyers.

Data/Information/Records Management

• Develop and maintain a database for faculty professional development.
• Collect data on student impact of faculty professional development.
• Monitor the tasks to be completed for the achievement of objectives prescribed by the Office of Faculty Professional Development.
• Comply with University and Title III Programs Office guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Use professional development data, progress monitoring, and program evaluations to generate monthly and quarterly reports on program effectiveness for Title III.

• Extensive knowledge of andragogy and pedagogical practices conducive to student achievement, with the ability to champion strategies for a sense of belonging and for an increasingly changing student body and faculty community.
• Strong presentation and engagement skills in both virtual and face‑to‑face settings; exceptional interpersonal and technology skills; demonstrated use of instructional technologies and social media platforms.
• Collaborative approach to implementation of talent development processes to ensure faculty efficacy and support institutional effectiveness.

• Master’s degree required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in faculty development supporting teaching at the college level.
• Preferred: STEM focus and Doctoral Degree; at least one year of experience managing and supporting the reporting requirements for faculty development programs funded through Title III and administering in…