Associate Director for Evaluation of Teaching and Learning; Center of Teaching

About FIU

Florida International University is a Top 50, preeminent public research university with 55,000 students from all 50 states and more than 140 countries, as well as an alumni network of more than 340,000. Located in the global city of Miami, the university offers more than 200 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, including medicine and law. FIU faculty are leaders in their fields and include National Academy members, Fulbright Scholars and Mac Arthur Genius Fellows.

A Carnegie R1 institution, FIU drives impactful research in environmental resilience, health and technology and innovation. Home to the Wall of Wind and Institute of Environment, FIU stands at the forefront of discovery and innovation. With a focus on student success, economic mobility and community engagement, FIU is redefining what it means to be a public research university.

The Associate Director for the Evaluation of Teaching and Learning is a new leadership role within FIU's Center for the Advancement of Teaching that advances the Provost's mandate to support faculty and student success in alignment with university strategic priorities. This in-person position leads a university wide effort connected to the evaluation of teaching initiative, prioritizing evidence-based assessment of student learning and supporting faculty use of tools designed to evaluate teaching effectiveness.

The Associate Director leads the development of policies, resources, and multi-modal programming that enable instructors to make data-informed decisions about instructional design, pedagogical strategies, and professional growth. Working closely with the CAT Director, the role draws on expertise in teaching, faculty development, learning assessment, and education research to support reflective, scholarly teaching practices.

The position collaborates with academic leaders, campus partners, and faculty to promote institutional alignment around teaching excellence, continuous improvement, and student success. Additionally, the Associate Director supports the implementation of the Student Perceptions of Teaching 2.0 project, a key component of FIU's approach to meaningful evaluation of teaching.

• Directs CAT's role in the university's annual evaluation of teaching processes, including policies, procedures, SPOTs development and review, faculty labs, workshops, and reporting. Attends and presents at Chairs Advisory Council (CAC meetings), attends department meetings, college assemblies, and works closely with colleges.
• Designs and facilitates faculty professional development programming focused on evaluating student learning, assessing teaching effectiveness, and interpreting learning evidence to strengthen course design.
• Provides class observations, instructional design assessments, and consultations upon faculty request, grounded in asset-based, growth-focused principles that support faculty in enhancing evidence-based instructional practices.
• Designs and delivers presentations to academic units and university leadership on teaching evaluation policies, procedures, data analysis, and institutional trends and supports university leadership in the diffusion of teaching evaluation best practices across the university.
• Leads or co-leads CAT's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) initiatives, supporting faculty research, dissemination, and evidence-based teaching innovation.
• Manages and coordinates faculty requests for consultations, interventions, and customized programming related to teaching evaluation and learning assessment.
• Manages the CAT Faculty Fellows Program
• Represents CAT and FIU on committees, advisory groups, and faculty governance bodies related to teaching evaluation and student learning.
• Participates in relevant national networks (e.g., POD Network) to remain informed of best practices and emerging trends in educational development and teaching evaluation.
• Regularly attends all CAT departmental meetings, planning retreats and the like (in-person beginning in Spring) and works collaboratively and cross-functionally with the team.
• Designs and delivers accessible programming across modalities, including workshops, consultations, and faculty cohort support.

• Bachelor's degree and six (6) years of appropriate experience, or Master's degree and four (4) years of experience.

• Master's degree in education, higher education, instructional design, learning sciences, or a related field.
• Experience supporting Faculty in evidence-based instructional improvement, reflective teaching practice, and faculty professional development best practices.
• Experience in educational research design, qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation, data collection, statistical analysis, and learning analytics.
• Experience evaluating teaching effectiveness and assessing student learning across multiple modalities (in-person, online, hybrid).

• Administrative

• $85,000 - $90,000