Director of Teacher Education Programs & Innovation
Listed on 2026-06-30
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Education / Teaching
Education Administration, University Professor, Academic, Faculty
Teacher Education Program Director
Milwaukee, WI
Full Time
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Position Title:
Teacher Education Program Director
Job Category:
Limited
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Academic Program Director
Job Duties:
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for the Teacher Education Program Director in the School of Education (SOE) within the College of Community Engagement &Professions (CCEP). This is a tenured faculty appointment at therank of Associate or Full Professor.
UWM is a doctoral R1 university committed to student success,research excellence, and community engagement. The SOE vision is tobe a premier urban school of education recognized for itsdiversity, and known for excellence in teaching, learning, and research.
The Program Director will provide strategic leadership for UWM'steacher education portfolio, including undergraduate and graduatelicensure programs. This role advances a cohesive vision thatstrengthens program quality, aligns curriculum with workforce and student needs, and ensures a student-centered experience across allpathways.
The Director will lead curriculum innovation, implement high-impactpractices across programs, and align systems and processes toimprove efficiency and outcomes. Further, this position will ensure compliance with licensure requirements while supporting program growth and visibility of UWM's teacher education programs.
Working collaboratively with faculty, staff, and PK-12 partners,the Program Director will strengthen recruitment, retention, and completion efforts and expand partnerships that support clinical experiences and educator pipelines.
This position will report to the Associate Dean & Head of the School of Education.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide and support strategic planning and continuous improvement for teacher education programs
- Guide and support curriculum innovation, including development of new and alternative licensure pathways
- Guide and support student-centered programs, curricula and systems aligned with workforce needs
- Guide and support the implementation of high-impact practices across courses and programs
- Streamline systems to improve efficiency and student experience in collaboration with programs and student services
- Work with faculty and staff to ensure compliance with DPI and institutional requirements
- Encourage and support PK-12 and communitypartnerships
- Support student recruitment, retention, and completioninitiatives
- Supervise key support staff - Represent the work of teachereducation programs in the university and at the state level toensure innovation and initiatives move forward
This is a 12-month limited appointment with a tenured facultybackup appointment and an administrative workload of 75-100%,depending on program needs. Teaching may be included as part of theremaining workload.
The work of this position will be performed primarily on-site, atUWM's main campus.
Key
Job Responsibilities:
- Manages student academic program(s)
- Formulates program strategies and goals, directs long-term planning, develops policies and procedures, and establishes and maintains new and emerging program materials
- Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring,transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining,and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent(FTE) employees
- Collaborates with faculty members to develop student academic programs and agendas, directs implementation, and createscurricular structure including operational and logisticalarrangements
- Develops the unit budget and approves unit expenditures
- May provide guidance to faculty regarding funding, staffing,and space implications
- Serves as the principal liaison between the program, University leadership, and outside entities
- Evaluates operations and outcomes to ensure alignment withorganizational goals
School: School of Education
Target Salary: Minimum salary will be $100,000 per year,actual hiring salary will be determined based on rank and qualifications related to the position
Required Qualifications:
- PhD in Education or closely related field
- Ability to meet rank of a tenured associate or full professorat UWM due to demonstrated distinguished record of research,scholarship, teaching, and service accomplishments
- Minimum six years of higher education experience with expertise in teacher education
- Experience developing alternate licensure pathways
- Experience building PK-12 partnerships
- Experience developing and leading systems-level or process improvement efforts
- Experience with student-centered practices andwith programs that improve educational equity - Experience with data analysis and interpretation
- Demonstrated leadership in program development, curriculuminnovation, or academic administration
- Experience…
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