Associate Dean - Culinary Instruction & Transformation

• Posted on October 29, 2026

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Hyde Park, NY 12538, USA

• Education
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: ASSOC
  005789

The anticipated hiring range for this position is $120,000 to $130,000. Hiring offers will be determined based on the final candidate’s qualifications and experience.

The CIA offers a substantial benefits package that includes medical coverage available at no cost to qualifying employees, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, retirement savings plan with high employer contributions, a generous paid time off program, and more!

The Associate Dean – Culinary Instruction & Transformation cultivates the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of how the Culinary Institute of America (“CIA”) teaches culinary arts. The role defines the “CIA way”: a distinctive, evidence-informed pedagogical model that connects culinary craft, deliberate practice, sensory judgment, creativity, professionalism, and applied knowledge. The Associate Dean facilitates translation of that model into faculty practice, effective learning experiences, and measurable student outcomes across CIA locations and learning formats, advancing CIA’s strategic direction and Vision 2035 ambitions.

Reporting to the Dean – School of Culinary Arts, the Associate Dean is the leading administrative coordinator around culinary pedagogy, faculty teaching capability, and instructional innovation across the institution while directly supervising Culinary Fundamentals faculty. The Dean retains overall accountability for school strategy, program portfolio, resources, and academic performance. While other Associate Deans retain leadership of their assigned programs and faculty, this role establishes shared teaching approaches in collaboration with faculty and administrative constituencies, promotes the standardization of materials, and leads adoption through agreed upon institutional plans and shared governance.

The position also extends CIA’s educational expertise into external learning contexts.

• Lead articulation and codification of the CIA’s culinary pedagogical model, including principles for demonstration, guided practice, feedback, reflection, and assessment of culinary proficiency. Define common expectations while enabling faculty to adapt instruction to diverse learners and disciplines.
• Translate institutional priorities into a sequenced culinary teaching and innovation roadmap. Facilitate faculty and academic leaders across CIA locations to concur on standards, implementation responsibilities, and measures of progress; bring policy, resource, and unresolved cross-program decisions to the Dean and appropriate governance bodies.
• Partner with faculty to ensure student-facing presentation materials are created with excellence, are richly engaging and represent the visual standards of the CIA’s pedagogical model.
• Develop the proposal, operating model, and educational agenda for a center for culinary instruction; lead implementation when approved. Build CIA’s standing through applied teaching research, documented practice, educator development, and external engagement.

• Lead a sustained faculty development program combining onboarding, coaching, peer observation, and communities of practice. Build demonstrable capability in culinary pedagogy, inclusive teaching, assessment, and effective use of instructional technology.
• Use Culinary Fundamentals as proving ground for improved teaching approaches. Lead curriculum and assessment improvement in assigned areas and work with other…