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About the Role
The Executive Director of Faculty Development provides strategic leadership and support to advance faculty excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship. This role serves as a central resource and thought partner for faculty and program leadership, offering development programs, consultations, and initiatives to support professional growth and effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Lead the vision, mission, strategy, and activities of the Institute for Learning, Innovation, and Faculty Excellence Innovation (iLIFE) and the Innovation, Learning Excellence, and Resource Network (iLEARN).
- Collaborate with academic leaders and faculty to identify development needs and align initiatives with institutional priorities.
- Lead institution-wide faculty development initiatives supporting academic innovation and curricular transformation.
- Serve as a resource for faculty engagement in shared governance, providing guidance on structures and participation.
- Develop and facilitate professional development opportunities focused on academic leadership skills.
- Support faculty in identifying and pursuing leadership pathways aligned with their career stage.
- Provide coaching and consultation to faculty on career planning, advancement, and professional growth.
- Design and support mentorship and peer-learning structures for leadership development.
- Design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive faculty development programs for teaching, service, and scholarship.
- Scale existing Academic Leadership Academy programs.
- Develop and deliver training on evidence-based teaching practices, curriculum design, and assessment strategies.
- Provide workshops on scholarly development, including research design and dissemination.
- Oversee and coordinate faculty consultation and coaching structures.
- Develop onboarding and transition programs for new, mid-career, and promotion-track faculty.
- Assess faculty development needs and evaluate program effectiveness using data and feedback.
- Develop and deliver new faculty orientation and a year-long development sequence.
- Use assessment data and faculty input to drive strategic decisions and demonstrate continuous improvement in faculty development initiatives.
- Achieve measurable increases in faculty participation and engagement in development programs.
- Demonstrate increased faculty preparedness for leadership roles and shared governance.
- Show documented improvement in teaching effectiveness and adoption of evidence-based instructional practices.
- Support measurable growth in faculty scholarship, dissemination, and scholarly impact.
- Design, implement, and sustain an integrated institutional framework for faculty onboarding, development, and career advancement.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Education, or closely related degree.
- At least 10 years of higher education instructional experience, preferably at the graduate level.
- In-depth knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional approaches, and assessment techniques.
- Ability to transfer theory into practice to reach a broad audience.
- Knowledge of educational practices within health sciences.
- Knowledge of various accreditation requirements as they apply to faculty development expectations.
- At least 5 years of past faculty development experience.
- Demonstrated experience with delivering training/instruction in a variety of formats (face-to-face, online, synchronous-remotely).
- Proficiency with technology and informed on industry trends.
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Career Development
- Faculty Training
- Professional Development
- Adult Learning Theory
- Instructional Design
- Assessment Techniques
- Scholarly Development
- Mentorship
- Coaching
- Program Evaluation
- Technology Proficiency
- Collaboration
- Resilience
- Trust Building
- Results Driven
- Innovation
- Customer Focus
- Engagement Driving
- People Leadership
Location
- Campus-based
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 10+ years higher education instructional experience
- 5+ years faculty development experience
Education Level
- Doctorate in Education or closely related degree
About the Company
- The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.