Director, Teaching, Learning, & Educational Technology

Title: Director, Teaching, Learning, & Educational Technology

Position Type: Fulltime Staff

Search Type: External – minimum 7 days

Department: 20R000 – Office of the Provost

Division: 2R0000 – Academic Affairs

Position Location: Richmond Campus

Driver Classification: Non-Driver

FLSA: Exempt

Schedule Type:  Full Time (37.5 hrs per week or more)

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Additional Schedule Details:

Posted Salary Grade: Exempt – 48

Retirement:   KTRS 

Contact Person: Russell Carpenter

 Job Summary/Basic Functions

The Director, Teaching, Learning, & Educational Technology provides leadership for teaching and learning programs in the Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (FCT&L). The Director will work with the FCT&L staff and stakeholders to support the activities of the Center and collaborate with a variety of campus constituencies to improve and enhance both classroom teaching and student learning and to foster a culture in which effective teaching is valued and rewarded.

The Director develops and implements communication, programs, and professional development for internal and external users in support of successful, effective, and responsive teaching, learning, and educational technology programming. The Director ensures that programming aligns with the priorities and needs of faculty, staff, and the University community, while ensuring appropriate technology is employed and appropriate for user/educator/learner needs, and provides both technical and digital pedagogy assistance as needed.

The Director oversees related web and media presences in collaboration with appropriate constituencies and support networks. In addition to ensuring all technology and media is fully operational at all times, the Director assists with long-term planning related to educational technology and media decisions that support and evolve the centers, programs, and initiatives and its programs’ missions and visions.

The Director executes assigned projects, provides excellent customer service, keeps up-to-date, and makes recommendations regarding new and emerging educational approaches, technologies, and media.

The Director supervises scheduling and distribution of teaching and learning programs, along with cross-unit collaboration with allied programs.

The Director leads efforts regarding teaching and learning, educational technology, program design, program implementation, academic innovation, and distribution of pedagogical resources. The Director also leads faculty and student teams to support innovative instruction that directly enhances the academic experience at EKU in areas of teaching and learning.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Master’s Degree required

Experience: Four years of related experience required

Licensure & Certifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

Doctorate preferred

Job Duties:

• 40% – Provides leadership for the Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning programs. – (Essential)
• 25% – Provides leadership for innovative pedagogy across programs and spaces. – (Essential)
• 25% – Communicates and collaborates effectively with faculty, staff, students, and University community regarding teaching, learning, and educational technology. – (Essential)
• 10% – Supports office and academic functions by completing all other duties and special projects as assigned. – (Essential)

Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Funding Source: Institutional

Open Until Filled: Yes

Special Instructions:

AA/EEO Statement

Eastern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age (40 and over), race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information in the admission to, or participation in, any educational program or activity (e.g., athletics, academics and housing) which it conducts or any employment policy or practice.

Background Check Statement

Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory background check.

About Organization

Eastern Kentucky University (http://www.eku.edu) boasts a rich heritage of outstanding service to the region and Commonwealth of Kentucky. The origins of what is now EKU can be traced to the 1874 founding of Central University in Richmond.

The roots of present-day Eastern go back to 1906 with the establishment of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School No. 1 on the old Central University campus. In 1922 it became a four-year institution and changed its name to the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College, awarding its first degrees under that name in 1925.

The school received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1928; then, two years later, in 1930, it changed its name again to the Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College. Eastern added graduate studies in 1935, and thirteen years later, in 1948, the General Assembly removed the word Teachers from the school's name, and granted it the right to award nonprofessional degrees. It was not until 1966 that the school was officially renamed Eastern Kentucky University. In 2010, the University awarded its first doctoral degree -- in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

Dr. David T. McFaddin is the University's 14th President.