Associate Director for Instructional Research and Development - Open position at UC Davis

The Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE - http://cee.ucdavis.edu/) at UC Davis is seeking applicants for the position of Associate Director for Instructional Research and Development. These are exciting times instructionally at UC Davis and the Associate Director position is right at the heart of the action! We will continue the recruitment until filled and will have our first applicant review July 23rd.

Position description, link to apply and links for additional information are below.

Position Description: The Associate Director for Instructional Research & Development (AD-IRD) partners with the Associate Director for Learning & Teaching Support (AD-LTS) and reports directly to the Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness (AVP-EE)/Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE) Director. As a working manager/leader, the AD-IRD leads research and development of new methods, technologies and tools that translate educational findings into effective solutions that anticipate and address faculty and institutional needs with respect to instructional innovation, improvement and effectiveness.

Partnering with faculty and targeted instructional learning and innovation communities, the AD-IRD collaboratively conducts research and development focused on complex instructional issues and problems that impact curriculum, instruction, and assessment approaches and strategies with the goal of maximizing student outcomes, learning and success while improving departmental instructional outcomes and accountability. This work is meant to advance core undergraduate instructional capacity and capability across UC Davis and to provide collaborative leadership for academic program- and institution-level improvement and change efforts.

The AD-IRD provides management, administrative and budgetary oversight for the IRD programs, initiatives, and staff (2-5 academic and non-academic) managing and mentoring small teams that may include researchers, educational researchers/specialists, post-doctoral scholars and students (graduate and undergraduate).

For additional details and to apply go to: http://ue.ucdavis.edu/about_us/join-our-team.html

Learn more about the Center for Educational Effectiveness at: http://cee.ucdavis.edu/

Learn more about Undergraduate Education at UC Davis: http://ue.ucdavis.edu/