Assistant Director, Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3) - Engi

Assistant Director, Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3) - Engineering Administration

Assistant Director, Academy for Excellence in Engineering (AE3). Position is within the Office of Undergraduate Programs, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The role is responsible for designing and coordinating programs that support faculty teaching skills and promoting faculty engagement and recognition for engineering education efforts within the College, campus, and beyond.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Collins Scholar program for new faculty, including developing classroom observation programs and training of faculty peer observers and Student Consultants on Teaching (SCOTs).
• Collaboratively develop, implement, and evaluate the Scholarship and Teaching for Engineering Postdocs (STEP) program for postdoctoral research associates to support their research, teaching, and employability—including evaluation of participants’ teaching assessments.
• Develop and facilitate routine sustained faculty development opportunities, such as book circles, themed professional learning communities, extended seminar series, and course redesign/revision working groups.
• Liaise with Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) staff to promote faculty engagement in campus level programming, and serve on CITL working groups as requested.
• Work closely with the CBTF Assistant Director in providing operational oversight for the Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF) for all related programming and participate in CBTF advisory groups for students and faculty as requested.
• Consult with Strategic Instructional Innovations Program (SIIP) teams annually and support project research, dissemination, and sustainability efforts.
• Represent AE3 on the ENG 580 course planning team; attend ENG 580 regularly, present as requested, and support program revision over time.
• Develop and assess peer observation and mentoring program for Engineering Learning Assistants (ELAs) in the Grainger First-Year Experience (GFX) program and train new ELAs in the ENG 377 course to prepare them for ENG 100 and 101 courses.
• Lead the planning and execution of the Grainger College of Engineering Celebration of Teaching event annually.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education, educational psychology, or the humanities such as history, political science, literature, journalism, communications, or philosophy AND six (6) months of experience which included any of the following areas: professional writing or editing, audiovisual design and/or production, design and/or production of evaluation tools, educational programming, curriculum development, or classroom teaching.
• Baccalaureate degree in education, educational psychology, or the humanities AND eighteen (18) months of experience which included any of the following areas: professional writing or editing, audiovisual design and/or production, design and/or production of evaluation tools, educational programming, curriculum development, or classroom teaching.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Ed.D. in engineering, STEM education, education, or another closely related field.
• Three (3) years of education, training and/or work experience in engineering, STEM education, or a related field.
• Experience in faculty instructional developmental programs.
• Experience with learning analytics, institutional assessment processes, or program evaluation.
• Experience mentoring faculty or graduate students related to teaching innovation.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to apply research and evidence to improve instructional practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with little supervision.

APPOINTMENT INFORMATION

This is a full‑time Civil Service Instructional Development Specialist‑3289 position appointed on a 12‑month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after the closing date. The budgeted salary range for this position is $75,000 – $80,000. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity. This position is not eligible for any type of sponsorship for work authorization. This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes health, dental, vision, life insurance, a retirement plan, paid time off, and tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Equal Opportunity and Accommodations

The University of Illinois System is an equal‑opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. The University of Illinois System reserves the right to employ restricted‑party screening procedures for applicants. Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Accommodation requests may also be made on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions, or religion. Requests may be submitted through the reasonable accommodation portal, or by contacting the Office for Access & Equity.

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