Purdue University's Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) needs an Instructional Developer to support instructors engaged in the IMPACT Critical Thinking (CT) professional development program and other instructional development programs, aiming to enhance the integration of Critical Thinking skills into the curriculum across various disciplines.
Requirements
- Experience and familiarity working directly and in collaboration with a wide-ranging group of stakeholders including faculty and instructors, as well as academic units on integration of Critical Thinking skills into the curriculum
- Experience with course design, including face-to-face, hybrid and online environments
- Experience with either qualitative or quantitative human subject research
- Familiarity with educational research
Responsibilities
- working with instructors who are engaged in the IMPACT Critical Thinking (CT) professional development program
- work with instructors in a variety of other instructional development programs in CIE; programs like the IMPACT FLC and the Foundations of Teaching
- work with a variety of instructors from a variety of disciplines in a developmental and consultation capacity
- integration of Critical Thinking skills into the curriculum
- Experience with course design, including face-to-face, hybrid and online environments
- Experience with either qualitative or quantitative human subject research
- Familiarity with educational research
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Two (2) years’ experience in higher education, academic or professional development; working and supporting faculty and instructional staff is required (can include graduate work)
- Experience and ability to work in changing, ambiguous, and fluid situations
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- High level of organization skills
- Commitment to service-orientation philosophy and approach
- Ability to work as a contributing member of a strategic team
- Ability to work independently with general supervision
- Master’s degree
- Experience teaching in higher education
- Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
- A background check will be required for employment in this position
- FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
- Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period
- Weekly in-person work is expected for this position, although some hybrid work can be possible.
