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Dear Colleagues,

Peter Felten at Elon University ([log in to unmask]) has sent the details 
of this interesting job.

About Elon:

*Elon University is a selective, independent university with 6,000 
students and 380 full-time faculty. Elon is known as a model for engaged 
learning, consistently scoring at or above the top ten-percent of 
institutions in the National Survey of Student Engagement. Elon's 
undergraduate academic program is based on a liberal arts and sciences 
core, with strong undergraduate and graduate professional schools in 
business, communications, education, health sciences, and law. Elon's 
campus is located in central North Carolina and is designated as a 
botanical garden. http://ww.elon.edu*

        *Managing Director
          Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
          Elon University *




        Elon University seeks a managing director for the Center for the
        Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

        Elon's Center, established in 2005, promotes engaging,
        inclusive, and effective teaching, and the scholarship of
        teaching and learning. The Center provides a focus for the
        University's vibrant teaching community, bringing faculty and
        staff together from across the institution to explore innovative
        pedagogy and to pursue research on student learning. The
        Center's programming includes seminars and workshops, individual
        consultations, mid-semester focus groups, course and curriculum
        development projects, and grant programs.

        *The managing director will:

        * ·Lead and contribute to faculty development programs that
        build capacity for and community around excellence in teaching
        and engaged learning;

        ·Manage the programs, operations, staff, and budget of the Center;

        ·Collaborate with the Center's staff and its Advisory Committee
        to develop and enact the Center's mission;

        ·Consult with individual faculty members in their efforts to be
        inclusive, effective, and innovative teacher-scholars;

        ·Work in partnership with departments, programs, and
        schools/colleges on pedagogical and curricular initiatives on
        engaged, inclusive teaching and learning;

        ·Advance and support scholarly teaching and the scholarship of
        teaching and learning;

        ·Participate in and facilitate University-wide initiatives on
        teaching and learning;

        ·Connect Elon with regional, national and international
        organizations and initiatives on teaching and learning and
        faculty development.


        *The successful candidate should possess:

        *·A compelling vision for sustaining and growing a teaching and
        learning center in a manner consistent with Elon's mission and
        culture;

        ·Experience facilitating faculty development programs linked to
        teaching, learning, and curricular initiatives;

        ·Relevant administrative experience;

        ·A strong record as a teacher-scholar in higher education;

        ·Knowledge of best practices in learning and program assessment;

        ·Connections to national or international networks in teaching,
        learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and/or
        faculty development.

        ·A terminal degree.

        The Managing Director will work closely with a wide range of
        University constituencies, including the Directors of General
        Studies, Writing Across the University, and Teaching and
        Learning Technologies, as well as with deans, departments and
        interdisciplinary programs, and faculty at all phases of their
        academic career. The Managing Director will hold a full-time
        12-month position starting June 1 and will report to the
        Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning/Executive Director
        of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. S/he
        should expect to teach one course per year and will be eligible
        for a faculty appointment in an academic department at Elon.

          Elon University is an equal opportunity employer committed to
        a diverse faculty, staff and student body and welcomes all
        applicants.

          Learn more about CATL**at
        www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/teaching/catlHome.xhtml
        <http://www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/teaching/catlHome.xhtml>
          <http://www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/teaching/catlHome.xhtml>
        and more about Elon University at http://www.elon.edu.

        *Applications should include a cover letter, c.v., and three
        letters of reference and be received by December 1, 2012 to be
        assured of consideration. To apply for the position, go to
        https://www.elon.edu/employment*
        <https://www.elon.edu/employment> *, where you should set up an
        account so that you can submit materials on-line. If you have
        questions, please contact Mary Jo Festle, chair of the search
        committee, at [log in to unmask]* <mailto:[log in to unmask]> *.

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