Senior Educational Developer & Team Lead

Date Posted: 05/07/2024
Req ID: 37241
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM:RG Academic Skills Centre
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00040617

Description:

About us:
U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning anddiscovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those whowant to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity:
The Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP) is the centre for research on teaching and learning at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). Established in 2020, ISUP advances the study of university pedagogy. In collaboration with faculty, staff, and students across UTM, we support the development of students’ academic skills through courses, consultations, workshops and programs. We also support faculty pedagogy and the scholarship of teaching and learning through programming and one-on-one consultations. These offerings are informed by our commitment to innovative, inclusive, and accessible pedagogy. ISUP’s faculty and staff support the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC); the Teaching & Learning Collaboration; utmONE, utmONE Scholars, and Foundational Skills courses; and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

Within ISUP, theRobert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC) is a hub for academic skills development on the University of Toronto Mississauga campus. The mandate of the RGASC is to support and promote teaching and learning in a range of contexts across the University of Toronto Mississauga. For students, the RGASC is a resource for developing academic skills through individual appointments and group-based initiatives that help students identify and develop the academic skills they need for success in their studies. For instructional staff and faculty, the Centre is a partner in teaching and learning activities. These activities include course and program design, implementation and assessment of a given intervention’s impact. Faculty and staff appointed to the RGASC have a range of specializations, including academic peer support, academic writing instruction, educational development, English language learning, numeracy, scientific literacy, and supplemental instruction. This diversity of experience and expertise enables the Centre to collaborate productively with partners from across the disciplines and campus, who bring with them a varied and diverse set of teaching and learning objectives.

The Senior Educational Developer & Team Lead directs the activities of the Educational Developers within the RGASC. They are responsible for making recommendations and leading the development of operational policies, procedures and best practice within the team. The Senior Educational Developer will foster and maintain networks to build capacity and collaboration; advise instructors on strategies for developing and delivering curriculum; conduct research and make recommendation on best practices related to teaching and learning. As the Team Lead, they will also plan and implement workflow for a group of Educational Developers. This includes developing project schedules, milestones, critical path, timelines, deliverables and reporting and the handling of expenses for the team.

The Senior Educational Developer and Team Lead must have a good understanding of pedagogical literature and application of theory, especially with regards to: active and problem-based learning; technology-enhanced active learning classrooms; strategies for student engagement; instructional design; and educational assessment and evaluation. They will be able to communicate and work effectively with faculty, graduate students, support staff and university administrators. They should have a passion for supporting instructors of diversebackgrounds and must be sensitive to the professional development challenges and support needs of educators at all career stages.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Consulting with instructors, administrators and student groups on the development of tailored programming needs.
• Building and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance.
• Leading the development and making recommendations for operational policies, procedures and best practices for the program.
• Developing, revising and operationalizing business processes that support the strategic objectives of the unit.
• Developing and implementing instructional strategies to support learning objectives, incorporating current best practices in teaching.
• Conducting detailed analysis and evaluation to inform program planning activities.
• Advising others on the development and evaluation of course and training materials.
• Directing the activities of a group of staff-appointed employees all performing a similar function.

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Education or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum eight years experience in educational development and/or training and development including a minimum of two years experience in post-secondary education.
• Demonstrated engagement in the scholarship of teaching and learning (through publications and presentations).
• Demonstrated knowledge, skill, and experience with university-level instruction, program planning, facilitation, consultation, curriculum development, and faculty development.
• The incumbent must have: strong computer skills, including a high degree of functionality in the use of all Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• A good understanding of multi-media technologies; the ability to use Web 2.0 and other teaching and learning technologies.
• A good working knowledge of Blackboard, Quercus or similar learning management systems.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.
• Strong consultative decision-making skills.
• Strong organizational skills; proven project management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Cooperative
• Diplomatic
• Organized
• Proactive

**Please note that there is one (1) position available on a term basis until December 2025**

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline

Closing Date: 05/26/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 16 -- $99,548 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $127,305. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching
Recruiter: Veniesha Rochester

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.