UC San Diego Campus Notice
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR
December 18, 2023
Geisel library at sunset
ALL ACADEMICS AND STAFF AT UC SAN DIEGO

Position Announcement, Associate Faculty Director of Teaching Innovation (50%), Teaching + Learning Commons
The Teaching and Learning Commons is pleased to announce a new opportunity for an emerging faculty leader to gain project, administrative, and leadership experience while advancing equitable and inclusive teaching and learning at UC San Diego. The Associate Faculty Director of Teaching Innovation will support faculty teaching development and provide leadership of campus initiatives requiring teaching and learning expertise. This is a two-year 50%-time administrative position, with potential for renewal for one additional year dependent on continued funding and performance.

The Associate Faculty Director will work collaboratively with the Teaching and Learning Commons staff to support the needs of UC San Diego’s instructional community. Responsibilities may include:
  • Collaborate with Commons’ staff to develop and offer new professional development opportunities for faculty related to equity-focused teaching, such as a New Faculty Institute and a Faculty Teaching Academy.
  • Co-lead the Commons’ Faculty Teaching Fellows programs and learning communities.
  • Establish strong connections with academic departments.
  • Serve as a liaison to academic committees.
  • Establish stronger connections with and provide support for academic departments’ Teaching and Instructional Assistant Faculty Advisors (TIAFA).
  • Contribute to the Commons’ education research and assessment projects.
  • Increase outreach and visibility of the Teaching and Learning Commons.
Qualifications:
  • Current UC San Diego tenured, ladder-rank faculty or security-of-employment teaching professor with a record of excellence in teaching.
  • Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion and to ensuring the success of underserved individuals and groups.
  • Approval from academic department to reduce teaching, research, and service load by 50% in order to accept this 50% position.
To Apply:

Interested faculty may send the following materials to commonsfd@ucsd.edu by January 22, 2024.
  • Cover letter
  • Current CV
  • Teaching statement that highlights teaching accomplishments and commitment to teaching excellence. Must include a summary of course evaluations from the past 3 years.
  • Contributions to Diversity statement that describes past efforts, as well as future plans, to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion at UC San Diego
  • Endorsement letter from department chair, that includes a statement of agreement to reduce teaching, research, and service load by 50%
Elizabeth H. Simmons
Executive Vice Chancellor

Carlos Jensen
Associate Vice Chancellor, Educational Innovation

David Ruiter
Faculty Director, Teaching + Learning Commons
University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093