Faculty Excellence at UCF seeks a dynamic academic professional to lead the Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL), which is devoted to teaching excellence, faculty success, and development.
A nationwide search is underway for the position that provides leadership to the university community in promoting outstanding teaching and learning as UCF strives to become the world’s leading public metropolitan university. Among other duties, the director supervises center staff to design innovative new programming and provide a broad range of professional growth opportunities for faculty; prepares and manages the annual budget; oversees communication and event planning; leads the design, coordination, and assessment of the center’s programs; and represents the FCTL (and thereby, faculty) in various campus-wide committees, working groups, and task forces.
The position will carry an administrative title of director and a faculty job title of lecturer, associate lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor or professor. For the ranks of associate professor or professor, candidates must have a record commensurate with an appointment as a tenured faculty member in an appropriate discipline.
For more on the job description and candidate requirements, please visit https://jobs.ucf.edu/cw/en-us/job/501220
The search committee is chaired by Kelvin Thompson, executive director of the Center for Distributed Learning. I thank him and the following members of the search committee for their crucial role in evaluating candidates for this key position:
⢠Zhongzhou Chen, assistant professor, College of Sciences
⢠Latarsha Chisholm, associate professor, College of Community Innovation and Education
⢠Arup Guha, senior instructor, College of Engineering and Computer Science
⢠Alisha Janowsky, senior lecturer, College of Sciences
⢠Vicki Lavendol, associate instructor, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
⢠Eric Main, interim director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
⢠Carolyn Massiah, associate lecturer, College of Business Administration
⢠Don Merritt, director, Office of Instructional Resources
⢠Danielle Webster, associate lecturer, College of Health Professions and Sciences
I invite anyone concerned with this position to reach out to strong possible candidates and help us attract a diverse pool as we seek to hire a dynamic leader for this important role.
