Job Title

Educational Consultant

Agency

Texas A&M University

Department

Center For Teaching Excellence

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

What we want

Are you passionate about enhancing teaching excellence and fostering academic success?

Join our dynamic team as an Educational Consultant! Collaborate with university leadership, faculty, graduate students, and staff to drive innovative teaching practices, support graduate student and faculty achievements, and elevate student learning experiences. We seek a candidate with excellent communication skills, instructional development experience, and a commitment to graduate student success. As a key member of the CTE, you’ll design professional development programs, create instructional resources, and support graduate students and TAs as educators and researchers.

What You Need to Know

This is a year-round, in-person position located in College Station, Texas.

Salary Range: $60,000

Cover Letter & Resume: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in a related field

• Three years of experience in one or more of the following areas: college or university-level teaching, assessment and evaluation, course and instructional design, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, curriculum, educational research, and/or digital learning with some supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of organizational culture and ability to be a change agent and advocate of excellence in teaching and learning; recognition as an innovator based on multiple new techniques and workshops in educational development of faculty and/or graduate students

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of learning theory, pedagogical practices, and digital and online learning

• Strong grasp of effective practices and research in teaching and learning in higher education

• Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate programs and services

Responsibilities

Program Development and Implementation:

• Develops, implements, and assesses educational development programs.

• Analyzes program data for reporting and adjustments.

• Facilitates and delivers educational development opportunities in various formats.

• Conducts on-site programs and creates institutional resources for scalable high-impact practices.

Consulting and Outreach:

• Provides consultations at the university, departmental, program, course, and individual level on a variety of teaching and learning topics/issues providing feedback, support, and assistance

• Collaborates with colleagues on creating, revising, and implementing effective educational development tools

• Assists in developing strategies and policies regarding teaching and learning

Research, Service, and Scholarship of Teaching:

• Conducts, contributes to, and disseminates research on national dialogues and publications related to educational development, teaching, and learning

• Assists faculty in establishing research designs to assess effectiveness of teaching; identifying means to share their educational scholarship; and co-authoring as the collaboration warrants

• Assists and collaborates with faculty and other educational developers on grants and research projects in discipline(s) and in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and graduate student professional development

Leadership:

• Supports university committees and projects, promotes scholarly teaching, and brokers relationships within and outside the university

• Mentors and supervises graduate and undergraduate students in the Center

Professional Development:

• Develops, enhances, and implements annually, a personal professional development plan by assessing personal knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Participates in programs (workshops, conferences, etc.) and research to enhance job skills and to support a personal professional development plan that increases knowledge and expertise in the field of educational development as well as English Language Proficiency

Who We Are

The Center for Teaching Excellence supports the educational mission of Texas A&M University through evidence-based professional development opportunities promoting proven and innovative instructional approaches aligned with faculty and student success and strives to recognize the integral value of varied perspectives and comprehensive teaching approaches to ensure faculty and students, regardless of their lived experience, can excel.

Why Texas A&M University?

We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you. Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts , and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums

• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays

• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month

• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas

• Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time

• Professional Development: All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more

• Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee

• Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees

Our Commitment

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.