Associate Director, Teaching Development and Initiatives
The Poorvu Center is currently hiring for teaching expertise in quantitative fields on the Teaching Development and Initiatives (TDI) team.
Established in 2014, the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning has transformed into a comprehensive unit ready to support our faculty’s teaching and pedagogical development, and the students who inspire our work!
Through the Center’s collaborative teams and complementary expertise, we strive to equip our students to succeed, both in and out of the classroom.
Equity in teaching is a primary focus for our team, and this hire would support these efforts in quantitative Social Sciences and STEM fields (e.g., Data Science, Economics, Math, Engineering, Physical Sciences, etc.). This position will be at the Associate Director level, which requires significant experience teaching or leading professional development initiatives in higher education.
The person in this position will work collaboratively with the TDI team, Poorvu Center colleagues, and others on campus to promote effective and equitable teaching practices in quantitative fields, integrate CIRTL (Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning) resources in our campus programming, and support faculty, graduate students, and postdocs in each stage of their teaching career. Through consultations, facilitated discussions and workshops, grant funding, and web resource development, this role will support the Poorvu Center’s work to build a shared community for teaching and learning at Yale.