Below are opportunities to work with our great team of faculty development professionals. To learn more about each position, click on the grey box. Reviewing applications for both positions will begin on Friday, September 23, 2022.
Position Summary:
Teaching and Learning Innovation (TLI) is seeking a faculty member to assist the unit with its efforts to support the campus in the area of inclusive teaching. This position will work directly with TLI’s Director of Professional Development, and will play an integral role in developing inclusive teaching resources and workshops, leading the Inclusive Teaching Advisory Network, as well as supporting faculty as they seek to develop their own inclusive teaching practice. The faculty leader is asked to contribute a minimum of 5 hours per week during the 2022-2023 academic year, but sometimes as much 10 hours during “peak weeks” within each semester, to work with the Director of Professional Development and other TLI staff to develop and support relevant inclusive teaching projects, programs, and resources.
Required Qualifications:
- Employed full time at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
- Ability to contribute a minimum of 5 hours a week, but sometimes as much as 10 hours during “peak weeks”, within the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters.
- Ability to meet regularly with TLI staff either in person or via synchronous Zoom sessions to discuss projects and programs.
- Demonstrated expertise in inclusive teaching or related fields.
General Responsibilities:
- Collaborate on the development of online (text-based, video, and/or audio) inclusive teaching resources.
- Collaborate with TLI staff to develop appropriate workshops and other events that highlight evidence-based practices and approaches in inclusive teaching.
- Respond to individual, departmental, and college level service requests.
- Collaborate with TLI staff to develop an advanced inclusive teaching asynchronous certificate.
- Lead meetings of the Inclusive Teaching Advisory Network.
- Support TLI’s Inclusive Teaching Certificate and its growth.
- Support and collaborate on the development of the Inclusive Teaching Track for the 2023 Innovative Teaching and Learning Conference.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Additional Information about This Position:
Any responsibilities of the Faculty Leader for Inclusive Teaching are in addition to the existing primary responsibilities of the faculty member within their department. For meeting these additional responsibilities, the faculty member will be paid $1,000.00 per month until May 2023, as additional pay above their normal salary.
Employment in the position is conditional on the candidate’s eligibility to receive the additional pay. Eligibility depends on the candidate’s current status and receiving initial support from their department head.
Application Requirements:
- Applicants should send a formal letter of application (1-2 pages) describing their qualifications and reasons for being interested in the position and an abbreviated CV highlighting relevant experiences. With these documents, the applicant should also include an official signed statement of support from their department head.
- Applicants can email this information to Wes Romeiser, TLI’s Administrative Specialist, at wromeise@utk.edu.
- Reviewing applications will begin on Friday, September 23rd, so applications should be received by 11:59pm on Thursday, September 22nd, for first consideration. However, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so additional applications are still welcome after that time.
- If selected for further consideration, applicants will be contacted via email to schedule an interview via Zoom.
Position Summary:
Teaching and Learning Innovation (TLI) is seeking a graduate student to assist with faculty projects launched under the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Incubator program during the 2022-2023 academic year. This position reports to TLI’s Associate Director for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, and will play an integral role in multiple ongoing studies on teaching methods currently being conducted in collaboration between TLI and UTK faculty.
The candidate will be responsible for assisting in project planning, literature review, preparation for IRB application and related procedures, data collection, and data analysis for any currently active SoTL Incubator projects (21 active projects as of August 2022). These responsibilities may be tailored to suit the student’s areas of expertise and interest. This graduate student in this position will carry out 10 hours of work per week during the 2022-2023 academic year, supporting SoTL Incubator projects identified as appropriate for the student’s experience and expertise.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Be a current, full-time student, enrolled in the Graduate School at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, during the 2022-2023 academic year
- Maintain good academic standing with all graduate courses
- Make reasonable progress towards their graduate degree program requirements.
- Be able to work up to 10 hours a week during the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters (and during winter mini term 2023 if available/interested).
- Be able to meet regularly with project PIs and TLI staff via synchronous Zoom sessions to discuss the work.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills (synchronous verbal and written).
- Have completed Citi Human Subjects Training, as explained on the UTK IRB webpage.
- NOTE: Completed training is not required for application for the position, but must be completed before some work can begin.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hold earned a Master’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Demonstrated record of time management and organizational skills.
- Communicate appropriately with unit colleagues in a timely, proactive, and organized manner.
- Have knowledge and experience in conducting projects according to an IRB protocol or similar plan.
General Responsibilities:
- Assist in analysis of de-identified qualitative data, as needed by SoTL Incubator project studies that have already collected data (around 10 projects).
- Qualitative data may include a variety of sources, all to be de-identified before analysis:
- Student reflective assignments
- Student formal papers
- Student discussion board comments or responses
- Student final project videos or other multimedia creations
- Student responses to open-ended survey questions
- Faculty notes on preparations, or reflective texts
- Assist in project planning for SoTL Incubator projects as they launch (at least 3 projects are at this stage).
- Assist in reviewing the literature as needed for projects that need to prepare for IRB submission, or for manuscript preparation. This process may include the following activities:
- Creating search strings for use in library research
- Reviewing raw library search results and identifying potentially relevant resources
- Reviewing relevant resources and providing a brief summary of findings
- Assist in planning for, reviewing, and/or revising IRB application documents as needed.
- Maintain a digital archive of notes to track work on projects.
- Attend meetings as needed—likely at least once a week.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Additional Information about This Position:
- The selected applicant can expect to receive pay at $15.00 per hour for up to 10 hours of work each week.
- This position is just like an internship, and therefore does not hold the same level of benefits as a Graduate Research Assistantship. This position does not include an academic program stipend, health insurance, or other GA/GRA/GTA benefits.
- Acceptance for the position is conditional on the candidate’s eligibility to receive the additional pay. Eligibility depends on the candidate’s current GA/GRA/GTA status, and on the candidate’s home department rules for graduate student employment. If you are unsure whether you are eligible, please contact your home department’s business manager.
Application Requirements:
- Applicants should send a formal letter of application (1-2 pages) describing their qualifications and reasons for being interested in the position, a CV or resume, and a list of at least 2 references to Wes Romeiser, TLI’s Administrative Specialist at wromeise@utk.edu.
- If the applicant has a GA, GRA, or GTA appointment, please also include a brief written statement of support from the relevant supervisor. This may simply be a brief email, sent directly from the supervisor to Wes Romeiser (wromeise@utk.edu) indicating that the supervisor is aware that the applicant is applying, and supports their candidacy for the position.
- We plan to review applications beginning on Friday, September 23rd, so applications should be received by 11:59pm on Thursday, September 22nd, for first consideration. However, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so additional applications are still welcome after that time.
- If selected for further consideration, applicants will be contacted via email to schedule an interview via Zoom.