ACUE Faculty Development Lead (Internal Posting)

About the role

As Faculty Development Lead, serve as the college’s primary internal leader for ACUE and other faculty professional development/instructional support.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ACUE Certification Initiative: manage faculty participation in the October 2026 national cohort and subsequent cohorts, building upon systems and practices from four institution-specific ACUE cohorts (2024–2026).
• Faculty recruitment, communication, onboarding, and engagement.
• Monitor participant progress and identify individuals who may need additional support.
• Provide encouragement, coaching, and accountability throughout the cohort experience.
• Coordinate certification milestones and recognition activities.
• Serve as the college’s primary point of contact with ACUE representatives; resolve questions and facilitate communication between faculty, college leadership, and ACUE.
• Provide Leadership Reporting and Accountability: establish a consistent reporting process for leadership visibility.
• Reports and updates could include enrollment and participation, faculty progress toward certification, completion and attrition trends, faculty engagement and areas requiring intervention, certification outcomes, and recommendations for strengthening future cohorts.
• Plan events and activities to facilitate faculty development for those who are ACUE certified and working towards certification.
• Lead training sessions and workshops designed to reinforce and expand the application of ACUE teaching practices.
• Promote continuous learning opportunities that support instructional innovation and student engagement.
• Encourage ACUE-certified faculty to share successful strategies, classroom experiences, and instructional outcomes with colleagues.
• Coordinate faculty presentations, showcases, and panel discussions highlighting effective teaching practices and student success initiatives.

Requirements

Master's degree from a regionally accredited institution in education, instructional design, a teaching discipline, higher education administration, or a related field.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of teaching or working experience in higher education.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating professional development, faculty training, workshops, or instructional improvement initiatives.
• Experience coordinating projects, programs, or institutional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
• Experience collecting, tracking, and reporting performance data and outcomes.

Schedule

Anticipated Work Hours: Thirty hours per week (as assigned by the VP of Academic Affairs).