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California Baptist University

Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development

🇺🇸 Riverside, CA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ August 12th, 2025

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California Baptist University is hiring an Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development. This role involves developing and administering faculty development programs, creating training resources for teaching, faith integration, and educational technology, and coordinating adjunct faculty support while maintaining personal teaching experience at the post-secondary level.

Highlights
  • Coordinate activities of the Center for Faculty Development, including adjunct support and teaching awards.
  • Develop and maintain in-person, online, and just-in-time faculty development resources.
  • Stay current with best practices in educational technology, including artificial intelligence and university instructional tools.
  • Serve as primary contact with Instructional Technology Services (ITS).
  • Supervise student workers and Learning Systems Analyst supporting faculty technology needs.
  • Maintain ongoing personal post-secondary teaching experience to inform development efforts.
  • Lead initiatives supporting university mission, continuous quality improvement, and strategic planning.
  • Fulfill teaching assignments and promote integration of faith and learning, use of technology, and assessment of learning.
  • Required to support fundamental doctrines of the California Southern Baptist Convention.

Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development Full Description

Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development
Position Title  | Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development

Position Summary  | SUMMARY: This individual assists the Director in supporting excellence in teaching and learning by developing and administering the delivery of faculty development opportunities. Under the supervision of the director, the assistant director is responsible for developing in-person, online, and just-in-time training resources focusing on teaching and learning, academic faith integration, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and technology for education. The individual is expected to remain current in research on faculty development and maintain ongoing personal experience teaching at the post-secondary level. The individual in this position will perform the following duties.
Pay Range  |
Qualifications  |

Teaching Responsibilities  | ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned.
A. Coordinates the activities of the Center for Faculty Development, focusing on adjunct support, technology for education, and teaching and learning awards.

B. Maintain currency with best practices in technology for education, including artificial intelligence, CBU’s core instructional technology tools, and innovative technology opportunities.C. Creating, collecting and organizing resources for a library of faculty development to include in-person, online, and just-in-time resources.D. Coordinates adjunct faculty support by providing direct resources as well as supporting schools and colleges in their adjunct support opportunities.E. Coordinates with Instructional Technology Services to maintain currency of CBU’s technology offerings while also advocating the adoption of new and/or innovative technology tools that will support classroom instruction.F. Serves as the primary point of contact with ITS.G. Maintain personal teaching experience at the post-secondary level sufficient to have credibility and perspective on the teaching and learning process.H. Supervise student workers and the Learning Systems Analyst who provide support to faculty in the form of technology support, course copies, etc.Appointment and EvaluationA. The Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development is recommended by the Director of the Center for Faculty Development for consideration by the Associate Provost for Educational Effectiveness and the Provost.

B. The Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development is evaluated annually by the Director of the Center for Faculty Development. The Assistant Director of the Center for Faculty Development serves at the pleasure of the Provost, and may be returned to faculty status without cause, due process or notice. If the Assistant Director wishes to return to faculty status, he or she must notify the Provost by December 1 of the prior academic year.Leadership ResponsibilitiesA. Support the University’s mission and goals, the continuous quality improvement process and embrace a broad institutional view.B. Serve as a team member and lead through service and modeling.C. Build consensus between administration and faculty, respecting lines of communication as set forth by the University.D. Participate with the Provost’s Office in developing, implementing and periodically revising a strategic long-range plan.E. Participate in University events.F. Understand and enforce guidelines and policies set forth in the Employee Manual.

Academic Responsibilities and Other Duties
A. Fulfill teaching assignments as determined by the contract.
B. Demonstrate and lead in a commitment to the integration of faith and learning.
C. Demonstrate and lead in a commitment to the utilization of technology in instruction.
D. Demonstrate and lead in a commitment to assess learning.
E. Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to research and scholarship.

Nondiscrimination Statement  | State and Federal law permit California Baptist University to discriminate on the basis of religion in order to fulfill its purpose. The University does not discriminate contrary to either State or Federal law.
Quick Link to Posting  | https://jobs.calbaptist.edu/postings/9532
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  1. * Are you a Christian? 
    • Yes
    • No
  2. * Do you attend church regularly? 
    • Yes
    • No
  3.  If no, please explain (required): 
    (Open Ended Question)
  4. * Are you both familiar with and not in conflict with the fundamental doctrines and practices of the California Southern Baptist Convention as stated in the Baptist Faith and Message dated June 14, 2000? (Please see above link for more information) 
    • Yes (I am familiar and not in conflict)
    • No (I am in conflict or not familiar)
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
  1. Christian Experience Essay
  2. Cover Letter
  3. Curriculum Vitae
  4. Letter of Reference 1
Optional Documents

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