Consultant Digital Data Performance H/F - Campbell River, BC, Canada - North Island College

Description

Teaching and Learning Consultant (Health and Human Services Focus)
Position Title Teaching and Learning Consultant (Health and Human Services Focus)
Division Centre for Teaching & Learning Innovation
Department Teaching & Learning
Supervisor Title Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Position End Date (if temporary)
Monday to Friday 8:30 – 4:30 pm
*Please note the campus location is to be determined based on the candidacy to be either Campbell River or Comox Valley %
% Pay Grade The annual salary range is $70,437- $112,872 (at 100% appointment) and is based on qualifications, experience, and the placement criteria of Article 14 of the NICFA Collective agreement.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation ( CTLI ) is North Island College's teaching, learning and technology teaching commons for faculty, support staff and administration.

The Centre staff assist the programs, people and places engaged in designing and facilitating quality student learning experiences.

We do this by creating high quality curriculum-supported learning opportunities, individual and group facilitated consulting support and developing resources to assist instructors in redesigning/designing evidence-based and pedagogically-sound learning for all students.

CTLI manages the institution's program review process while supporting many programs each year as they progress through the phases and activities related to reflective renewal of quality academic programs.

CTLI also manages the course feedback survey service.

The Centre also is the key point for instructor support of all NIC learning technologies such as:
Brightspace, Kaltura, and Kaltura Virtual Classroom.

Reporting and working closely with director of the Centre and dean's office for Health and Human Services, the position functions in a collaborative team-based role that adapts as the institution matures and needs arise.

Facilitation happens typically with small to large groups, both in-person and online. Facilitation work might be part of a project, program review activity, workshop, or a custom professional development session. The consulting cycle of exploring, inquiring, actioning and celebrating outlines other aspects of the core work.

The position is geared for an experienced teaching and learning faculty developer who has demonstrated strengths in their own teaching and learning, has undertaken a collection of recent and aligned professional learning experiences, has hands-on experiences doing facilitation and consulting work, can work in challenging and frequently changing situations and is looking to expand their skills and knowledge in helping peers, support areas and administration in pursuit of advancing quality student learning.

The Teaching and Learning Consultant position requires competencies for successful performance of the duties and responsibilities.

These competencies are that of a novice to intermediate educational developer and are found on this page:

including attributes, qualities, knowledge, skills, abilities and applications of learning related to professional conduct, work management, project and change management, educational development, facilitation and teaching practices and pedagogies.

Communicate and connect regularly with the director, CTLI members and the dean's office to ensure priorities and work duties are in alignment with changes and needs of the institution.

Duties will fall under the breadth of activity related to quality assurance, quality enhancement and improvement of teaching practices as outlined in NIC's Academic Quality Framework .

Lead or co-lead the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of both new and ongoing initiatives, activities, and projects to support teaching and learning at NIC .

Lead or co-lead departments through program review activities items aligning with foundational quality learning action items such as learning outcomes, curriculum mapping, department identity and PD plans, evidence gathering, course alignments etc.

Lead or co-lead initiatives, projects, and activities to support new hires with orientation and onboarding activities to align with the institution, department, courses, and student needs.

Lead or co-lead instructional support and learning opportunities via a variety of formats from workshops to custom sessions, learning activities and projects both via in-person and virtual formats.

Lead or co-lead small, medium, or large projects including organizational components, project management and communication strategies, tracking, sharing, and presenting.

Provide pedagogical and educational technology assistance for in-person, digital, and blended courses adapting support for instructor experience, discipline area and student needs.

Identify and create digital teaching and learning resources including videos, handouts, website content, and workshop materials for publication and sharing via websites, emails, department needs etc.

Completed Master's degree preferably within one of the areas of NIC's Health and Human Services
Minimum of 10 years of successful teaching experiences at the post-secondary level in credentialed programming within one of the areas of NIC's Health and Human Services

Minimum of 5 years of experimenting with and reflecting upon evidence-based pedagogies and practices for enhancing own teaching practice and courses, improving student learning, adapting to changes etc.

Minimum of 5 years of experience providing support to fellow instructors through small and large groups such as presenting learning sessions, giving department workshops, conducting consultations with instructors etc.

Multiple examples of the attributes, qualities, skills, knowledge, and applications of the competencies of a successful educational developer/teaching and learning consultant

Minimum of 5 years of professional development activities related to enhancing teaching, learning and/or educational technology such as conferences, workshops, institutes, courses etc.

Candidates with experience working in NIC's Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation ( CTLI ) working with the director and other educational developers in a variety of teaching and learning activities and projects including the Quality Assurance Process Audit ( QAPA ), program review process, development of teaching and learning courses, delivering workshops and consulting with faculty is preferred.

Knowledge of current issues in post-secondary education and the application of those issues to the context and culture of North Island College and to health and human services
Able to describe current themes and the impact of those themes in the work of teaching and learning centres in supporting health and human services program areas
Knowledge of the decanal area's programs and courses in health and human services
Knowledge of essential and evidence-based pedagogies and practices of effective post-secondary teaching and learning and how to apply them into various student learning experiences
Knowledge of components of quality assurance, quality enhancement and improvement of practices and how these components are connected to curriculum development, teaching practices, and change
Skills and abilities to successfully manage challenging consulting conversations, controversial situations and/or difficult interpersonal relationships that are common components of the work
Able to deliver effective and timely teaching, learning and technology programming on a range of topics
Able to conduct research and engage in scholarly teaching and learning including data gathering of impacts of change on student learning and teaching practices
Able to work with new and experienced instructors to help them enhance their teaching practices, course design and engagements with students, tailor responses and follow up in alignment with their needs
Able to facilitate sessions and do effective consulting through all the phases of the institutional program review process given that this process is new for most instructors and departments and requires elements of change management principles and practices
Able to successfully facilitate curriculum development activities with program areas including learning outcome development, curriculum mapping, department professional development plans, department identity, course development and curricular alignment, data gathering and reflective practice

Skills in organization of work, such as planning, project management, time management, supervision, initiative, resourcing, time on task, employing efficient and effective strategies etc.

Kaltura, WordPress, Padlet etc.) Demonstrate successful interpersonal skills in communicating, collaborating, and constructively managing interactions with CTLI team members, faculty members, support staff and administration
Very good oral, non-verbal and written communication skills in both in-person and online formats
Very good presentation skills both in-person and online, with whiteboards, chart paper, slide decks and without supports to convey key information, respond to questions, and present a professional message
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).