Associate Dean- Center Excellence

Proudly standing as the nation’s oldest HBCU, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been a stalwart and highly respected institution of higher education since our founding in 1837. For over 185 years our alumni have emerged as leaders and left their mark on the social, economic, and political history of Philadelphia, the surrounding region, the nation, and the world. Building on this legacy, the vision for Cheyney University is to become the premier model for academic excellence, character development, and social responsibility.

Here at Cheyney, we value scholarship, diversity, integrity, respect, and service. We are committed to maintaining a vibrant educational community that is dedicated to promoting scholarship and lifelong learning for its students, offering wide student access to resources to ensure an opportunity for all to acquire an education, encouraging freedom of thought and freedom from discrimination by ensuring a respectful environment, and providing outreach and service to external and constituent communities, demonstrating their understanding of the importance and value of service.

We’re looking for exceptional individuals who share our values, embrace our mission, recognize our potential, and covet the opportunity to continue to move our historic University forward. CU proudly offers a positive and purposeful work environment; comprehensive employee benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance along with many wellness programs; generous retirement plans; a commitment to work-life balance including generous paid vacation, paid sick time, military leave, and paid time off for most major holidays;

and a University mission to support employee personal and professional growth including a tuition waiver for self and family members, training and development, and advancement opportunities.

Cheyney University is seeking a dynamic and energetic Director for its newly created Center for Excellence and Transformation in Teaching and Learning (CETTL). This position reports directly to the Provost. This person is responsible for collaborating with faculty and administration to plan, direct, and oversee the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of research-based programming. They will elevate teaching and learning including the application of instructional and research technologies.

The Assistant Provost will provide visionary leadership and engage in partnerships across the academic enterprise to strengthen faculty development programming. They will promote innovation and excellence in teaching and learning, with an emphasis on the use of data to inform and evaluate efforts to improve student success.

• Facilitate and implement research-based best practices in teaching and learning.
• Collaborate with faculty, administrators, and staff on matters related building and maintaining a robust and effective Center that supports instructional excellence.
• Direct academic program reviews; conduct faculty development needs assessments; and provides instructional design guidance through inclusive leadership practices grounded in the principles of shared governance.
• Develop and manage the Center’s budget.

Other duties as assigned, commensurate with position classification.

• Master’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution in education, educational leadership or instructional design, or related field.
• Five years of full-time equivalent experience in educational leadership or instructional design and development, which includes program development, assessment, and evaluation.