Location: Buffalo,NY, USA
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Position Title Associate Director for Curriculum and Instructional Design Posting Category Staff Department Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Posting Number U240049 Posting Link Employer UB Foundation Activities Appointment Term Position Type
Posting Detail Information
Position Summary
As part of the Medical Education and Educational Research Institute (MEERI) and reporting to the Director of MEERI, the Associate Director for Curriculum and Instructional Design (CID) will provide appropriate training for faculty in pedagogy, curriculum and instructional design, and related online instructional technologies. Working closely with the Office of Medical Curriculum, the Associate Director, CID will utilize evolving research on effective pedagogy, assessment, and student engagement to assist with the creation of evidence-based and engaging learning activities, course content, and assessments. The Associate Director, CID will work with the Director of MEERI to conduct needs assessments and provide necessary development activities, training and support to faculty and professional staff on the use of effective teaching strategies along with educational technologies.
The Associate Director, CID will play a key role in the development and implementation of new initiatives and instructional innovations, including the design of a new integrated curriculum, to better prepare graduates for their role in delivering high quality health care. Educators with experience in programmatic assessment as well as instructional modalities that incorporate interactive learning, team-based or case-based learning preferred. Ability to work with clinician educators and educators trained as basic scientists to develop interdisciplinary curriculum content is essential.
Key Responsibilities
* Consults and collaborates with faculty on curriculum development, instructional design, and teaching needs as well as selection and development of formative and summative assessments
* Provides individual and/or group teaching support on a variety of curricular and instructional design, pedagogy topics, and assessment approaches through workshops, webinars, book or journal clubs, or other means
* Designs and facilitates research-based faculty workshops supporting all teaching modalities
* Research current trends and evidence-based practices for assessment, instructional design, learning technologies, and faculty development topics
* Creates processes, tutorials, and documentation to assist faculty in curricular design, delivery, and improvement
* Collaborates with the Office for Accreditation and Quality Improvement in the design and implementation of processes and tools to gather and utilize assessment and evaluation data
* Designs and facilitates, in conjunction with MEERI and the Offices of Medical Education team members, signature events throughout the year, such as faculty orientations, medical education conferences, or spotlight events
Outstanding Benefits Package
Working at UBF comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit - all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. Visit our UBF benefits website to learn about our benefit packages.
About The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America's leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.
University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Minimum Qualifications
* Master's degree in education, educational technology, instructional design, curriculum and instruction, adult education, or related field
* Three years of experience working as a Curriculum and Instructional Designer on multiple, program level projects for a range of learning environments; experience in health sciences or medical education is not required but preferred
* Strong knowledge of learning and instructional theory, adult learning principles, and curriculum and instructional design processes
* Expertise in instructional design processes and assessments and demonstrated ability to teach others and apply understanding by design (or backwards design) approach to curriculum and instructional design
* Demonstrated ability to express instructional content using multimedia (design, build, evaluate) (audio, video, graphics, interaction)
* Proven experience with working in a team environment of faculty from across disciplines and specialty areas Proven experience in design and facilitation of engaging faculty development initiatives (workshops, training series) for all three main delivery methods: self-directed, facilitated classroom and web-based
Preferred Qualifications Physical Demands Salary Range $80,000 - $95,000 Additional Salary Information The salary range reflects our good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible compensation at the time of posting, the role and associated responsibilities, and the experience, education, and training of the selected candidate. Type Full-Time Campus Downtown Campus Posting Alerts Special Instructions Summary Is a background check required for this posting? No Background Check Notification
Contact Information
Contact's Name Jennifer Meka, PhD Contact's Pronouns Contact's Title Director, Medical Education and Educational Research Institute and Associate Dean for Medical Educatio Contact's Email ...@buffalo.edu Contact's Phone 716-###-####
Posting Dates
Posted 07/22/2024 Deadline for Applicants Open Until Filled Date to be filled
References
Number of References Required 3 Reference Cutoff Date Instructions to Applicant