Associate Director for Experiential Integration
- Employer
- Northeastern University
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Sep 11, 2020
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Academic Affairs, Instructional Technology & Design (Campus)
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Associate Director for Experiential Integration
About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.
Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.
Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.
About the Opportunity:
Northeastern University seeks an Associate Director for Experiential Integration for the Self-Authored Integrated Learning (SAIL) Initiative to contribute to its integrative vision for learning, throughout and beyond the University. This position is embedded in the Division of Educational Innovation and works closely with the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research (CATLR). The colleague in this role will be part of a core team of Learning Scientists, Designers, Communications experts and Product Strategists who work together to integrate and evolve SAIL into the learning fabric of Northeastern in alignment with the University's Academic Plan.
Northeastern University is a national leader in experiential education with over 100 years of leadership in Co-operative education. The university is continually evolving the ways in which learners can learn and grow through the myriad experiences that are available to them while at Northeastern. The SAIL initiative is Northeastern's next step in preparing students to be adaptable and flexible for lifelong learning wherever their paths might take them. This model is anchored in helping learners to see the connections between their experiences and, in doing, so strengthens their capacity to integrate and effectively communicate what they know and how they know it.
To achieve this, the University has created its own holistic development framework and accompanying tools, which together, are allowing for the evolution of its culture of experiential learning. The initiative unites educators who engage with learners in all different venues of the student experience, ranging from the classroom to co-curricular activities, research, service, global experiences, student employment, athletics, student organizations and co-operative education to name a few. By integrating a common framework and language into the work that they do with learners (and with one another), these educators are able to support learners as they integrate their learning across all experiences, and help them to articulate the skills and proficiencies that they are developing across these varied experiences.
Responsibilities:
The Associate Director for Experiential Integration will have the unique opportunity in this initiative to support the development of programs that will help educators and learners alike seek and identify the points of integration with the platform across the different experiences. This includes but is not limited to:
- Working with faculty to integrate the use of SAIL into their
experiential opportunities including lab experiences, design
opportunities, global engagement opportunities, and
courses;
- Working with academic advisors to facilitate their use of the
SAIL platform and framework to strengthen advisees' ability to
define their learning pathways;
- Working with co-op coordinators to identify and implement ways
in which the SAIL platform and framework could promote reflection
and integration of learner co-op experiences with other learning
opportunities throughout the university (including
courses);
- Integrating SAIL into the work of student life and other
educators so that students can leverage their offerings in a way
that makes the learning explicit, learning that may have otherwise
been assumed to be implicit; and
- Working with career advisors to leverage students' experiences
with the SAIL platform and framework to best articulate their
preparedness for different career tracks.
Together with the core team, the Associate Director will:
- Develop and implement the SAIL integration strategy for
multiple university programs and programs;
- Provide programming for educators and co-educators on how SAIL
can be integrated into practice
- Contribute to the overall design and development strategy for
the SAIL initiative, particularly as it relates to the integration
of experiential learning opportunities (e.g., Co-op, Dialogue of
Civilizations, XN projects, research, student employment) with one
another
- Contribute to the design of strategies for coaching learners
through the integration process through advising, co-op
coordination, lab mentorships, and other mentor/mentee
relationships
- Contribute to the creation of new types of experiential
opportunities across the Northeastern learning ecosystem (e.g.,
through integration with alumni, integration with pre-college
opportunities, cross-and co-curricular opportunities, integration
with employer partners)
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate for the Associate Director should have the ability to understand the big picture and overall vision, while managing the day-to-day implementation of the established strategies.
Additional preferred qualifications:
- MS/MA/MBA in the area of Psychology, Sociology, Education,
Learning Sciences, Communication, Design or a related field;
- Experience working with different types of educators and
advisors including academic advisors, career advisors, student
life, employers, etc.
- Exceptional communication skills with proven ability to
effectively articulate complex messages to a variety of
audiences;
- Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative, cross-functional
team environment, where flexibility, creativity, and
resourcefulness are required for success;
- Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships,
influence others and move others toward a common vision or
goal;
- Solid project management skills with the ability to coordinate
resources, establish schedules, track deliverables;
- Ability to proactively seek external industry knowledge and
continued learning; and
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience working in an educational
setting.
Salary Grade:
13
Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.
To apply, visit https://careers.pageuppeople.com/879/cw/en-us/job/503870
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